The Self Winding Smartphone

Posted by douche on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @06:36PM
from the thegrumpyprogrammer.com dept.

http://www.thegrumpyprogrammer.com/2016/03/the-self-winding-smart-phone.html

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Re:The Self Winding Smartphone by Isomatik on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @03:07PM (#11255425)

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/could-you-charge-a-smartwatch-b...

This guy did some napkin calculations which show this kind of energy generation can barely keep up with the energy needs of a smart watch, let alone any kind of phone.

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Re:The Self Winding Smartphone by mey on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @07:23PM (#11249921)

Energy Density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density_Extended_Refere...

Compare Spring power to Lithium-ion (typical in rechargeable electronics, watches, laptops, phones etc)

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Re:The Self Winding Smartphone by mchahn on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @08:40PM (#11250256)

> several individuals and groups have developed methods for adapting self winding gear tech

Anyone know where I can find out about this?

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