25 August 2008

Motion Powered Phone
Chargers and batteries On The Way

M2E Power, a company formed last year with main intention to find an efficient way for converting the motion energy to electricity and charge electronic gadgets with energy from the human body movement.

These new technology could make possible a new class of self-powered mobile devices and portable electronics.

Company has reported back that its system actually works and expecting to release next year a charger that can harvest enough motion from walking to replenish cell phones or other small gadgets, like GPS devices.

M2E Power says that six hours of cumulative motion can add 30 to 60 minutes of talk time to a cell phone!

Lack of battery power is the number one frustration reported by cell phone users. (Twenty percent lose power at least once a week.) M2E technology can make it possible to charge mobile electronic devices through everyday motions, such as walking.

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Wondering whether a battery is charged and when and how to recharge it is a near-constant hassle for users of mobile electronic devices. Some 20 percent of cell phone users lose power at least once per week.

Consumer frustration includes not being able to make or receive a call because of a dead battery as well as addressing the added cost and inconvenience of juggling multiple chargers (at home, in the car, at the office, etc.). In addition, new applications and features on mobile devices—such as games, music and video—are adding to the demand on power and battery performance.

Consumer concern over battery use powerfully impacts the adoption and usage of new cell phone functions and features. Simply put, battery charge influences consumer behavior. With more than a billion cell phones shipped each year, M2E technology offers the possibility of delivering true convenience and mobility while driving greater device usage and airtime/data consumption.

By allowing users to extend their battery life without having to recharge, M2E technology could help save resources while enabling “wireless” devices to be truly wireless and “mobile” devices to always be mobile.