Nokia Revolutionary Self Charging Mobile Phone

• Mar. 25 by Claire Latham (0)

Nokia are in the process of developing a ‘self charging’ phone, using the energy people create when they move, using piezoelectric crystals.

This will mean that you will no longer need a phone charger or panic if you have one bar left on your phone as just moving around will ensure that your phone will never run out of battery life.

The process would work through the use of piezoelectric crystals, a substance that creates an electric current when bent or compressed in any way, the procedure is similar to the igniter in a cigarette lighter or a gas oven. More detailed claims and the technology behind the idea can be found here.

Scientists have spoken about the logistics behind this technology, for example if a person quickly walked down a street, as their feet hit the ground they could create around 70 watts of energy. That would be the equivalent to running a computer screen or lighting a bulb.

When charging your phone with a regular phone charger, this in itself wastes energy, especially if the phone is switched on whilst in this process. The new phone is thought to be able to cut wasted energy costs in half.

Statistics show that just UK gadgets alone that are left on standby squander electricity worth a monumental £740,000,000.

Representatives from Nokia will not yet reveal when this device will hit the market, yet a spokesperson for the company has said:

‘Power management has been an important topic since the early days of mobile communications and so continues to be one of the areas for research, but we cannot comment on whether or when inventions described in patent applications will actually appear in products.’

A representative from a Birmingham branch of Carphone Warehouse that stocks Nokia phones said;

‘The idea at the moment seems rather farfetched, although I suppose originating from America it would do.

However, anything that would cut energy costs can only be a positive thing. I for one would be interested to see what it would look like and how well it would sell.’