A recent study concluded that it’s dangerous to text while driving.
What about texting while bicycling? That’s also not advised, but a device from a company called PedalPower+ will charge your Blackberry while you ride. It also will charge your iPod.
The device, similar to the old school dynamo systems used to power headlamps via the back wheel of a bike, also stores generated power in a battery and will charge with solar panels even when you’re not riding, according to a report from the Austrailian Broadcasting Corp.
Gizmag, a technology blog, explains that developers spent three years working on PedalPower+, to work out the kinks of safely regulating current to electronic devices via a spinning bike tire.
As a result, the patented technology will charge a mobile phone from flat to finish in about two hours, the company says.
Right now, the devices are only available Down Under. But the company says it’s setting up distributors in the United States and Europe.
Every little bit that diverts users away from the main grid helps. Just like the solar flowers that help charge mobiles and laptops we told you about. It is time we took school/college projects seriously and started implementing them. Perhaps it is time the main grid power is reserved for essential uses only.
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