Charge Your Mobile With Pedal Power
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009We are all looking for ways to save energy, whether the reason is to help the environment or to save money, every little helps. Two students from Kenya who have been looking into ways to save energy have come up with a way to charge your mobile phone while you cycle. If this goes into production it will be a great way for Kenyans to easily charge up their phones. Currently many of the population who own a mobile phone have to travel to their nearest shop, which could be miles away, to charge their phone at a cost of $2 a time.
The two electrical students Jeremiah Murimi and Pascal Katana both in their early twenties are selling the charging device for $4.40 The device can fully charge a mobile phone with an hour of pedalling. There are already similar devices in other countries across the world but we need to continue to be imaginative and creative we are going to find solutions to the problems of climate change.