Eco Gadgets: RollStick - Generating renewable energy playfully

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Eco Factor: Concept charger harnesses kinetic energy for electricity. With billions of people in developing and under-developed nations still in need of a few watts to illuminate their homes, designers all over the world have started developing machines that are small, cheap and could generate electricity with the minimum of fuss. Katarzyna Bazylczyk is one such inventor who has tried to solve the energy problems of people living in the rural areas of Africa, with a product she calls the RollStick. The concept is based on the use of an aluminum stick with a wheel at its base. The product has

been created as a toy and wants children of these rural areas to play with it by making the wheel roll as they run with the RollStick. The wheel carries a dynamo that converts the kinetic energy of rotation into electricity. A set of LEDs lets the user know the amount of charge present in the batteries. Once fully charged, the wheel can be separated from the stick and used to power a few bulbs or to charge a wide variety of devices. Via: KatarzynaBazylczyk

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Eco Gadgets: RollStick - Generating renewable energy playfully



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