London. 24 June 2008. Orange today announced the launch of a mobile phone charger prototype that is powered by dance energy. The Orange Dance Charge is the result of months of research into alternate, sustainable energy sources to power mobile phones during summer music festivals. Working with renewable energy specialists, GotWind, who were also responsible for last year’s Orange Wind Charge and this year’s Orange ReCharge Pod, Orange commissioned the research into a kinetic energy portable phone charger that would harness the energy created by festival revellers dancing to their favourite bands to ensure a clean and renewable energy source.
They are going to test this product at the Glastonbury Festival 27-29 June. Read here how it works.
I am a bit sad to read this because I told you in February about my green gadget which was nominated on the Core77 website and since than has got a lot of publication internationally on all kind of trendsetting and eco blogs. I've received emails from magazines and distributers from several countries asking about the product which was only a design on paper, not real yet. I have been busy trying to get the bracelet working since, made contact with the engineering department of Curtin University in Perth as well as Delft University in The Netherlands. So far nothing happened as it doesn't seem to be that easy to generate enough energy by movement to load a mobile phone battery simply because they require still too much energy so you have to move for a long time before you can call... the other difficulty is how to get the energy you've created with movement into your phone or MP3 player.
So it seems my idea is getting tested by Orange tomorrow...
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