{"id":143711,"date":"2010-01-06T03:57:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T08:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/ideaforge-unveils-world-s-first-hand-powered-cellphone-charger\/"},"modified":"2010-01-06T03:57:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T08:57:50","slug":"ideaforge-unveils-world%e2%80%99s-first-hand-powered-cellphone-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/143711","title":{"rendered":"ideaForge unveils &#8216;world\u2019s first&#8217; hand-powered cellphone charger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/06\/ideaforge-roto-charger_1_HM25q_69.jpg\" alt=\"ideaforge roto charger_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Low-cost hand-powered charger. <\/p>\n<p>From less than 10 million telephones a decade ago, India has grown to the second largest telecom market in the world. This telecommunication revolution is primarily dominated by wireless communication devices such as cellphones, which did connect thousands of rural Indian villages with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/06\/ideaforge-roto-charger_2_x28a1_69.jpg\" alt=\"ideaforge roto charger_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>However, since many rural villages in India still don\u2019t have access to the electrical grid, recharging cellphones is a major problem. Mumbai-based company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideaforge.co.in\/\">ideaForge<\/a> is providing a sustainable solution, which is being touted to be the world\u2019s first truly sustainable cellphone charger. Dubbed the Roto Charger, the device can be used to recharge cellphones by either cranking the handle or rolling the device on any surface.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/06\/ideaforge-roto-charger_3_O1IEk_69.jpg\" alt=\"ideaforge roto charger_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Priced at <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.in\/ideaForge-Emergency-Mobile-Charger-Mechanical-Charger_W0QQitemZ230418079810QQcmdZViewItemQQptZIN_Mobile_Accessories?hash=item35a5fce042\">Rs 350<\/a> (approx. $7), the device takes just one minute of rotation to provide three minutes of talktime and about 30 minutes of stand-by time. The company claims that the device is safe to be used for cellphones, as it only betters the battery life by providing lower charging currents.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.in\/communications\/24092\/\">Technology Review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Low-cost hand-powered charger. From less than 10 million telephones a decade ago, India has grown to the second largest telecom market in the world. This telecommunication revolution is primarily dominated by wireless communication devices such as cellphones, which did connect thousands of rural Indian villages with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}