Orange Premiers Dance-Powered Cell Phone Charger

Orange has premiered a working prototype of a cell phone charger that is powered by boogie. We kid you not! The Orange Dance Charge is a phone charger that you wear on your arm and generates electricity via kinetic movement. Inside the armband is a system of weights and magnets connected to a storage battery. After a full on groove session at your favorite club, simply attach the battery to your mobile for a power up. Orange will be...

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Apple Going Green With Solar Powered iPods?

Apple filed a patent application in April for solar-powered iPods, which would simply utilized solar cells as part of the device’s casing. The real device that is power-challenged is the iPhone, but Apple’s mockups do not depict that device. However, just laying your iPod/iPhone out in the sun for a charge up would be a Godsend for users who aren’t normally tethered to a power outlet, and, well,...

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