Orange Power Pump charges your mobile phone
Posted 22 May. 2009 8:11 AM in Gadgets by Julian Horsey
Orange has launched a new Eco friendly charger which will be used at this years Glastonbury Festival to charges mobile phones, the Orange Power Pump.
The Orange Power Pump is basically a foot pump that you hook your mobile phone up to and it will recharge the battery, it basically works by the pump passing air to a charger which features a turbine, the turbine then spins and converts the energy into power.
Not a bad idea, and apparently the same amount of foot pumping that is used to inflate a pillow will give a 5 minute charge on your battery.
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 am
Or about 30 seconds if you own an iphone.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Can’t find any specs on how much power is generated per stroke/seconds/minutes or any other measurement??
May 28th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Not an efficient design, bad actually. The design takes mechanical input provided buy leg muscle and compresses air. Then fed buy a hose and directed to spin a fan blade, connected to a small generator. A bit of a Rube Goldberg-ish. Yet another example of designers willingness to design anything that might sell even if is counter productive to the end user for it’s intended use. It is a more effective calorie burner than other possible designs for the intended purpose. SS