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To Charge Your Cell Phone, Just Dance, Dance, Dance

by Tim Stevens on July 4, 2008 at 05:02 PM

To Charge your Phone Just Dance, Dance, Dance
Cell phones are valuable things to have at all-day music festivals. It's awful easy to lose your friends in the massive crowds and, with bands popping up on multiple stages all day long, it's important to keep current on who's on where and when. But long days of rocking, and spotty reception at a back-country venue, can leave batteries flat in hours. The solution? More dancing -- at least it is if you have a new kinetic charger strapped to your arm.

It's called "dancecharge"and had its debut last week at the Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset, England. The device itself is about the size of a pack of cards and, through a series of magnets and other high-tech wizardry, can convert the rhythmic motions of dance into some additional juice for your handset. No, the blood pressure cuff design won't win you any style points as you show your moves, but being the only one able to call for a cab at the end of the day could make you a hero. Take it to the Sustainable Dance Club in Holland, and you'll be the most earth-friendly raver out there! [Source: MSNBC]

Tags: cell phones, CellPhones, charging, dancecharge, orange, summernews

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