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A Self-Recharging Headset for Agreeable People

by Tim Stevens on October 1, 2008 at 12:06 AM

A Self-Recharging Headset for Agreeable PeoplePeople tend to nod when they agree, and when they walk, and pretty much all day long whether they know it or not. It's a motion telephone headset maker Plantronics is hoping to exploit to recharge upcoming generations of wireless headsets. The company has filed a patent for a kinetic energy converter that would be small enough to sit within a Bluetooth headset, yet powerful enough to recharge the thing.

The technology uses the same concept as is found in many "self-winding" watches that rely on the day-to-day motions of your hand to spin a weight and re-wind the thing. That sort of technology has been applied to some interesting places, like a dance-floor that powers the club, a dress that could charge your iPod, and an arm-band that juices up cell phones while you rock out. These are all inventions we can agree with -- especially if we're juicing up our gadgets while doing it. [From: textually.org]


Tags: bluetooth, eco-friendly, headset, kinetic energy, KineticEnergy, plantronics

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