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By: Dusan Belic, IntoMobile
Monday, January 13th, 2014 at 3:36 AM

We’ve already seen a number of different solar powered chargers and phones in the past. Relying on wind energy, however, isn’t as easy. To be fair, French Orange tried to experiment with this form of renewable energy back in 2007 but their windmill was everything but portable.

Now have a new project created by UT Arlington researchers, Smitha Rao and J.C. Chiao, that [project] involves tiny windmills which in theory could be attached to a phone sleeve. This small wind farm should then be able to provide juice for your phone or tablet.

Bear in mind that these wind turbines (if we can call them like that) are so small that you can stick 10 of them on a grain of rice. They are made out of durable nickel alloy, so you shouldn’t have to worry about breaking them.

We love how this sounds and can’t wait to check it out when we get a chance. It’s yet another way to reach the dream of 100% wireless future.

[Via: Engadget]

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run Symbian Watch which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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