Wind-Harnessing Device Sol-Air Use Hand Winder System If Wind isn’t Blowing
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Posted by Mircea on Saturday, July 25, 2009 |
Nowadays, electricity is a necessary element, a very used element in many activity fields, for example, in telecommunications(mobile phones). Not only mobile phones,but any other electronic devices such mp3 players, ipod’s, laptops need power when we are outdoor. For these devices were created many models of chargers, with alternative energy, solar, kinetic, and wind energy.
In this post I will present a wind powered charger,a wind-harnessing device that can recharge your portable devices in outdoor locations. The product is called Sol-Air, and features an alarm clock and an electronic gadget charger. This product was desined by Clarisse Paula Fernando, an industrial designer, who tried to produce energy from wind power and from human energy.
This device work also as a alarm clock.What is really interesting is it’s design, similar to a regular wind turbine, but actually this device is many times smaller than a wind turbine used in a wind farm. “If the wind isn’t blowing, the device also allows the user to power it using a hand winder. Clarisse claims that the device can charge a cellphone battery after just 5 minutes of winding. The device also features photo-luminescent casing that captures sunlight and glows after dark.” – Ecofriend
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Categories: Alternative energy, Technology, Wind Energy
Tags: Alternative energy, electricity, electronic devices, electronic gadget charger, energy from wind power, hand winder, human energy, kinetic, outdoor locations, regular wind turbine, Sol-Air charger, solar, Wind Energy, wind farm, wind powered charger, wind-harnessing device
That is just plain sad.
The windmill is mounted on a flat face where the wind is blocked from blowing through the blades. The blades are the wrong proportion for a turbine that small, so it would require a hurricane to get it to generate any power. The turbine type they chose is one that needs to be facing directly into the wind, but this device has no ability to allow the blades to swivel towards the wind. There seems to be no handle for hand winding so you are required to spin the spin the thin delicate turbine blades with your hand. Finally, an alarm clock??? How many places do you sleep where there is enough wind to spin a windmill? Are you expected to leave your cellphone outdoors to charge it?
This is not industrial design, it is doodling.
I searched for \’Cell Phone Alarm System Design\’ at google and found this your post (\’rnessing Device Sol-Air Use Hand Winder System If Wind isn’t Blowing | My Green Treasure\’) in search results. Not very relevant result, but still interesting to read.