While solar chargers are a great way to charge your smartphone while trekking, they are dependent on sunlight. However, portable turbines are an alternative to this, and product designer Nils Ferber has created one that he claims is more portable and effective than any other. New Atlas reports that the tech was developed by Ferber as the graduation project for his Master’s course of product design at the École cantonale d’art Lausanne (ECAL), and weighs less than 1 kg , which Ferber believes is 40% lighter than its closest competitor.
Capable of being erected in a matter of seconds, this portable turbine smartphone charger can reportedly produce a constant output of 5 watts if the wind is blowing at 18 km/h (11 mph) – energy that can be used to charge devices directly via a USB output or can be stored in an integrated 24-Wh battery pack.
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