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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on August 26, 2007

Enter the Inflight Power Recharger. It uses something that's guaranteed to be in every seat: the headset jack. How does this work? Apparently, if you find a really loud channel and turn the audio system up all the way, and you let it sit for a while, there will be enough power to charge devices that have a USB charging cable.
The secret? capacitors, which store the energy captured from the audio system and pumps it out through the USB port. It takes a few minutes to store up enough energy to actually charge anything. To help keep things consistent, you can also seed the device with 2 AAA batteries.
I recorded a video demonstrating how this device works.
Permalink: Charge Your USB Devices With Audio?
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/87822
Mr Wong
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Rating: 6.00 out of 1 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
Alex Vorn
(08/27/07 4:31am)
Response from:
Tammy
(08/27/07 3:26pm)
That's pretty handy! Thanks for the demo!
Response from:
Fashionfunky
Inflight Power Recharger is an apt solution for frequent and long distance air travelers. Rather than being grumpy about not getting enough power (to charge cell phone or iPod ) and throwing tantrums at the flight attendants, they can...
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