A MOBILE PHONE POWERED BY HEAT
London designer, Patrick Hyland has developed a phone that charges using the heat in your pocket. The Nokia E-Cu has an embedded thermogenerator that converts heat from any source into energy to charge the phone.
The Nokia E-Cu’s case is copper-based with engraved heat sinks in a dry earth pattern. Phone chargers produce 51,000 tons of waste annually in addition to greenhouse gases created by the production of the electricity needed to charge them. The E-Cu’s (E for environment, Cu for Copper) heat conductive charging system eliminates the need for any charger.
