When you ride your bicycle, you produce energy. Up to now, this energy is only used to feed the light that enables you to bike more safely. But in Germany the manufacturer of bicycles Silverback came up with the idea to use this energy for recharging small electronic devices. Thanks to USB ports integrated in the bike, it’s possible to recharge your mobile phone, your MP3, your GPS... while you are biking.
Apparently, Silverback isn’t the only one with this idea. Nokia designed a green add-on device called ‘The Nokia Bicycle Charger Kit’. It can be easily installed on any bike, which seems to me a great advantage. In addition, you are able to listen to music on your phone's speakers as you cycle. With just 20 minutes of cycling at 10 km/h you can power up your Nokia mobile phone for 1 hour of talk time or 74 hours of standby time, so from now on you never risk that your battery is running low. Since a lot of people take the bike to university and everyone is using a smart phone and an MP3, I am convinced that this is a very interesting device for the MTB community. Would you like to have one as well?
Eline Moens
http://www.silverbacklab.com/2011_website_SILVERBACK/urban_dynamics.htm
http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/accessories/all-accessories/power/chargers/nokia-bicycle-charger-kit
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