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Bike for Power!
Bike for Power!
The OHM is a hand-held sized energy device for cyclists. As it’s explained below, this device uses magnets and a dynamo to collect energy which can in turn be used to power up your phone or other chargeable device. Now you too can declare yourself independent of power plugs and cigarette ...
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Portable Gadget Charger Concept Gets Its Own Juice From Your Bikeride [Concepts]
Gizmodo — ... OHM portable device charger — you attach a few neodymium magnets to your back bike rim, place the dynamo on the underside of your seat so it has a direct line with the magnets, and thanks to the process of electromagnetic induction, it will begin collecting power each time the wheel rotates past the dynamo. Ride your bike for an extended period of time and you'll have enough energy stored up to recharge a gadget in a pinch. Sounds pretty sweet to me. Except I don't ride a bike. [Yanko Design] ...

Portable Gadget Charger Concept Gets Its Own Juice from Your Bike Ride [Concepts]
Gizmodo — ... OHM portable device charger—you attach a few neodymium magnets to your back bike rim, place the dynamo on the underside of your seat so it has a direct line with the magnets, and thanks to the process of electromagnetic induction, it will begin collecting power each time the wheel rotates past the dynamo. Ride your bike for an extended period of time and you'll have enough energy stored up to recharge a gadget in a pinch. Sounds pretty sweet to me. Except I don't ride a bike. [Yanko Design] ...

Bike Power
Tech Blog — ... Bike Power basically "uses magnets and a dynamo to collect energy which can in turn be used to power up your phone or other chargeable device." Click here for one more picture. Based on electromagnetic induction, ohm harvests, stores and converts human power into usable energy. [via Yankodesign]

OHM Charger
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide — ... Featuring the use of magnets and a dynamo to collect energy, the OHM is a hand-held sized energy device designed especially for cyclists which can in turn be used to power up your phone or other chargeable device. “Based on electromagnetic induction, ohm harvests, stores and converts human power into usable energy. No more power plugs for sure! [YANKO] ...

OHM Personal Energy Device Gives Power To Cyclists
OhGizmo! — ... charge rate than some other portable chargers we’ve tested, with the trade-off being that you have to put work into this one. Consequently, it will certainly slow you down a little bit, but if you’re riding a bike, you can’t be in that much of a hurry anyway, right? The OHM is currently in the concept stage, but I figured that it’s such a simple and straightforward idea that someone is bound to put it into production sometime soon. VIA [ Yanko Design ] ...

OHM: Radfahren und Handy-Akku aufladen
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen — ... Da grüne Gadgets voll im Trend sind, wird es dieses Konzept garantiert auch bald in die Regale der Händler schaffen. Der OHM Personal Energy Device wurde von Xavier Unwin entwickelt. Der kleine Generator soll Energie, die während des Radfahrens generiert wird speichern und später beispielsweise den iPod oder ein Handy damit aufladen. Dazu werden einfach einige Magneten an die Speichen des Rades angebracht. Während man kräftig in die Pedale tritt, lädt sich der interne 1200 mAh Lithium-Ionen-Akku auf. Auf den Dynamo für das Licht am Rad ...

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