core77.com - 9/21/2008
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Talk about a GreenerGadget ! Swedish designer Peter Thuvander has designed an induction-powered yo-yo charger for iPhones and other Apple handheld devices. Housing a lithium ion cell, and based on the OLPC crank and this dandy wind-up remote , Peter is betting that the physics are close ...
treehugger.com - 9/21/2008
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treehugger.com —
Lee said: "I have a bit of an
issue with people lumping an entire continent as big...
as Asia and generalising it. Some of the best quality stuff comes from Asia..." [ read ] Anthony said: "Great post. A quick list of a lot of low-hanging fruit that can ...
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iYo Yo-Yo Charger for Power Without Solar and Wind
dvice.com - 9/21/2008
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dvice.com —
There's no shortage of gadgets for giving your
devices a much needed energy boost when the batteries...
run low, but most of them really aren't much fun. The iYo from Swedish designer Peter Thuvander turns charging up your devices into child's play, ...
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Juicing up your devices is child's play with an iYo
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iYo Rocks the Baby Then Charges Your iPhone [IYo]
Gizmodo —
... likes yo-yo's so much that he designed an iPhone charger concept around them. Called the iYo (what else?), the device charges its lithium ion battery cell with an OLPC crank that's turned using the spinning power of a yo-yo. "The remote control needs only 30 cranks—which is nothing when you yo-yo," he said. Just 30 cranks and your dignity, Peter. I kid, of course, being someone who sleeps with a Duncan yo-yo under his pillow. [Peter Thuvander via Core77 via Treehugger]
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iYo - Induction-Powered Yo-Yo Charger For iPhones
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iYo: Would a yo-yo phone charger actually work?
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... There's no reason Peter Thuvander's "iYo" yo-yo-powered charger wouldn't work. (Except, perhaps, physics.) He hasn't actually built one, but suspects that the motion of a yo-yo with a magnet inside would generate enough power to charge his iPhone or anything else that can sip power from a USB port.
Help me out: would this actually work at a rate that would be practical? I haven't the first idea of how to do the math.
iYo project page [PeterThuvander.se via Core77]
Going Yo-Yo Over the iPhone
Yanko Design —
Peter Thuvander was so excited over his new iPhone that he designed an induction powered yo-yo charger for it. It charges its lithium ion battery using an OLPC crank. 30 “yo-yo” cranks is all you need to juice up your iPhone which sounds almost too good to be true. Check out the video after the jump.
Designer: Peter Thuvander [ Via: Core77 & Gizmodo ]
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iPhone Charger
Tech Blog —
... Unlike other gadgets, this iPhone charger uses an OLPC-inspired crank to charge up the phone, thirty to be exact. Video after the break.
Peter Thuvander was so excited over his new iPhone that he designed an induction powered yo-yo charger for it.
[via Yankodesign - Core77]
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Going Yo-Yo Over the iPhone
yankodesign.com 9/23/2008 — Peter Thuvander was so excited over his new iPhone that he designed an induction powered yo-yo charger for it. It charges its lithium ion battery using an OLPC crank. 30 “yo-yo” cranks is all you need to juice up your iPhone which sounds ...
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iYo Rocks the Baby Then Charges Your iPhone [IYo]
gizmodo.com 9/23/2008 — Swedish designer Peter Thuvander likes yo-yo's so much that he designed an iPhone charger concept around them. Called the iYo (what else?), the device charges its lithium ion battery cell with an OLPC crank that's turned using the spinning power of a ...
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designboom.com 9/19/2008 —
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that is a swedish winter, huvander wanted to find a way to sustainably charge his beloved iphone.
because of sweden
The Coolest Yo-Yo In The World Charges Your iPods
techfresh.net 9/22/2008 —
Peter Thuvander seems to like yo-yos so much that he designed the iYo induction battery charger. It’s an actual yo-yo with a tiny lithium ion battery that charges when the yo-yo rotates and can be used to juice up exhausted gadgets. The iYo ...
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