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core77.com - 9/21/2008

iYo Yo-Yo powered charger for iPhone

— core77.com — 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 ... (more) iYo Yo-Yo powered charger for iPhone

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blip.tv - 9/21/2008

iYo charges your iPhone

— blip.tv — iYo charges your iPhone (more) iYo charges your iPhone

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gizmodo.com - 9/23/2008

iYo Rocks the Baby Then Charges Your iPhone [IYo]

— gizmodo.com — 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 ... (more) iYo Rocks the Baby Then Charges Your iPhone [IYo]

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iYo induction charger juices your iPhone the Yo-Yo way
TechChee.com, shop online for gadget, gizmo and hot tech stuff — iYo YoYo-based induction charger iYo is a yoyo-powered induction charger for your iPhone. It definitely brings more fun to charging your iPhone as what you need to do is to keep playing with the yoyo and it’ll produce electricity for juicing up your iPhone. This conceptual charger was designed by Swedish designer Peter Thuvander, which is the first charger that makes use of yoyo-based charging mechanism. The designer came out with this concept is simply because he thinks solarchargers are too boring, and some more solar chargers don’t work at night or in Sweden half the year. So this yoyo charger should make a big hit. The ...

Yo-yo powered cell phones
Fashionfunky.com — Anything that you do these days is being used to generate power. We can have OPEC to thank for that. There have already been concepts of motion powered cell phone chargers - this one makes sure that the little ones play time is put to good use as well. The yo-yo is to be used as it normally would be , only the rotating motion is used by magnets to generate power and store into a battery. ...