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November 20, 2008
Flying Tampon
Milena sent me a link to this item, writing "All I know is that it looks like a flying tampon. Maybe your Russian is better than mine."
Alas, it's not.
Maybe yours is.
Designed by Ji-yun Kim, Soon-young Yang and Hwan-ju Jeon.
From the website:
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Ветряная мельница для подзарядки батарей
О том, что нам давно пора использовать энергию природы в свое благо, говорят не только дизайнеры, но и сама жизнь диктует именно такие условия. Скажем, энергия ветра в наши дни используется очень мало, а ведь из нее можно столько пользы извлечь!
Скажем, например, о батарейках, именно им посвящен этот пост. Перезаряжающиеся батарейки заметно облегчили нашу жизнь – без них уже ее и представить нельзя. Но вот устройства, которые позволяют их перезаряжать… Вот это вечная проблема. Они же весят почти тонну! Даже если не утрировать, то таскать с собой их всегда, когда они нужны, кажется сумасшествием. Также считают и дизайнеры потому и создают такой простой и легкий девайс. Да еще и который работает от энергии природы!
Это – «Febot», ответ всем тем, кто мечтает о легком и совсем небольшом заряжающем устройстве. Оно представляет небольшую капсулу, у которой есть крылышки. Но запускать ее в небо как самолетик не нужно. Достаточно лишь повесить на стену со стороны улицы! Но предварительно не забудьте положить в нее батарею, которую нужно зарядить. Ветер будет крутить эти небольшие лопасти, которые больше на указатель смахивают, и в устройстве будет появляться энергия, заряжающая вашу батарейку. Такой простой и, кажется, волшебный способ заставить природу работать на человека! Но пока это лишь концепт.
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The babelfish translation is a delight...
...very Naked Lunch streaming of windmill boosting consciousness.
Febot and goodnight.
Posted by: gina | Nov 21, 2008 2:57:48 PM
Here's the translation from babelfish:
Wind mill for the booster charge About the fact that to us to it is time use energy of nature into its good, speak not only designers, but also life itself dictates precisely such conditions. Let us say, energy of wind during our days is used very little, and indeed from it is possible so much benefit to extract! Let us speak, for example, about small batteries is, precisely, by them dedicated this post. The recharged small batteries noticeably facilitated our life - without them already it cannot be presented. But here are the devices, which make it possible to recharge them… Here this is perennial problem. They weigh almost ton! Even if we do not exaggerate, then drag them with itself always, when they are necessary, it seems by madness. Also count designers therefore is created similar simple and light [devays]. On top of that which works from the energy of nature! These are - “Febot”, the answer to all fact, who dreams about the lung and the entirely small rocket hoist. It presents the small capsule, which has wings. But to start it into the sky as small aircraft is not necessary. It suffices only to hang to the wall from the side of street! But preliminarily do not forget to place the battery, which must be loaded into it. Wind will turn these small blades, which more to the indicator whisk away, and in the device the energy, which loads your small battery, will appear. This simple and it seems magic method to force nature to work on the man! But thus far this is only concept.
Posted by: Kayla | Nov 21, 2008 1:46:22 PM
Yep, battery charger, shown torturing a Duracell alkaline.
But it wouldn't torture it much, being stuck on a wall where it'd be very difficult for the wind to actually turn its rotors. This still puts it far ahead of the quality of most of these "conceptual designs", of course.
I suppose if you lived somewhere windy and dark there'd be some reason to use a thing like this instead of a simple solar charger, but surely a slightly larger rotor connected to a multi-cell battery tray would be far more practical.
Posted by: Daniel Rutter | Nov 21, 2008 8:57:17 AM
http://www.tranism.com/weblog/2008/11/little-windmill.html
Posted by: Flautist | Nov 20, 2008 4:29:29 PM
If I'm understanding it right, it is a wind-powered battery charger. Of course, they are showing a non-rechargeable battery in the picture.
Posted by: Jeff Tulley | Nov 20, 2008 1:38:16 PM
Joe,
I babelfish'd it and it appears to be a wind powered battery charger.
Posted by: Vince | Nov 20, 2008 1:30:52 PM
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