Nokia develops phone that recharges itself without mains electricity

The Guardian revealed that Nokia has developed a new charging system for cell phones in which cell phone is able to recharge itself without using the conventional mains electricity system. This new prototype charging system from Nokia uses ambient radio waves to power itself.
Ambient energy generators have the potential to replace battery power as a source of energy in a variety of practical applications, particularly in remote locations. Research has shown that it is possible to produce electric power from ambient sources like human energy, radio waves and transmission wires. Traditional electrochemical batteries and fuel storage systems are limited by factors such as battery life, power supply and weight. Recent advances in electronic components and sensor technologies are steadily reducing the energy requirements of many remote components and devices, further advancing the potential capabilities of ambient energy power generation.

The power produced is although small, but it is almost enough to power a mobile in standby mode indefinitely without ever needing to plug it into the mains.

In today’s life, it is very common that when you come from your work, you plug-in your cell phone to recharge it daily. Because its usage has increased a lot and people are now pretty much dependent on this small device. Beside voice calls and text messages, listening to FM radio, listening to stored music, browsing Internet, doing photography, and even making videos

calls is something very common now for most of the mobile phone users. In that case, you are always in a bit of bother that your cell phone’s battery is running out of power.

Mobile chargers will no more be required.

Nokia claims that this prototype, instead of harvesting tiny amounts of power (a few microwatts) from dedicated transmitters, is able to search and collect relatively large amounts of power around a thousand times as much from signals coming from miles away. So the mobile phone users won’t have to worry about recharging their most used device in their daily routine.