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Nokia Invents Battery Free Phone

Posted by on 10 June 2009
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A phone that charges itself? No, there isn't an "app for that." Nokia has just sent a statement that its in the process of releasing a cellphone that radiowaves around its vicinity to charge itself. Wow.

Current.com reports, The prototype handset harvests the weak radiowaves from TVs, radios and other mobile phones, basically the radiation all around us. It's a similar concept to how the Transport for London's Oyster cards work.

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