Comments on: Nokia: Bicycle Charger Kit for Mobiles

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By: JKE

JKE — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:21:31 +0000

@Athman Mohamed: I think the two Kenyans were not the first to come up with such an idea. See the other comments – this “technology” has been around for some time (it’s just a wire, a plug, a rechargable battery, a recitifier and the dynamo). Nokia only eventually turned this into one of their marketable products.

I think the one important factor on this is that the Kenyan version could be made available and is much more affordable.

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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:31:51 +0000

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By: PosterGrampa

PosterGrampa — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:15:16 +0000

I use to have something like this back in the 60′s for a light I had on my 3 speed bike. You could buy the light, generator and rear tail light from Canadian Tire. Good to see something old being reused for todays new gadgits & stuff

By: Athman Mohamed

Athman Mohamed — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:03:11 +0000

am hoping the kenyan students who invented this one year ago are involved… otherwise its just a case of a giant corporate reaping where it has not sowed?

Check this link out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8166196.stm

I recalled this being featured in the news one year ago… never gave much thought to it perhaps due to my myopic vision, but now i see the potential when i remember the number of bicycles in India and China. This should make the students our first Kenyan technology billionaires in $$$… else it sucks big time.

what do you think?

By: robedouard

robedouard — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:12:34 +0000

this is awesome!!!

By: KMC

KMC — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:43:19 +0000

When will such off-grid items be available in other markets besides Africa?
Here in Portland, Oregon, USA, there are hundreds of bicycle commuters and students, so having a phone charger attached to the bikes would be wonderful!!

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Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:46:08 +0000

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By: jke

jke — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:14:05 +0000

Pls note that Nokia is not the first company to offer such a charger as there have been similar attempts to this before, e.g.:
1. http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/09/the-bicycle-cellphone-recharger-kit/
2. http://www.ikonglobal.com/index.html
3. http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ct/2007/23/190_kiosk (in German, includes PCB layout)

The difference is that Nokia has the sleek design & reputation on the market. Am VERY curious to see artisans picking up on this asap the pcb layout is available (reverse engineering na kadhalika).

Also, I would have preferred for Nokia to do a test on open design and push this as an open DIY project for dev countries a) to see how/if open design works, b) how such a simple charger can be officially rebuilt locally with the blessings of Nokia (thus killing China fakes?) and because c) only a very few will be able to cough up the equiv. of 15€ on a bicycle charger. So, this is a few years too late and also still too expensive.