Nokia powering up self-charging cell phone

Nokia Research Center in Cambridge, England, working on a prototype that would eliminate the traditional mobile phone chargers.

The system collects energy from ambient radio waves emitted by the antennas, television masts, Wi-Fi transmitter, and the like. This may all sound über-scientific, but we have used this technology for many years. Have you ever left a store, only to hear the beep, beep, beep of an alarm system accuses? Many retailers use radio frequency identification to prevent theft and track inventory. Like RFID tags, Nokia phones would catch radio waves within a frequency range, use them to power.

Nokia’s goal is to get mobile phones to harvest about 50 milli-watt power. Currently the prototype can harvest up to 5 milli watts, but at least 20 milli watts needed to keep the phones running in standby mode indefinitely without the need for infiltration, the British Guardian reported in an article on the Nokia research.

We are not quite sure what features 50 milli watts could power music play? 3G Internet? As consumers increase their activities and entertainment in connection dependent on mobile phones, Nokia may need to adjust their 50-milli watts objectives. For a more functional lifestyle device phone must be paired with a solar-paneled cases, or even a single cable interface charge.

Nokia Research Center has said that the technology will take three to five years to develop. Although this is probably the first time, electromagnetic radiation on a common consumer products, wireless charging already hit the market. This month, Palm introduced a wireless charger touchstone for its highly anticipated Palm facing.

Test using a method called inductive charging. The electric toothbrush is one of the most common entities applying this technology.