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Next year, the company M2E Power will launch a charger that works with kinetic energy. It can capture enough energy generated by the movement of the user running, such as to recharge the mobile phones batteries.

The company officials said that six hours of movement can generate energy for calls of 30-60 minutes for a mobile phone. The user can keep the charger rucksack or in a bag and leave it to recharge, explained Regan Rowe, M2E Power representative. When is full charge, the device stores enough energy to recharge a mobile phone, with a speed comparable to that of an ordinary charger, connected to a receptacle.

Inside the device is a lithium-ion battery and a series of carbons and magnets. When it move, around the carbons is created an electromagnetic field which generates electricity.

The device can be charged to a receptacle. Those from M2E Power presented the idea of several phone manufacturers to incorporate the charger direct in mobile phones.

The company test now and the level of energy that the device can get from the vehicles vibrations, said Rowe. The energy level that a generator can get varies greatly depending of the motion.

In the long term, the company intends to place devices that are charged single. In electric cars and hybrids. Placing such a device near the windscreen wiper or doors could significantly reduce the need for a rechargeable battery and would increase the movement autonomy, explained Rowe.