Eco Factor: Solar-powered battery charger.
Discharged dry cells have a serious environmental threat with all those toxic electricity-producing chemicals inside them. But the importance of dry cells in today’s electronic gadgets can’t be ruled out. Rechargeable batteries do help in saving the precious resources of the environment, but again they need electricity to keep them juiced up, which again is not always an eco-resource. Designer Jangho Kim has tried to develop a feasible answer in the form of a product he calls the Solar Pot.
Just like in a normal pot you plant some seeds and wait for the sun to do its job and nourish the plant, the Solar Pot encourages users to plant a discharged battery and keep the pot in the sun. The sun here doesn’t nourish a baby battery tree, but recharges them making them fit for reuse. A small LED light glows when the batteries are sufficiently charged and can be used again.
The Dark Side:
The device would just be able to recharge rechargeable batteries, but disposable cells, which are more in use, will still have the same fate.
Via: [Jangho Kim] Core77
