Today’s technology makes it possible for some simple motion to generate sufficient electricity to power some simple gadgets. Designer, Rochus Jacob has proposed a rocking chair that comes integrated with an OLED lamp which can provide sufficient light for you while you’re rocking in the chair, reading your favorite story. The best is the lamp of this chair is powered by your rocking motion.
Besides, OLED lamp also consumes comparatively low power, making it possible to be powered by little electricity generated by the rocking motion. The chair has advanced nano-dynamo technology built in to the skids that generates electricity for the lamp. OLED technology also allows the lamp to be easily bendable to suit different angles of your reading.
And of course, the OLED reading lamp can be turned off during the day time and the generated power will be stored into the internal battery, which can then power the lamp even you’re not rocking.
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Very Cool. And very green
What exactly is “advanced nano-dynamo technology” though….
Is it a mercury switch? Some kind of Piezoelectric touch pad sensor in the rocking pads?
March 17th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
hehe, how cool is that.. a lamp powered by your rocking chair. Ultimately we return to the old days, when we used to generate power by making a mouse run on a wheel that’s connected to some power generating device…
August 26th, 2010 at 7:16 am
Oh my god, I am official going to ask my boss for some new furniture. I work in computer support, and feel like I look at a boring desk lamp 24.7