Easy Energy Introduces YoGen Max Laptop ChargerPrototype of foot pedal laptop charger has “eco” written all over By Georgiana Bobolicu, Gadgets Editor
2nd of December 2008, 18:47 GMT
If we want to run all those devices that make our lives so much better, we need to find a way to power them that won’t cost a fortune and that can be used without danger of further damage to the environment. Using a disposable battery on a daily basis is clearly not a good idea. Renewable energy has to be the way. But, since the sun or the wind are rather difficult to use on a daily basis, Easy Energy has an alternative, the YoGen Max foot pedal laptop charger.
Still only a prototype, the YoGen Max is very easy to use and to carry around with you, as it will fold up for easy travel, allowing you to run your laptop like an antique sewing machine.
Of course, we all know that the human body coupled with the right balance of mechanical generators can produce electricity. But if you're one of those people who compulsively taps their foot anyway, the YoGen Max can help you run your laptop from anywhere, without a supplementary effort, isn't that right?
Thanks to this functioning principle, you'll practically be able to use your laptop far away from areas that have electricity, in the middle of the nature, while working in a much more relaxing way. Although its main purpose is to charge laptops, the YoGen Max can also be used to charge other small devices, without any restrictions.
No matter how easy it may be to charge a laptop or any other device this way, it may become somehow tiresome, since most of the electronics that we use on a daily basis require rather long operating times. But there's no need to worry, since Easy Energy has thought that through and endowed the YoGen Max with a high capacity internal rechargeable battery, packaged within an electronic block playing the role of a construction base. Besides the battery and in order to provide a maximum level of versatility, the electronic block of the YoGen Max makes it possible to set the desired output in a range covering all existing laptops and other similar devices.
Since it's just a prototype, there's no price attached to the YoGen Max just yet, but, according to the Easy Energy website, it should hit the market in the near future and I guess we will find out then.
