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Self Charging Mobiles

Early Stage mobile phones, Camera phones, smart phones and now self charging mobiles. Have you ever thought of an era where you will have no problems due to low battery of the mobile phone? At present almost all the people are using smart phones with many applications and features installed in it. Due to their huge battery consumption the mobile battery drains down very rapidly. This cause lot of hassle during the day time and sometimes it could lead the user for disappointment. As a solution for this modern design engineers and developers are at the research stage of self charging mobiles. They are trying to invent a smart phone which can charge its battery using the solar power without plug it in to an electrical socket. This invention has become an argumentative topic which has taken the attention of many pundits all around the globe. Many experts predict that this invention is just going to be another hopeless and time wasting task because to absorb the solar power and store that power inside a mobile phone is not an easy goal. In fact with all the compulsory components of a mobile, there are no sufficient space inside it to install a large solar panel and a capacitor to store the generated power. In addition to that they say that this product could not be marketed in countries where they have the sun in a limited period of the year or in countries where they do not see the sun at all. The next major question is will this product going be affordable at a considerable price? Even though many experts think that this going to be a failure, there are some great minds who says ‘it is worth trying than staring fingers crossed’. As the rumor say, the input power source for the self charging mobile is its own mobile display. More than 80% of the battery is charged when the phone is taken out and the screen is lifted upside. Well, no one would keep a smart phone inside the pocket all day long besides if so, no worries about the battery power going down. It is a new energy harvesting polarizer named as ‘polarizing organic photovoltaic’. This helps us to save energy usage through recharging so we can call it eco friendly mobile rather than self charging mobiles. (Review)

According to a research of a team lead by Professor Yang Yang in UCLA has come up with an idea which converts the light from the back light into electricity to charge its own battery in the mobile phone. And also the polarizer would also absorb light from external sources such as sunlight or even indoor lighting to recharge the phone battery which gives good solutions for the above stated controversial issue. Yang further stated that in the near future, he and his team would like to increase the efficiency of the polarizing organic photovoltaics, and eventually they hope to work with electronic manufacturers to integrate our technology into real products. And also he predicted that this energy-saving LCD will become a mainstream technology in displays in near future. (Ecofriend)

This is a great development in the mobile phone technology will encourage the users and the usage of mobile phones will increase more. As it increases the usage, it will increase the effects caused by it. Therefore these new developments going to take place very soon in the mobile phone industry have more disadvantages on men than advantages. Usage of mobile phones tends to create health diseases, accidents due to driving while using the mobile phone, and effects on the environment when some parts are disposed. However, though we live in a society which everything makes every work easy and instant, most of those have side effects too. So therefore it would not have a greater impact due to only this new innovation. Moreover, the usage of mobile has been an addiction or a basic need among us so this innovation will help us and make life easier.

As we enter a new technological era, wireless connectivity places itself at our fingertips and the mobile phones will be useful for us in many ways and it is not possible to reject it due to the side effects. Therefore we as knowledgeable people must limit the usage of it to certain extend and use it wisely.

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