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iYo YoYo – The yo-yo charger for your iPhone and iPod

Thursday, 12 March, 2009
By Simon Leufstedt

iYo YoYo

Swedish designer Peter Thuvander has come up with the iYo YoYo, a nifty green alternative way to charge your iPhone or iPod.

“To celebrate my new Iphone and the fact that darkness is looming over me. I´ve done this: An induction powered yoyocharger for Apple.

And since solarchargers don’t work at night or in Sweden half the year, this should be a smash hit.”

Thanks to a small Li-ion battery inside the yo-yo you build up a charge while you play with the iYo YoYo. Afterwards you can just plug in your iPod or iPhone and it will be charged.

Watch the video:

Simon Leufstedt is the editor of Green Blog. Simon has previously studied Global Environmental Justice and is currently studying Human Ecology and Political Science at Lund University in Sweden. Simon is also blogging over at the Swedish 350 website and working with the Swedish TckTckTck organisation. You can follow Simon on Twitter and on Google+.
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http://www.m2econsulting.com Jonas Blake

The real question with this gadget is if it is going to use more energy to produce then it will generate in its useful life. I am betting not. This is just another example of people using the “Green” idea to sell a wasteful, landfill-bound product.

And besides, who really wants to yo-yo that much?
- fred
  
  i like yoyos.
jojo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYiqwkXSyds i like the 0 watt technology. Hope this will be in LCD TVs soon…..

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