Ok this will be a little odd but bear with me.
has anyone seen a phone charger that runs off a spinning kite like this sort?
http://www.kitesatoldcity.com/IBS/SimpleCat/product/ASP/product-id/394433.html
A while back I picked one up for my youngest, in a charity shop but still bagged for £1. To be honest I got it mainly for the novelty that h t was Made in England according to the packaging. Anyroad it flies rather well even in moderate airs and as I watched it spin I wondered if that motion could be harnessed. Knowing nothing of electronics I thought of powering LEDs or if the cord was very light wire running something off it on the ground. Then remembering that they used box kites to raise aerials for field radios back in WW2 ( I once picked up a lovely bright orange cotton US army one but like a idiot sold it on rather than played its it). I thought could it be used as a aerial boosting device for a mobile phone.
Anyroad, not having a original bone in my body, some ones bound to have come up with one if it is a sensible idea. I vaguely recollect a single use emergency balloon that acted as a aerial and visual reference point.
Google didn't find one but perhaps I used the ring keywords.
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tom
has anyone seen a phone charger that runs off a spinning kite like this sort?
http://www.kitesatoldcity.com/IBS/SimpleCat/product/ASP/product-id/394433.html
A while back I picked one up for my youngest, in a charity shop but still bagged for £1. To be honest I got it mainly for the novelty that h t was Made in England according to the packaging. Anyroad it flies rather well even in moderate airs and as I watched it spin I wondered if that motion could be harnessed. Knowing nothing of electronics I thought of powering LEDs or if the cord was very light wire running something off it on the ground. Then remembering that they used box kites to raise aerials for field radios back in WW2 ( I once picked up a lovely bright orange cotton US army one but like a idiot sold it on rather than played its it). I thought could it be used as a aerial boosting device for a mobile phone.
Anyroad, not having a original bone in my body, some ones bound to have come up with one if it is a sensible idea. I vaguely recollect a single use emergency balloon that acted as a aerial and visual reference point.
Google didn't find one but perhaps I used the ring keywords.
atb
tom