Boil water to charge your mobile: new invention
In the wake of the earthquake and tsunami, a Japanese company has invented a simple way to charge mobiles.
A member of Japanese electronics venture TES NewEnergy unveils a pot that can charge mobile phones while boiling water. (AAP)
A JAPANESE COMPANY HAS come up with a new way to charge your mobile phone after a natural disaster or in the great outdoors - by heating a pot of water over a campfire.
The Hatsuden-Nabe thermo-electric cookpot turns heat from boiling water into electricity that feeds via a USB port into digital devices such as smartphones, music players and global positioning systems