Hotspots and charging stations

DS1119

pjeptx wrote:

Will they charge us to charge our phones?

I think they throw us a freebie here and I say no.

unlost dogs

81 wrote:

seriously tho, are you suppose to leave your phone while it charges? is it like a coat check at a nice eatery? mine takes some time to go from needing a charge to fully charged.

I'll keep an eye on it for you.

*snorts*

RKCNDY

unlost dogs wrote:

81 wrote:

seriously tho, are you suppose to leave your phone while it charges? is it like a coat check at a nice eatery? mine takes some time to go from needing a charge to fully charged.

I'll keep an eye on it for you.

*snorts*

wanna do an experiment and see if 81's phone can swim in beer?

unlost dogs

RKCNDY wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

81 wrote:

seriously tho, are you suppose to leave your phone while it charges? is it like a coat check at a nice eatery? mine takes some time to go from needing a charge to fully charged.

I'll keep an eye on it for you.

*snorts*

wanna do an experiment and see if 81's phone can swim in beer?

...and still receive text messages?

Oh, yes, please!!!

RKCNDY

unlost dogs wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

wanna do an experiment and see if 81's phone can swim in beer?

...and still receive text messages?

Oh, yes, please!!!

quite amusing that I found a pic to motivate us as well...

CloneOfASon

RKCNDY wrote:

quite amusing that I found a pic to motivate us as well...

DS1119

RKCNDY wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

wanna do an experiment and see if 81's phone can swim in beer?

...and still receive text messages?

Oh, yes, please!!!

quite amusing that I found a pic to motivate us as well...

Not an HTC though.

CloneOfASon

DS1119 wrote:

Not an HTC though.

That's cuz an HTC ain't anywhere near as durable as that Nokia

81

you've all been reported for your bad tude.

:x

CloneOfASon

81 wrote:

you've all been reported for your bad tude.

:x

Whateva!! (hand) You know Windows 8 is gonna squash the 'droid!

Kurtman44

im not sure where this has been such a big deal...don't most phones last WELL over 12 hours? Have it fully charged and you should be fine unless you are talking on the phone all day and why would you do that when there are great bands playing allll day.

81

CloneOfASon wrote:

81 wrote:

you've all been reported for your bad tude.

:x

Whateva!! (hand) You know Windows 8 is gonna squash the 'droid!

hmm....better buy some nokia tommorrow :P

seriously, next time i'm near a cell store, i'm going to check some out.

CloneOfASon

81 wrote:

CloneOfASon wrote:

81 wrote:

you've all been reported for your bad tude.

:x

Whateva!! (hand) You know Windows 8 is gonna squash the 'droid!

hmm....better buy some nokia tommorrow :P

seriously, next time i'm near a cell store, i'm going to check some out.

Blah... I work for a bunch of Fins.. I'll tell you, I can't stay awake more than 30 seconds in a meeting with them... though they do know how to party!

DS1119

Kurtman44 wrote:

im not sure where this has been such a big deal...don't most phones last WELL over 12 hours? Have it fully charged and you should be fine unless you are talking on the phone all day and why would you do that when there are great bands playing allll day.

Just nice to have. With the announcement of the museum being announced I know I'll be taking a lot of pictures of that stuff! :thumbup:

jamburger

Should be ready for use at PJ25...

http://www.mobiledia.com/news/104510.html

Shoe-Powered Battery May Charge Mobile Phones

By Kendra Srivastava | Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:59 pm

People may soon be able to use "in-shoe technology" to charge their cell phones while going for a walk, making dead batteries a thing of the past.

Tom Krupenkin and Ashley Taylor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison's mechanical engineering program invented a shoe insert that generates electrical energy from people's footsteps. The creators say their technology may eventually charge people's cell phones during a 2-hour walk.

Krupenkin and Taylor's "in-shoe technology" works by harnessing the thermodynamic power people generate with each footfall.

To make the device, the duo reversed a process called electrowetting, in which conductive liquid applied to the surface of an electrode changes with exposure to an electrical charge. By running this reaction backwards, Taylor and Krupenkin realized they could generate electrical charge by using the changing physical form of liquid drops.

In simpler terms, "If you run a motor in reverse you get an electrical generator," explains Krupenkin.

The team has so far gotten 150 droplets to produce several milliwatts of power. But if they coat a 40-centimeter-thick electrode with 1,000 droplets, Krupenkin predicts the device will produce 10 watts.

Ten watts is enough to power a mobile phone or even a netbook. And this would be portable power too -- Krupekin describes it as "a mobile electronic unit with you that is always ready."

Taylor and Krupekin's experiment is the first of its kind, though Samsung in 2008 debuted a water-powered battery. It worked by producing hydrogen from a reaction between metal and water once the phone turned on, leading hydrogen and oxygen to mix and create power in the fuel cell.

The two students formed a company called InStep NanoPower and are working on a prototype for sale within two years.

CloneOfASon

WOOHOO!! Go UW Madison!!

DS1119

jamburger wrote:

Should be ready for use at PJ25...

http://www.mobiledia.com/news/104510.html

Shoe-Powered Battery May Charge Mobile Phones

By Kendra Srivastava | Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:59 pm

People may soon be able to use "in-shoe technology" to charge their cell phones while going for a walk, making dead batteries a thing of the past.

Tom Krupenkin and Ashley Taylor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison's mechanical engineering program invented a shoe insert that generates electrical energy from people's footsteps. The creators say their technology may eventually charge people's cell phones during a 2-hour walk.

Krupenkin and Taylor's "in-shoe technology" works by harnessing the thermodynamic power people generate with each footfall.

To make the device, the duo reversed a process called electrowetting, in which conductive liquid applied to the surface of an electrode changes with exposure to an electrical charge. By running this reaction backwards, Taylor and Krupenkin realized they could generate electrical charge by using the changing physical form of liquid drops.

In simpler terms, "If you run a motor in reverse you get an electrical generator," explains Krupenkin.

The team has so far gotten 150 droplets to produce several milliwatts of power. But if they coat a 40-centimeter-thick electrode with 1,000 droplets, Krupenkin predicts the device will produce 10 watts.

Ten watts is enough to power a mobile phone or even a netbook. And this would be portable power too -- Krupekin describes it as "a mobile electronic unit with you that is always ready."

Taylor and Krupekin's experiment is the first of its kind, though Samsung in 2008 debuted a water-powered battery. It worked by producing hydrogen from a reaction between metal and water once the phone turned on, leading hydrogen and oxygen to mix and create power in the fuel cell.

The two students formed a company called InStep NanoPower and are working on a prototype for sale within two years.

Technology never ceases to amaze me.

81

CloneOfASon wrote:

Blah... I work for a bunch of Fins.. I'll tell you, I can't stay awake more than 30 seconds in a meeting with them... though they do know how to party!

there was an article in forture or money or one of those rags on the new CEO and they were talking about teh fins and how they acted in meetings....basically, the same conclusion that you had.

i don't doubt that they will make some great hardware, and the software from what i've read is getting solid reviews....but can they catch google and apple. it was interesting that google rejected nokia an approved user of android because they were teh biggest and google wanted to work with smaller phone manufactures such as HTC, motorola, etc.

it was also interesting that google bought up motorola.

CloneOfASon

81 wrote:

CloneOfASon wrote:

Blah... I work for a bunch of Fins.. I'll tell you, I can't stay awake more than 30 seconds in a meeting with them... though they do know how to party!

there was an article in forture or money or one of those rags on the new CEO and they were talking about teh fins and how they acted in meetings....basically, the same conclusion that you had.

i don't doubt that they will make some great hardware, and the software from what i've read is getting solid reviews....but can they catch google and apple. it was interesting that google rejected nokia an approved user of android because they were teh biggest and google wanted to work with smaller phone manufactures such as HTC, motorola, etc.

it was also interesting that google bought up motorola.

Yeah, the stories my co-workers come back with from Finland are insane

Hopefully Nokia won't get squeezed out. I loved all the Nokia phones I ever owned. I've sold my soul to Apple now though :twisted:

81

soooo

how did these things work out?

i unplugged mine about 1pm sat and after the show i sitll had 50% plus power

on sunday, unplugged about 3pm and was still doing well at 12:30 after the show.

not a single person needed to use my charging facilites on the truck. i'm a little dissapointed.

sorry i missed you DS.