The possibility of a mobile phone that charges while you walk around might seem far-fetched but according to M2E Power we might see devices featuring kinetic batteries on the market as early as 2009.

The M2E Power company was created last year to investigate how kinetic engery could be harnessed to power batteries in small commercial devices such as mobile phones as well as cars and military devices. According to their website this technology isn’t far away from market:

Imagine your cell phone charging while you walk, or your car gaining power while you drive. Imagine improving our soldiers’ safety with self-charging power for mission-critical electronics. And, imagine ground-breaking solutions for harnessing cleantech wind and wave power.

M2E’s patent-pending, physics-level innovations offers the potential for these power solutions and more. And they promise three to seven times more power than competing kinetic energy systems.

Based on the Faraday principle the system works by passing a magnet up and down through a coil as the device moves up and down during the natural action of walking or running. Tests have indicated a performance increase of up to 700 percent over similar kinetic technologies.

Initially the battery is expected to retail at around $50 and be an external add-on for mobile phones. However once the technology matures manufacturers will be able to include kinetic batteries as standard in mobile devices.

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