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Chinese Exercise Balls Charge Batteries



Shanghai designer Jiang Qian created a kinetic charger concept that takes the idea of those traditional Chinese baoding balls and uses them to harness energy to charge AA and AAA batteries.

Rollcharger

The Roll Charger harnesses energy from the ball’s motion when they’re rotating in your palm and include LED indicators for when the batteries are charged.

Rollcharger2

Since the balls work like shiatsu massage and stimulate acupuncture points in the fingers, these would be great for your body and good for the environment too!

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