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Charge your cell phone by “air”

Another Nokia Eco Innovation: Remade

Well not really, but word on the tech street is Nokia Research Labs in Cambridge are working on a mobile phone that can harness the power of air waves from mobile devices to keep your phone running.

According to MIT's Technology Review, a researcher in Cambridge says he's been working on harnessing ambient electromagnetic radiation (emitted from WiFi, TV antennas and broadcast stations) could be harnessed as a potential energy source to keep mobile devices "topped up" when not in use.

While the technology has historically been available, Nokia's research team is working on harnessing a number of different device frequencies in order to harness enough power to operate a mobile device. In today's high tech wifi environment, ample frequencies exist to help maximize the technology.

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