Student invents phone charger with body heat   

大学生发明体热充电宝：手握2小时能充满iPhone电池

不用插电、握在手里利用人体体温，充电宝、手机等就可以实现充电。昨天，在“启迪之星2014创业营南京站”创业项目路演活动现场，南京信息工程大学一名在校大学生的创业项目引起多家风投的浓厚兴趣。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – Charging your cell phone by simply holding the charger in your hand? A college student in China has figured out how.

Lin Gang, a sophomore at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, has invented a charger that transforms a person's thermal energy into electricity.

Lin got the idea while attending a lecture about a Canadian girl who made a flash light that used energy from her own body heat.

Lin developed the idea into a startup program after realizing that his super charger didn't work well. After piles of papers and numerous lab trials, Lin completed his first sample in May.

Test results show the gadget can convert 17 percent of thermal energy into electricity and charge an iPhone within two hours.

Three companies have shown interest in Lin's startup program. The charger could be priced at 100 yuan ($15) if put into mass production.