1. Umbilical Cord iPhone Charger
Umbilical cord and iPhone are two things you probably never imagine landing in the same sentence, much less a gadget article's title. However, you should have known that the iPhone is capable of bridging all sorts of weird gaps. The media artist Mio I-zawa has managed to create the strangest iPhone accessory you will ever come across. Instead of plugging your iPhone into the usual cord, just imagine hooking it up to a squirming umbilical cord. Once it's plugged in the cord squirms it looks like it's trying to suck the life out of the iPhone, when in fact it's restoring the iPhone back to life. People wish you couldn't hear the electronic device moving so much. It almost kills the visual effect entirely, but it is still a cool gadget in all the wrong ways.
2. Retrophone Charger
This weird gadget is called the iRetrofone Steampunk Copper iPhone 4 dock, and it looks pretty sweet since it allows you to use the retro handset to use the phone while it's docked. The dock is made out of copper, so it's quite heavy. But it's not its weight that is the only substantial thing. It'll weigh heavily on your bank account too. Each one is sculpted, cast, and polished by hand artist Scott Freeland, which is why it sells for $450 (USD). Wow, talk about pricey! Heck, that's more than two iPhone 4s. At least there's no 2-year contract required with it.
3. Yo Yo iPhone Charger
Yes, it is possible nowadays to charge your iPhone the Yo Yo style! An induction powered yoyo charger for Apple. And of course there is a small onboard LI cell to store the electricity generated. So no need to charge as you yoyo. Yoyo and then charge.
4. Gypsy Thief's Steampunk Charger
If you always have had a thing for Steampunk creations, you are going to love this Steampunk iPhone/iPod charger coming straight from the Thin Gypsy Thief's Steampunk Gear. Kyle Miller (aka Thin Gypsy Thief), while giving final touches to his guitar, came up with the idea of a Steampunk dock for the iPhone/iPod. He thinks that this could be the kind of charger Tim Burton might need for his iPod or iPhone. The charger works pretty well and we hope to see it sometime at the Thin Gypsy Thief's Etsy shop.
5. Orange Dance Charger
It's summer, that means music festival time for the pagans. Orange knows this and returns with another solution to keep your Glastonbury-bound portable electronics charged. Revelers will get the chance to try this prototype Dance Charge kinetic charger. Right, kinetic as in movement. With an assist by eco-house GotWind, the 4.25 x 2.5-inch / 180-gram velcro and elastic band converts your chemically-fueled, backbeat twitches into electrical current with the help of a system of weights and magnets. This in turn charges an embedded battery for topping off your portable electronics throughout the multi-day event.
6. Power Pump Charger
Orange launched this Eco friendly charger which will be used at this year's Glastonbury Festival to charges mobile phones, the Orange Power Pump. The Orange Power Pump is basically a foot pump that you hook your mobile phone up to and it will recharge the battery, it basically works by the pump passing air to a charger which features a turbine, the turbine then spins and converts the energy into power. Not a bad idea, and apparently the same amount of foot pumping that is used to inflate a pillow will give a 5 minute charge on your battery.
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