Charge your electronics whilst cooking - utter genius

[matthewcashmore]

Check this out people

http://www.gizmag.com/powerpot-thermoel ... are/22087/

They're after funding via Kickstarter



I've backed them - I think you should to! Quick video below - but visit the kickstarter page above for the full version.

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[matthewcashmore]

I'm going to give this a little bump as I think it's pretty amazing and I'd like to encourage you all to back them.

[Mark1961]

What an amazingly clever idea. I'm like you Matt I love things like this. Thanks for sharing.

[dubber68]

if you have more details i would like to understand how it works, how much etc..

[matthewcashmore]

Hi Dubber - all the details, how much it is, and exactly how it works is all on the kickstarter page I've linked to above - it's really very clever.

[scouse]

Hmmm now I wonder what these guys may have to say about something that looks very very similar... http://www.adventurebikerider.com/forum ... html#92059

[matthewcashmore]

ahh yes - exactly the same tech (it's not new) - doing exactly the same thing except not directed at charging batteries but using that power to add oxygen via a fan - great idea - but as others have said on that thread a little big for the bike - the idea above is just a normal cook pot with the same tech integrated to generate 5w or 10w of power through a cable that you can use for whatever you want. It's no larger than a standard cooking pot.

[scouse]

Erm it is directed at charging via a USB port and I think the size, which packs to as a big a a standard Nalgene water bottle, is due to all the extra wiring and ectronics gubbins you appear to have to carry with the pot being built in.

Both good ideas as back up devices but neither something I would like to rely on. I always carry a powerchimp fitted with rechargeables for emergencies.

https://powertraveller.com/iwantsome/pr ... owerchimp/

[matthewcashmore]

Sorry Scouse I missed the fact it had a USB port - should have watched it properly.

I am a massive fan of the power traveller stuff - I wrote about them here

http://thelondonbiker.com/blog/2010/05/powering-on/

and included them in my Lonely Planet book - Tips & Tricks for the Road as a must-have for any traveller.

I've backed the guys above because I think the gear can really work - I'll review it as soon as it arrives - the break through has to be the fact it pushes out 5w & 10w of power - enough to do some real good in the developing world - I hope....

[scouse]

I think I would rather plump for the stove as more beneficial to developing areas. The whole "kelly kettle" design is more thermally efficient so takes up a lot less fuel than using the pot on standard stoves. It's the constant travelling to find water and deforestation for fuel that causes many problems and keeps people in poverty.

If fuel is used more efficiently and the forests grow back , that will create more shade and water sources close by. Less time taken up by kids and women searching for them and gives more time for education and tending to cash/staple food crops. Simples ... if only

Perhaps using both together could be the solution.