USB power pot uses excess heat to charge your gadgets

Most stoves produce heat that far exceeds the temperature essential to boil water, but TES NewEnergy has found the way to convert that excess energy into power, which may subsequently be used to charge your USB gadgets. Released yesterday in Japan, the Hitochaja HC-5 USB power pot can generate as much as 400mAh of juice — enough to charge your iPhone in three to 5 hours. Considering it needs a relentless heat source to generate electricity, the ¥23,000 pot (about $285, before tax) is even less practical than last week’s C-type battery laptop charger , but when you wish to expand the service offerings at your local soup kitchen, this double-duty cooking vessel could be the solution you have been in search of.

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