Dog Solar Power Charging Station

By John Farrier in Animals & Pets on Jan 12, 2010 at 9:51 am

Solar Dog is a prototype cell phone recharging station developed by Erik Schiegg of Switzerland. The user mounts it on a dog’s back to collect solar energy as it plays outside. Schiegg writes:

My Android phone is charged in no time… The dog feels good and I’m feeling good and planet mud is turned a little bit more into planet earth. But this idea would be interesting? for farmers around the world, letting their animals collect electricity, too. Without the cost and waste for installation and the ground.

via Make

Tags: alternative energy, dogs, solar energy, solar power

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Gabe Asher
Jan 12th, 2010 at 10:15 am
That's the most bootleg & idiotic idea I've ever seen. NOT the next Edison.
dutchboy
Jan 12th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Absurd,why have the panel on a moving object? The dog will be moving around as dogs do,the dog will seek out the shade as dogs do. More enviromental mumbo jumbo.
hedwig
Jan 12th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
and the dog will jump into the lake...or roll vigorously in the grass...or roll in a dead animal... I'm cracking up at the possibilities!
Zavatone
Jan 12th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
CBPU: Canine Based Power Unit.
A Noun
Jan 13th, 2010 at 10:23 am
That's exactly what I was thinking, Hedwig -- the dog will jump in the water and zap, ruined.

Good try, tho, Erik Schiegg of Switzerland. At least it shows thought and initiative.

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