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iRock Rocking Chair Charges Your iPad With Kinetic Energy

Posted By Jennifer Chait On January 14, 2013 @ 9:00 am In baby gadgets,gadget | No Comments

 
 
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In the near future, you may be able to harness all of that energy you expend rocking your baby to sleep, to juice up your iPad or iPhone, thanks to iRock [5], the brainchild of Micasa Lab [6], and the world's first human powered rocking chair charger. iRock, still under development at this point, is a new modern take on a classic nursery essential: the rocking chair [7]. iRock boasts a self sufficient iPad dock and sound station that puts your rocking to good use. As you rock your little one to sleep [8], iRock turns your movement into power via a clever generator designed right into the chair. The generator conducts enough power to recharge an iPad 3 to 35% after just 60 minutes of rocking.
 
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iRock [6] is also designed to charge any other Apple device. Made with pine wood and painted in shiny white or various other hues, the chair’s design is appealing [13], but think about this: The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) notes that the annual cost of charging an iPad [14] every other day is only around $1.36 a year. Considering you’d have to shell out a whopping €1300 for this chair, and factoring in that this chair isn’t exactly eco-friendly, you may be better off with a $10 charger. Also, how many gadget minded items do you really need [15]? You tell us. Would you buy the iRock?

+ iRock estimated price €1300 [5]

+ Micasa Lab [6]

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[5] iRock: http://www.irocknow.ch/index.html

[6] Micasa Lab: http://www.micasa.ch/de/cp.lab-irock

[7] rocking chair: http://www.inhabitots.com/5-eco-friendly-rockers-gliders-for-babys-nursery/

[8] rock your little one to sleep: http://www.inhabitots.com/ontwerpduo-rockid-resting-space-lets-parents-and-baby-rock-together/

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[13] chair’s design is appealing: http://www.inhabitots.com/new-dwellstudio-gliders-and-ottomans-are-sfi-certified/

[14] annual cost of charging an iPad: http://gigaom.com/2012/06/21/so-how-much-does-it-cost-to-charge-an-ipad-every-year/

[15] how many gadget minded items do you really need: http://www.inhabitots.com/the-ipotty-toddler-potty-that-comes-with-built-in-stand-for-ipad-ingenious-or-ridiculous/

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