With most mobile companies working their hardest to improve battery life and charge time, there are other options popping up as well. This patent for Kinetic power phones would make recharging as easy as shaking the phone, an idea explored in the past only as a concept by ModeLabs. The kinetic energy to electric energy technology is not new in the world of science. You might of seen those flashlights that recharge when you shake them. These phones would use a similar technology. The patent focuses on other kinetic possibilities as well, but the mobile phone idea is the most intriguing. — Andrew Dobrow
Read the Patent [US Patent & Trademark Office, via Mad4MobilePhones]