Although the iPod has been duplicated and reinvented, a new version has hit the market, however, probably not for main stream America. The eco-iPod comes with all the enviro-bells & whistles that us greenies would love.
The eco prefix is applied because it does all of this without need of batteries. It is human-powered by winding the fold out handle located at the back of the product! You can, however, charge it via the USB cable of your computer.
From the article:
An on-board lithium ion battery has a maximum playtime of 20 hours. Audio will play back in mp3, wma, asf, wav, ogg formats (no mention of aac, the iPod default). The 1.8″ colour screen shows videos in asv (and wmv, avi, mpeg, after conversion) and photos as jpeg, bmp, gif images. With 2GB of built-in memory the media reader supports SD cards to increase this. Microsoft Windows seems to be the supported operated system when connected to computers with no indication of compatibility with Macs. Sells for £1media player unit is a video player, music player, fm radio, LED torch, photo viewer, hi-fi recorder, memo recorder, data storage device and a mobile phone charger.
Trevor Baylis is the British inventor that created the original wind-up radio, as a way of getting information on HIV/AIDS to remote villagers in Africa. The success of that project brought about the brand Freeplay, which has been dominating the human powered gadget market for about ten years.
via: TreeHugger
