Clever Gadget Transforms The Air Into Energy to charge your phone

AIRE we go: The mask harnesses wind power created by breathing and converts it into electricity

A breath of fresh air: Clever gadget transforms the air from your lungs into energy to charge your phone

• Soon going for a run won't just help your fitness levels, it’ll give your phone a boost too thanks to an ingenious new invention that uses the air from your lungs to charge it.
• The clever piece of kit, dubbed the AIRE mask, harnesses the wind power created by breathing and converts it into electricity to run anything from your iPod to your mobile.
• The electronic mask contains tiny wind turbines and the energy created is transferred through a cable to your electronic device.
• Inventor Joco Paulo Lammoglia, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said the device could be used in all situations from running to sleeping.
• He said: ‘I hope to bring the concept into production and reduce the carbon footprint.
• ‘It can be used indoors or outdoors, while you're sleeping, walking, running or even reading a book.
• ‘Besides saving energy and helping environmental preservation, it also encourages physical exercise.
• ‘Its energy is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• ‘Though many of our modern gadgets offer benefits, they tend to use a high amount of electrical energy.
• ‘Harnessing energy from human activities and transforming it into electricity is possible and is a great solution.’