Comments on: HYMINI Tiny Portable Wind-powered Gadget Charger

By: Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:04:33 +0000

Interesting how you recommend bamboo instead of plastic. You would have to cut down millions of bamboo to produce a bamboo gadget, which would be covered with a film of some sort to keep it from from breaking which would be made out of the similar chemicals as that plastic container.

It takes 4x as much energy to make something out of wood or paper as it does plastic. And in the end of the day, the plastic could be recycled. Soon most plastics will be made out of corn oil which will cost just as must to manufacter as other plastics.

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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:05:00 +0000

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By: Mekhong Kurt

Mekhong Kurt — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:41:29 +0000

The concept is valid.

So are the complaints that it’s made largely of plastic.

Bamboo offers a viable alternative. I live in Asia, and I can’t recall in nearly a quarter of a century of living here (I’m American and came here in my mid-30’s) here seeing, for instance, more than a tiny handful of metal building scaffoldings — almost all are made from bamboo, even for amazingly tall structures. They’re lighter than their metal cousins, so cheaper to transport. And replacement costs are minimal.

Why not downscale that to this?

Sure would be environmentally friendly, as well.

Mekhong Kurt
Bangkok, Thailand

By: Murat Kaya

Murat Kaya — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:52:15 +0000

I just logged into their website (www.hymini.com) as soon as i see the product on Q magazine (Jan. 2008). I remember i observed the gadget and then i logged off. But now their site don’t work. Strange!
Was it bogus?

By: happy

happy — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:31:44 +0000

Maybe if you use this every minute of every day for the rest of your life it will cover its own carbon footprint.

By: Apple Blog » Blog Archive » Charge your gadgets with wind power

Apple Blog » Blog Archive » Charge your gadgets with wind power — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:37:08 +0000

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By: Jonce

Jonce — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:30:57 +0000

Not sold yet. Needs to be designed to be more functional.

By: Dana L

Dana L — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:25:31 +0000

but it’s pure plastic!

what are they thinking?

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links for 2007-11-30 « Francis Anderson — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:27:37 +0000

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By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:16:53 +0000

Form Follows Function Failure! How much greenwash will you folks swallow before you start to choke??? Who wants to hand hold this thing in the wind long enough to charge any appliance? Thanks to it’s sleek round edge, you can’t even stand this thing up! A clumsy bike mount is only available as an extra cost option. Then there’s another mind boggling device for cinching a bracket to your bicept that would be more useful for shooting smack than charging your cell phone! Whoever designed this was likely motivated by sales potential and not by functionality or concern for our environment.

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Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:53:59 +0000

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By: Peter Hoh

Peter Hoh — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:37:06 +0000

This is a nice design, but the prices on the hand crank flashlights/generators are dropping fast. I recently picked up a 3 LED flashlight with a 5 volt charger connection for less than ten dollars.