Thomas, a brilliant 16-year-old inventor living in Romania, has created a DIY wind turbine cell phone charger for his bike that lets him charge his phone while he rides – and it only cost him $5!The instructions do require some rudimentary knowledge of how to work with electronics, but they are also very clear, so if you’ve got the tools on hand, you’ll figure out how to make Thomas’ green technology invention in no time!
He often took long bike trips through nature, and his phone’s battery couldn’t keep up
He used a simple PC fan…
…and turned it into a wind turbine
Some of the tools he used:
The parts needed for the project:
via boredpanda
