Love It or Hate It?: Battery-Charging Jump Rope

You just never know what you’ll see next on Yanko Design….

The latest gadget comes from designer Kyung Guk Lee. It’s called the e-rope, and it will help you charge your AA batteries while you skip your way to a healthier life.

Using kinetic power to charge batteries is not a new idea, but this design certainly does it in style. LED lights on the side of the handle would indicate when the battery is empty, half-way to being fully powered, or fully-charged. The silicone handles make it comfortable to hold and are marked with +/- indicators so you know which way to put in the battery. The aim is to provide enough energy to charge one AA battery after 20 minutes of jumping with the device taking up to four batteries at once.-Gizmag

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