FlareStorm Radio: Human-powered energy on the roll

By Naresh KumarChauhan /Apr 15 2009

Product designer Luke Johnson thinks that he can use the design of something as common as a toy car, to develop a radio and a flashlight that can be powered by motion. The FlareStorm noticeably shifts both the visual and functional paradigms of human-powered emergency radios. The concept products supports three different ways of charging – Rotating the dynamo connected to the front wheel axle, rotating the front wheel by index finger placed in cups and plugging it into a normal wall socket.

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