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Charge your DS or PSP with a bracelet?

9:46 AM on 05.05.2008, Dale North 30 comments

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I know it sounds crazy, but you can actually charge your portable gaming systems with this new bracelet charger from Japanese cool stuff maker Thanko.

Siliconera spotted this device, and they say that it can keep a Nintendo DS going for over 22 hours on low brightness. Or 7.5 hours on high. Or 4 if on the PSP. The bracelet connects to multiple devices by way of interchangeable tips, giving your iPod or phone some extra juice as well. A stretchable power cord extends up to 80 centimeters, offering plenty of freedom. When you get home, you can recharge this bracelet via USB.

If you don't mind wearing what is basically a flattened-out power block on your wrist, you can nab one of these for 4,980 yen ($48).

On second thought, it looks more like one of those mommy-to-child tether bracelets. Yeah, the ladies will definitely dig a guy wearing this! 


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ajay42's Avatar
ajay42 at 05/05/2008 09:49
now if it recharged via body motion THAT would be extra cool
MaxVest's Avatar
MaxVest at 05/05/2008 09:53
Why stop at bracelet? Turn that sucker into a belt. Fashion AND electric current flowing perilously close to the family jewels.
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 05/05/2008 10:02
Belt would be sweet but could get awkward with wires.
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 05/05/2008 10:03
I'm with MaxVest on this one. Combined with ajay42's option it could be something.
Kryptinite's Avatar
Kryptinite at 05/05/2008 10:03
You know what...if I can charge my phone with this I'm sold.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 05/05/2008 10:05
Yes, that's why I have all those homeless people locked up in my basement - alternative energy!
Yashoki's Avatar
Yashoki at 05/05/2008 10:13
Why do I want one so bad?
Surf314's Avatar
Surf314 at 05/05/2008 10:13
Macvest...Do you just want the full Garth setup from Wayne's World?

Then you could zap other people in their family jewels.
Surf314's Avatar
Surf314 at 05/05/2008 10:14
crap Maxvest, sorry the c is like right next to the x.
MaxVest's Avatar
MaxVest at 05/05/2008 10:20
@Surf314: More like Uncle Rico's time machine.
MATTFOO's Avatar
MATTFOO at 05/05/2008 10:28
can i wear it around my penis?
PaperBowser0's Avatar
PaperBowser0 at 05/05/2008 10:29
naw....I think that that's just a little too much for me. *rolls eyes*
BlackSheep's Avatar
BlackSheep at 05/05/2008 11:14
idea -> good

design -> lacking
elpoopacabra's Avatar
elpoopacabra at 05/05/2008 11:23
i get the feeling a belt might potentially kill your sperm count.... and worse for the ladies

but who needs babies anyway!?
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 05/05/2008 11:40
DONT WANT THAT MUCH
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corneliuscack at 05/05/2008 12:10
i hope this isn't as bad as pelican's power brick for the psp, and melts on to your wrists 0_0
Respectable Gentleman's Avatar
Respectable Gentleman at 05/05/2008 12:18


Extended hentai playing time in public.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 05/05/2008 12:19
the psp could discharge your heart
GOLD5's Avatar
GOLD5 at 05/05/2008 12:28
Dork-O-Tron power... ACTIVATE!
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dephect at 05/05/2008 13:19
I remember seeing this forever ago... it might not be the same one, but I have the same thoughts now that I had then "WTF WRIST POWER PSP WTF.... ASIAN NINTENDO WATCH POWER POWER TIME WATCH WRIST ASIAN PSP WTF?" Totally BRAH.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 05/05/2008 14:18
lol@dephect

I'm buying two, one for each wrist.
Wexx's Avatar
Wexx at 05/05/2008 14:30
DO NOT WANT.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 05/05/2008 14:33
At least it isn't SUPER ugly, but nerdy nonetheless.
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar
ZekeThePlumber at 05/05/2008 14:49
@DaedHead8:

Don't forget you have ankles too. If you're going to go all out, you might as well go 100%.
necrozen's Avatar
necrozen at 05/05/2008 16:21
woah, another 7 hours on the ds, this would be great! im sold!

And the belt idea, id go for it!shit, with two bracelets a belt and headband you'd be a walking generator!

you'd also look like one of the standins on an episode of max headroom
necrozen's Avatar
necrozen at 05/05/2008 16:27
Just a click away is a stylish USB brick you could use to charge your tron bracelet:



007's Avatar
007 at 05/05/2008 23:19
Shit, for a second I thought this used your blood to run games...
lostalaska's Avatar
lostalaska at 05/07/2008 19:08
If it ran on blood to power it I'd buy two!
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