Ecopad is A concept tablet that can be self powered by tapping into piezoelectricity
‘ecopad’ is one of seven entries that received the ‘judge’s special award’
among over 3000 participants from the recent designboom competition ‘a life with future computing‘,
organized in collaboration with FUJITSU and DA – design association japan.
Electricity is made automatically simply by using your ‘ecopad’. currently commercialized tablet PCs and smart phones
have a very limited battery life – often not more than a day before having to be recharged. on average, people press their
touch screens over 10,000 times a day. the ‘ecopad’ does not require special charging from an adaptor.
instead, it generates electricity when a user presses the touch screen due to the nano piezoelectricity film that is
located below the display.
Via DesignBoom
