Charging our phones has become one of those routine actions we perform without thinking about the intricate consequences related to the tools we use for this process. After all, we're still tapping into the electrical energy pool harnessed by man in order to satisfy their vain and foolish needs (i.e.: playing Tetris on a mobile). Yeah, I'll bet you're tired of self-righteous editors nagging you about protecting the environment before describing some eco-friendly gadget or other, so I'll just stop there and talk about the KIT Eco Charger, the energy saving charger for Nokia mobiles.

The story of this device is not complicated. No intricate manufacturing intrigue, no never-heard-before design concept, just a charger that allows you to save some energy by turning off when finishing charging the phone. So, if you want to sleep comfortably and not wake up drenched in sweat because you just had a nightmare where Captain Planet told you you were destroying the world, then you'd best think about what happens when you forget your mobile charger plugged in overnight, again and again.

Besides, you actually pay for all that wasted electricity – sure, it may not seem much, in fact it isn't much at all, but when these overnight charging episodes stack one on top of the other over a long period of time, the waste becomes significant, both in terms of cash and energy.

So, I guess that's why a device like the KIT Eco Charger is useful, if you own a Nokia phone. Like I said, it's not anything fancy, the only feature that really stands out being a button at the front of the device, which glows blue when Orcs are near... I mean when the charger is in action.

This gadget is sold on Carphone Waterhouse for £23 (about $33). In fact, according to this website, if every person in the United Kingdom used one of these KIT Eco Chargers, about 300,000,000kwh would be saved each year. Now, that's one utopia not likely to happen soon.  


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