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Solar-Powered Cell Phone Charging Station Pops Up in New York’s Bryant Park

06/04/2012

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New Yorkers who take lunch at <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/event/20-years-of-bryant-park-photo-exhibit/" target="_blank">Bryant Park</a> may have noticed a curious <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/mayor-bloomberg-encourages-green-building-by-lifting-zoning-laws-for-rooftop-sunshades/" target="_blank">solar-powered</a> contraption hanging around - one that charges cell phones! Designed by Brooklynite Tommy Mitchell, the renewable energy gadget has been powering up people's phones thanks to an 85-watt solar panel. Eight phones can charge at each <a href="http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-sunplugged-rubbish-bins-are-roving-music-and-business-kiosks-video/" target="_blank">solar-powered station</a> in the park at no cost to the user, or to the environment.

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New Yorkers who take lunch at <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/event/20-years-of-bryant-park-photo-exhibit/" target="_blank">Bryant Park</a> may have noticed a curious <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/mayor-bloomberg-encourages-green-building-by-lifting-zoning-laws-for-rooftop-sunshades/" target="_blank">solar-powered</a> contraption hanging around - one that charges cell phones! Designed by Brooklynite Tommy Mitchell, the renewable energy gadget has been powering up people's phones thanks to an 85-watt solar panel. Eight phones can charge at each <a href="http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-sunplugged-rubbish-bins-are-roving-music-and-business-kiosks-video/" target="_blank">solar-powered station</a> in the park at no cost to the user, or to the environment.

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Solar Powered Charging Station

New Yorkers who take lunch at <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/event/20-years-of-bryant-park-photo-exhibit/" target="_blank">Bryant Park</a> may have noticed a curious <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/mayor-bloomberg-encourages-green-building-by-lifting-zoning-laws-for-rooftop-sunshades/" target="_blank">solar-powered</a> contraption hanging around - one that charges cell phones! Designed by Brooklynite Tommy Mitchell, the renewable energy gadget has been powering up people's phones thanks to an 85-watt solar panel. Eight phones can charge at each <a href="http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-sunplugged-rubbish-bins-are-roving-music-and-business-kiosks-video/" target="_blank">solar-powered station</a> in the park at no cost to the user, or to the environment.

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New Yorkers who take lunch at Bryant Park may have noticed a curious solar-powered contraption hanging around - one that charges cell phones! Designed by Brooklynite Tommy Mitchell, the renewable energy gadget has been powering up people's phones thanks to an 85-watt solar panel. Eight phones can charge at each solar-powered station in the park at no cost to the user, or to the environment.

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