Nokia tests the phone's charge with artificial lightning bolts

Have you ever thought of charging your phone with lightning bolts? This idea is being tested by Nokia and the high voltage lab of the University of Southampton, UK.

Experts from the University of Southampton have succeeded in harnessing the power of artificial lightning for human use. Together with Nokia, they have experimented with charging mobile phones with lightning bolts of several hundred thousand volts.

The team used an alternating current, controlled by a transformer, to generate a current of more than 200,000 volts between two electrodes spaced 30 centimeters and formed a similar heat and light condition. like a lightning bolt in nature.

This lightning strike then passes through a second transformer that lowers it to the right level and fully charges the battery for a Nokia phone within seconds.

"This finding demonstrates that the phone can be charged with lightning bolts , " said Neil Palmer, of the University of Southampton, UK . "This is the first step toward understanding the natural sources of lightning." and how to exploit this energy. "

There is still a long way to go before specialists can bring the technology of lightning charging to a large scale, but the potential of this new technology has been greatly enhanced. attention of the industry.