The AIRE mask is a new concept device for recharging small electronic devices. Instead of solar power, or kinetic energy, it converts wind (provided by the wearer’s breath) into electricity that can be used to juice your phone or other gadgets.
The AIRE mask ... power your devices with renewable energy that you make yourself. Inside the unit there are small wind turbines that convert the energy of your breath into electricity which is then transferred through a cable to your small electronic device.
And lest you get the idea that you’ll have huff and puff like the Big Bad Wolf to juice up your iPhone, the mask’s creator is quick to point out that no such hyperventilation is required:
“AIRE can be used in any situation, indoors or outdoors,” writes João Paulo Lammoglia on red dot online, where his design won a concept award. ”It can be used while you sleep, walk, run, or read a book, for example. Besides saving energy (and contributing to environmental preservation), it also encourages the practice of physical exercise. Its energy is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.”