Hand Energy

中文 | CHI：
《科技 | 充电救驾好助手》

快过年了，各位都在准备着年货吧，而下面这款产品真心值得你拥有。这款像苹果般大小的神器名为HandEnergy，不仅小巧，而且可以随时随地为你的手机充电，这也是它最特别的地方，因为它的电能源于你自身的能量源泉。
Our Chinese Spring Festival is around the corner, we all getting our hands full on pre-holiday shopping. And one thing you really have to add it in your cart, let’s take a look at this worth buying product——HandEnergy. It’s an ingenious apple-sized device that charges your phone anytime, anywhere. But what really makes this thing special is the fact that it uses your own personal energy to do it.

在当下充电宝和太阳能正值盛行之时，这一产品似乎显得有些司空见惯。实则却不然，因为充电宝逃不了给它充电的命运，太阳能也不能没有阳光，而这款HandEnergy则只需要一只手。我们从“HandEnergy”字面意义上进行拆解，如“Hand”译为手，“Energy”则为能源的意思，那么能量的来源也就显而易见了。只需一手持握，并旋转手腕，便能通过内置的电池转化为所需的电能了。
In a time where power-banks and solar-power devices have become mainstream, a device that lets you charge gadgets on the go doesn’t sound very special. But while power-banks have to be charged the old fashioned way, and solar panels need the sun to store energy, HandEnergy just needs a hand. And I mean that quite literally. To get this little guy to produce energy, which it then stores in built-in batteries, all you have to do is hold it in your hand and rotate your wrists.

这款的工作原理采用了一个双轴转子陀螺仪。“这就好比我们熟知的弹力球，一款用于手腕训练的仪器，其内置装有一个强大的手持陀螺仪，” HandEnergy的合伙人Alex Novik诠释道：“这也是我们的灵感来源，同时在这基础上又进一步加工升级。我们放入了电池、金属线圈和磁铁以创造出所需的电能。前期开发耗时一年，期望找寻到合适的最佳材质。经过十多个雏形的测试后，最终我们研发出了令人满意的一款。”
The working principle behind HandEnergy is that of a two-axis rotor gyroscope. “You may be familiar with the wrist-training device called the Powerball, which is a powerful handheld gyroscope,” HandEnergy co-founder Alex Novik said. “We came up with the idea of putting a battery, metal coil and magnets inside a similar device for generating electricity. We spent a year developing it, trying to find the best materials we could. After around a dozen prototypes, we finally arrived at one that we were happy with.”

使用前，先给HandEnergy上发条，用以激活内置的转子。随后，便可以握住它旋转你的手腕让转子继续保持运转。在平均每分钟5,000转的转速下，释放出机械能，再转换成电能为内置的电池充电。最后，只需链接HandEnergy上的USB接口，便能为你的设备充电了。
To use HandEnergy, users start by winding a starter ring. This transmits a signal to activate the rotor, at which point they can start rotating their wrists to keep the rotor spinning. It might sound hard to believe, but the rotor inside HandEnergy spins at an average speed of 5,000 rotations per minute, transmitting mechanical power to create an electric current, and charging the built-in batteries. To charge a device, all you have to do is hook it up to HandEnergy using a USB cable.

“一般需要一个多小时的时间才能充满，所以我们当初设计时也知道你不会每天都用，” Novik补充道：“然而其小巧便捷的特性，足以在你最需要的时刻，随身携带，且随时随地在没有可充电的地方为你的设备及时补充所需的电能。”
“We don’t necessarily think this will be something that you use every day, because it takes around one hour to reach full capacity,” Novik says. “But it’s small enough to fit in your pocket, and you can use it anywhere if you find yourself someplace with no plugs or available electricity.”

由于其独特的能源发电系统，HandEnergy所产出的电能速率与我们常用的插座或电源输出口实际上是一样的。它的电池容量仅为1,000毫安，为此不可能一下子就能将你的手机充满电，但在紧要关头，能及时救驾，更何况使用还很环保，又因为是自身发电，所以产生的电能基本上是无穷无尽的。
Even though it takes longer to charge, due to the different energy generation system, HandEnergy actually charges smartphones and other gadgets at the same speed as a power outlet. The battery only has a capacity of 1,000mAh, so it won’t charge your phone completely in one go, but it can definitely keep it run it for a while longer when you really need it. Plus, it uses clean, unlimited energy.

如今，HandEnergy在Kickstarter上发起了众筹，一个月内筹款已突破71,000美元（约RMB 489,400元）。预计2017年的五月上市，售价为99欧元（约RMB 725元）。
HandEnergy was successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter, raising over $71,000 in one month, and will be available for the masses in May 2017, at a price of 99 euros.

PS: 新的一年开始啦，是时候犒劳犒劳辛勤的自己吧。^^
The new journey has begun, it’s time to reward yourself for hard work in the last year. ^^

编译：BubbleSwan
Edited & Translated by BubbleSwan

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