Nokia Unveils Eco Phone Concept

Nokia has revealed a concept eco-mobile. The manufacture would make use of environmentally friendly materials such as plant-based plastics and recycled steel. Additionally, there would be no traditional battery charing required. As might be predicted, the Eco Sensor Project would make use of a solar panel, although it would be attached to a bracelet rather than to the phone itself.

This conceptual phone allows the user to share the collected environmental data with others and vice-versa. The two-in-one gadgets can work as a dedicated phone along with a wearable sensor unit that has the ability to sense and analyze the environment, health and local weather conditions.

The user can wear the sensor unit on a wrist or roll it over the neck as the strap, made of solar cells to deliver power of the sensors. A built-in near field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies would be relying information from the sensors to the handset or to any other devices that are compatible with the RFID technology.

Developed to be portable and easy to carry, the device is compact and has been made from renewable or reclaimed materials, eliminating the wastage of materials. It also saves energy.

It's also created a solar-powered sensor unit to communicate with the phone using Near Field Communication or Radio Frequency Identification. It records a user's vital health signs during, say, a jogging session and sends the data to the phone for analysis.

(December 12, 2007)