Meet Mrs. Muyonjo, the Ugandan MacGyver. Mrs. Muyonjo used to ride her bike 20 miles to the next town over in order to charge her cellphone, but after the dodgy wheeler-dealers in the charging shop swapped out her fresh battery for an old one that could barely hold a charge, she did what any self respecting maker would do — she built her own charging station.
It’s simple — five D-Cell batteries are connected in series, and the business end of the charger has been cut off, the wires bared and then joined to the + and – terminals. Mrs. Muyonjo says "it works perfectly".
The only problem we see is that you have to keep buying D-Cells, which is a rather expensive way of doing things. We suppose that, compared to riding 20 miles and then paying some cowboy to charge your phone, this may actually be a cheaper option. Still, a great hack.
Housewife Designs Mobile Phone Charger [Wougnet via Afrigadget]
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