In the near future your phone may be able to recharge itself thanks to a new case with robotic legs that can walk itself to the charger.
According to Input:
“The CaseCrawler’s mission is simple: move your phone to a nearby wireless charging pad. The case is lightweight and its legs fold flat when not in use, leaving you with a slim, usable form factor. You can almost forget it’s a robot when it’s closed up. As long as the legs don’t go rogue in your pocket, that is.”
The article adds that:
“Use cases aside, the CaseCrawler’s technology is pretty astounding. Robotic legs are nothing new, of course, but you’ve never seen them quite like this.
The CaseCrawler’s six tiny legs each have a knee joint that bends only one way. Those joints allow the case to propel itself forward at an astounding rate of 21 centimeters per second while also supporting weights of up to 300 grams — more than 13 times its own body weight.
At 24 millimeters thick, the case isn’t quite as slim as your average iPhone protection, but it’s pretty spectacular given that all six of the legs retract when it’s not in use.”
With this invention I feel like we’re living inside of a WALL-E prequel. Seriously, just how lazy are we that we can’t even charge our own phones?! What’s worse, this is all part of a larger trend with the technology reminding me of the snake like charging cable that Tesla is working on that would be capable of recharging your car on its own or Edible Robots that can drive themselves directly into our mouths to deliver food or targeted drugs inside your body!
Perhaps being lazy is going to be one of the hallmarks of the future. Which begs the question: what other simple tasks will we be automating next?!
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