Nikola Case Powers Your iPhone With Wasted RF Energy Around You [Video]

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Posted June 12, 2015 at 5:58pm by Shalom Levytam

The Nikola Phone Case extends your iPhone battery life by harvesting wasted RF energy from the air around you.

When your phone is transmitting, only a small fraction of the phone’s signal actually reaches the receiver (Cell tower, WiFi router), while the majority of the signal is wasted to the air. Our proprietary RF harvesting technology captures that wasted RF energy and converts it into DC power that can be used to power devices.

The case is being produced via a partnership with The Ohio State University that leverages Dr. Chi-Chih Chen’s extensive background in antenna design and energy harvesting. Along with co-inventors Emre Koksal, Ness Shroff and Roland Tallos, Dr. Chen developed technology that could harvest wasted RF energy from mobile devices.

"Although the team had expertise in the technology, designing the harvesting antenna for the iPhone 6 was no easy task. Through countless iterations in board design, the team saw great improvements in the lab. We were surprised to see just how much energy we could harvest through wasted RF waves."

The case can reduce the battery consumption rate by up to 30% without affecting the phone’s communication quality or data rate.

To be one of the first to get a Nikola Case, you can pledge $99 and choose from Black/Grey, Black/Gold, White/Grey, White/Gold, or Red/Grey colors for either the iPhone 6 or Galaxy S6. The estimated ship date is February 2016 and the project has raised $40,000 of its $135,000 goal with 40 days to go.

Nikola Case Powers Your iPhone With Wasted RF Energy Around You [Video]

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fdsa87432 - November 6, 2016 at 4:23am

Another KickStarter scam for people who don't understand the laws of thermodynamics. I wish I didn't have a conscience; it's so easy to take people's money.

gamerscul9870 - June 15, 2015 at 12:14am

I appreciate what these guys are doing, but I'm just saying what I think can be better than this in case of thise who want a better solution. That's why I mentioned it below.

Bigjiba - June 13, 2015 at 1:12am

Horrible idea. It's too little energy. Especially for the size and also awfully idea to integrate into the phone. Making the phone thicker for minimal gains. It's like putting a sail on a car. Let's harness the wind. Technically could but with a huge physical hindrance especially compared to the returns achieved. I'm sure they don't care if they achieve or not. They want the money in their pocket.

Kenny - June 12, 2015 at 8:58pm

This is really old tech. Nokia patented this same tech back when they still had a large market share and made good phones. Probably wasn't near as efficient but the phones back then used less power so probably got better life span. They just never did anything with it

gamerscul9870 - June 12, 2015 at 10:04pm

Ampy makes phones a lifespan since I charge my phone with it without electricity and any condition.

gamerscul9870 - June 12, 2015 at 7:09pm

I'm happy with my Ampy. It turns motion power into battery power. It's like the wall outlet without the wall. Small and portable.

Betovhs - June 13, 2015 at 10:19am

Please stop trying to make Ampy happend......

Speaklogic - June 12, 2015 at 6:52pm

Something seems extremely fishy about this case. It looks more like a case that has a 1000 2000 mAH battery hidden inside the case that gives you the actual power boost. Harnessing waisted RF at a 30% increase in battery life seems like a great stretch in the laws of physics and Thermo dynamics.

Imri - June 12, 2015 at 10:24pm

Its not believe me, read my comment under yours... I tried to explain it, if I am correct they work on a scientifically approved method designed by Einstein... in general: the radiation the phone is emitting is like the light we see, and light which hits metals can strip atoms from their electrons thus charging the battery inside the case... Check out photoelectric effect ;)

qba - June 12, 2015 at 6:46pm

Incredible, simple and amazing.

Imri - June 12, 2015 at 6:19pm

I love the idea, hope it goes out, I wish they would explain it more coz I understand how it works in general but I wanna know whether my theory was correct, it is rather simple, the radiation which is emitted from your phone is hitting a metal with low work function, thus it releases electrons which goes in a battery inside the case, basically it's like photoelectric effect isn't it? I hope I am right coz I just speculated that based on what I study in my major physics in highschool . Would love if some1 would respond to it and let me know if i am correct

James - June 12, 2015 at 6:18pm

The industrial design need a lift

iProService - June 12, 2015 at 6:12pm

No 5s version? They should ditch the Samsung and make it exclusively for the iPhone 5 and 6.

Woz - June 12, 2015 at 6:58pm

Why so they make less money?

stevenlacross - June 12, 2015 at 8:06pm

No, so that they will make more money, about 70-80 percent of the market share is iPhones, so expanding to the 5 series would make sense as it would hit more people than those with Samsung devices

Kenny - June 12, 2015 at 8:56pm

Yeah and waste r&d money and time and production cost on a phone that's already outdated and probably a few months away from stop production. There would be some sold yes but it's gonna be a while before this case actually hits the market so there will be even less of those phones active on the market.

iProService - June 12, 2015 at 10:28pm

Our data shows there are way more iPhone 5 and 5s's out there than Samsung Galaxy S6. So makes more sense as far as ROI to make a case for those. The iPhone 5s will be in service for at least two more years. People use only Samsung's for a few months.

Woz - June 13, 2015 at 3:16am

70 or 80 percent of the market is iphones? What market is that? Not the global market. 18.3% of the market is iPhones in the entire world. Source: IDC

Dommm - June 13, 2015 at 6:42am

It might be too small for them to make one ?