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Duo behind world's smallest phone charger launch crowdfunding campaign

After winning the national Direct Line “Everyday Fix” competition in April, Doug Stokes and Chris Tait have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their innovation.

The entrepreneurial duo designed the world’s smallest phone charger, known as The Nipper, while studying design at Brunel University.

The Nipper turns ordinary household batteries from AAA to D into a source of emergency power using a device.

The pair are hoping to raise £6,000 on the crowdfunding platform to support ongoing product development.

Explained Doug: “From the design point of view it had to be small enough to fit on a key ring and the production Nipper is no bigger than a couple of Mentos. We also realised that you can lay your hands on a packet of AA batteries 24/7 almost anywhere in the world.

“From that point it was simply a question of engineering a way to get the power from household batteries into a dead phone. The Nipper will work with any AA batteries and can give you up to an hour of talk time or seven hours of standby on most phones with a couple of batteries”

Since graduating in July, the pair have been working round the clock to get the charger ready for its Kickstarter debut.

Added Chris: “The Nipper works, is convenient, lightweight, and anyone who pledges a minimum of £12 ($18, €19) will get one of the first production models.”

Find out more about The Nipper and how to contribute over at Kickstarter.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .