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This portable wind turbine can charge your phone with just a breeze

The Shine 2.0 portable wind turbine set up outside next to a truck with a rooftop tent.
As long as there’s a breeze, the Shine 2.0 wind turbine can generate power all night long. | Image: Aurea Technologies

Unlike solar panels that can only generate power while the sun’s shining, Aurea Technologies’ new Shine 2.0 portable wind turbine can potentially work all day long. That is, as long as the weather cooperates and provides an 8mph breeze needed to keep the turbine’s blades spinning.

Now available for preorder through a Kickstarter campaign offering discounts on its full $571 retail pricing for early backers, the Shine 2.0 is an improved version of the company’s first portable wind turbine that arrives with several welcome upgrades.

Image: Aurea Technologies

The Shine 2.0 folds down into a portable package that looks like an elongated football.

The Shine 2.0, and an included three-foot-tall support with stability…

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