Patent attributes
An apparatus for providing metabolically-generated electrical power to an electronic device such as, for example, a mobile phone, tablet or other device comprising a thermoelectric generator in electrical communication with a generating induction coil for wirelessly inductively providing power to the electronic device. In embodiments, the apparatus may be housed within an enclosure adapted to receive the electronic device. In an embodiment, the battery may be a mobile phone case. In an embodiment, the apparatus may further comprise a rotary lens selection feature for presenting optical lenses of varying powers to a camera of a mobile phone or tablet. In embodiments, the thermo-electronic device may be a Peltier module. A cell phone case of the invention may be adapted to receive a cell phone and may comprise a Peltier module and a generating induction coil that either powers the cell phone directly, or charges the cell phone's battery.