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Strategic Elements begins final tests of breath-powered charging demonstrator
Strategic Elements has begun final testing of its Moisture Dock, an engineering demonstrator being developed in Australia.
The device is designed to use moisture from breath to activate a cell pack that generates electricity.
The company plans to use that power to charge a removable battery in a Nokia feature phone, then switch on the phone and make a one-minute call.
The demonstration aims to show energy transfer without mains electricity or solar power.
The Dock is a test platform, not a consumer charging product, and its results could help assess how the technology works with commercial electronics.
Possible uses such as wearable patches remain under investigation and depend on the technology’s electrical performance.
A full demonstration is targeted for Q4 2026, if final testing is successful.
Strategic Elements has begun final testing of its breath-activated Moisture Dock engineering demonstrator.
The company plans to use the device to charge a removable lithium-ion battery without mains electricity, an external power supply or solar power.
The planned proof point is to fit the charged battery into a Nokia feature phone, switch it on and make a one-minute call.
The demonstration is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to successful final testing.
The Dock is an engineering platform, not a consumer charging product.
- Who
- Strategic Elements, through its wholly owned subsidiary Australian Advanced Materials, is developing the demonstrator with materials scientists at the University of New South Wales and other research partners.
- What
- The company has begun final testing of a breath-activated device intended to charge a removable phone battery.
- When
- Final testing has begun; a full demonstration is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to successful testing.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The demonstration is intended to show that the Energy Ink cell pack can transfer energy to a removable battery using moisture activation.
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Development work completed the breath-capture and moisture-management hardware, integrated the cell pack and simplified the energy-transfer architecture.
Strategic Elements announced that final testing of the Moisture Dock had begun.
The company is targeting a full demonstration, subject to successful final testing.
- Device
- Breath-activated Moisture Dock engineering demonstrator
- Battery
- Removable lithium-ion battery
- Planned proof point
- One-minute call on a Nokia feature phone
- Target demonstration
- Q4 2026
- Power-management electronics
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- Development subsidiary
- Australian Advanced Materials
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The Dock is an engineering demonstration platform rather than a consumer charging product.
The demonstration is targeted for Q4 2026, subject to successful final testing.