DIY - Crank that iPod
by Warren McLaren, Sydney 
on 10. 4.05
Tipster Zack J. noticed this over at Geek Technique (love the name) and thought fellow Treehuggers might get a jolt out of it. Read a blow-by-blow description, complete with copious photos, of how Mark in the Netherlands takes apart a windup LED torch and converts it into a hand charger for his iPod. Not for the mechanically faint of heart, but it does show what is possible with a little curiosity, harnessed to knowledge and a willingness to try. Seems 30 mins of winding will get you two bars of charge on the iPod’s battery icon. ::GeekTechnique
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Reasonably treehugger ipod cases (if done using waste materials):
http://tinyurl.com/dhb6v
http://www.skinshelf.de/index.php?id=28&type=1
iPod stand:
http://tinyurl.com/3wxg4
cheers!
Fun idea might be to take this a couple steps further and rig it up so it works off a windmill system. Put a small fanblade setup out your window and get a full charge in no time at all, without pumping any extra coal smoke into the atmosphere.