VOTO Turns Fire to Electricity

The VOTO fuel cell provides people living in underdeveloped worlds with a way to generate electricity directly from their cooking fires.

The VOTO features a fuel cell box on one end and the VOTO handle on the other. The fuel cell end is place directly in the cookstove, beneath the fuel, where it uses the oxygen from the air to convert the burning carbon to electricity. As the fire cools, the LED-equipped VOTO handle can be removed for use as a USB charger for cell phones or as a source of light.

Many people in underdeveloped worlds have cell phones but still have no reliable way to charge them.