Imagine having the ability to charge your cellphone while
hiking in the far reaches of Ontario. Queen’s researcher Qingguo Li (Mechanical
and Materials Engineering) and PhD student Michael Shepertycky have created a
portable device that can be used anywhere and at any time to produce power on
the go.
Bill Ostrom, of Ostrom Outdoors in Thunder Bay, has created
a new company around the device called Go Kin Packs. Mr. Ostrom has launched a Kickstarter
campaign to help fund further product development efforts to bring the device
to market.