Kickstarter campaign for Utahns' outdoorsy charger does 'extremely well.' Goal: $10,000 in funding. Received: $150,000 plus.
SALT LAKE CITY — Jacob Sheffield and Ian Esplin, co-creators of the Sego Charger: the Origami Travel Solar Panel, posted their product onIn just a week's time, the product has exceeded its goal fifteenfold — receiving over $150,000 in funding from private donations.
The Sego Charger is a small, compact device that folds into a square and can be stored in a backpack. When needed, it unfurls to a panel eight times its size, absorbing solar energy and providing power to campers, hikers and anyone exploring outdoors where they couldn't otherwise obtain needed power, Sheffield said."Living in Salt Lake and growing up in Salt Lake, we have always enjoyed camping and backpacking and skiing," Esplin said.
But when they finally formed the origami panel, Sheffield added how its originality brought "new and improved benefits to the table." "You harness the sun's energy coming in; it collects that energy, and then it has an output with a voltage and currents — which then gives you the power, which then you're able to either store in a battery system and then power your devices, or you could just power your devices directly," Sheffield said.
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