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Fiji PM endorses InstaCharge, the app its creators claim can recharge your phone
PM Frank Bainimarama wants to make Fiji a telecoms hub but experts say phone app breaks the laws of thermodynamics
An app that claims to recharge phone batteries in 30 seconds has been publicly endorsed by the Fijian government, despite experts saying it defies the rules of thermodynamics.

InstaCharge was launched at a lavish party in Fiji last week, and was lauded by the Fijian prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, who is said to be the only person so far to use the new app.


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Bainimarama has stated many times his intention of making Fiji the telecommunications hub of the Pacific islands.

The creators of the app – American Douglas Stewart and Fijian businessman Gaurangbhai Patel – said their invention took two years to complete and was a world-first. On their Facebook page, they said their mission was for users to “always be reachable during an emergency crisis”.

“It is a pleasure to launch this world-changing app in Fiji,” said Stewart at the launch party. “I would like to go back to America with one billion users.”

The mobile app claims to store excess battery power when an Android smartphone is charged overnight. When the battery runs low during the day, a phone can be recharged in 30 seconds by accessing stored power through the app, it was claimed.

The launch party for InstaCharge was held at the Grand Pacific hotel in Suva, the capital of Fiji, which the creators of InstaCharge have selected as their world headquarters.

However experts say the app breaks the basic laws of thermodynamics. “This claim is just absolute nonsense,” said Justin Hodgkiss, an associate professor of physical chemistry at Victoria University in Wellington.

“Anybody who’s studied science at even a high school level knows that one of the fundamental principles is that energy cannot be created or destroyed.”

“It’s just that simple, you can’t just make energy with an app,” he told Radio New Zealand.

Professor Shawkat Ali, dean of the department of computer science and information technology at the University of Fiji, said he did not know anyone in Fiji who had seen or downloaded the app since its launch a week ago, and he and his academic colleagues found it “impossible” to accept the company’s claims.

“The academic community in Fiji is not accepting the claims of this company ... what they are claiming to be able to do is 100% impossible ... I don’t know anyone in Fiji who has used the app, no one.”

Instacharge said its app was available in Fiji, and would be “coming soon” to Google Play and be available in the US by January. But Google spokesman Joshua Cruz said they had had “no engagement” with the developer of InstaCharge at all.

So far there have been no reports on social media of any Fijians downloading and using the app.

The Fijian government and InstaCharge were contacted for comment but did not respond to requests.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/fiji-pm-endorses-instacharge-app-that-claims-to-recharge

@OP with all your apostle,you didnt tell us the circumstances that led to your Rustication from school so i am thinking it was one of the reasons the lady had to go for someone else
A man with such a terrible set back is not suppose to be thinking of a lady so i think you should concentrate on your studies to avoid another set back

I recieved 500 few days ago as well,i have been calling the number but not available until now
It seems the person bought the VTU online

onlyempress:
for these words said, I pray u taste what she jus chewed
In Jesus name. Amen

Evil will befall you and your family in Jesus name

OZAOEKPE:
after ATIKU 2019

We dont need a ATIKU,he is one of the most corrupt politicians we have in Nigeria and he should be in jail by now if he was born in china or any western nation
I know you guys love him because he is one of the advocates of true federalism but let me tell you the true,this man is very smart and he knows exactly what igbos want to hear
He is a crook he can not be trust no president can implement true federalism in Nigeria let alone a man from a powerful northern cabals
We need somebody like Ribadu or El-rufai

Elcapo:
Idiot, it was not her mother, her sis who also graduated from lautech posted that on her wall

And what if it's her mother sef?
What is your konsignment..?
Ani oloriburuku ni èè

Chineke ga-ata gị

Mariotury:
she's her elder sister who's also an alumni of lautech... not her mother! stop passing a wrong message to the world! no mother would do such

Exactly what i was saying and they are asking for my head

Justdulla:
Even if her mum so what? Person don die, e don die whats the fuss about.. wont we all die one day?? ahn ahn... leave matter for mathias, The state NYSC cordinator should be probed. thats all

She should be crying 24/7 for the next one week not posting online
We are talking about real death not Nollywood movie

Elcapo:
dfuq u saying?
I guess you've never lost a loved one

Shut up! i did and i know how people reacted to the loss,that is why i hate it to see this mother posting 2 days after her daughter death
Most of you just lack common sense,she has no business on social media

Elcapo:
That ain't her mum
It's her eldest sister so shush!!!
I saw that post on my Facebook
The deceased and I attended the same university, everyone shared the post to pay respect to her


The o.p was at fault here

I know how it feels to lose a member of the family
I can't imagine watching the mother posting online 2 days after the death
It's wrong!
Most of them wont even eat for 1 straight week let alone typing on phone

Elcapo:
Oloriburuku niè o
And the person that liked your post sef aiye yin ti baje papo

Most of you are secondary school leavers
This woman is heartless,i insist she should be mourning not posting online
You guys are just heartless,non of you respect the dead

HonabFaj:
What did you mean by useless mother, after nine months of pregnancy, nurture her from childhood to Adult, during happiness, sorrow, pains to get her the best, and you are saying useless mother. I don't understand we shouldn't cause anybody mothers, calling the press wont return her daughter back, she is a strong mother, and every situation God is aware of it.

This is not about being strong,she doesnt respect the dead! she wasnt suppose to be online 2 days after her daughter death

Kinsworld42:
You lack what they call brain. You are not suppose to be a human, cos this your write ups is inhumane

That woman doesn't have respect for her daughter what she did is pure nonsense,visit a place where they are mourning you will understand she wasnt suppose to be online 2 days after her daughters death

Gshun:
oga we handle things in different ways, there are people that celebrates achievements online and some don't , same way some people mourn online and some don't. accept people for who they are. you are just plan stupid

You are idiot! I know what i'm saying she wasnt suppose to be online it's wrong! very very wrong

henrybomb:
U r a big fool..wait till you lose someone very close

I did and that is why i find it difficult to understand what she was doing online 2 days after her daughters death
This is not a movie its real,she should be crying not posting online

freeze001:
How dare you! How dare you insult a grieving mother! Do you know her pain and how she feels? Who will tell her story better than the one that has experienced it? If the so called press u are expecting to do this actually carry this as a story, will you not castigate her for granting press interviews instead of mourning? Is the same press not already rigged against the common citizen and designed to protect the system at all times? Which government organisation will even allow any investigation to actually expose the wickedness and ineptitude that pervades the Nigerian health sector? Which press will carry the story?

Who told u there is a specified means or style of mourning? Have u published a handbook of how to mourn the death of a loved one that we do not know about? Do u not know that recounting events leading up to a tragic event can function as a form of catharsis? There is no need to curse you, you will meet ur pathetic end shortly for this wicked an insensitive statement.

How is she grieving when she was online 2 days after her daughter death ranting,she is not a good mother i can say it again,she should be somewhere crying not posting online

perfectcrown:
may God have mercy on u
and u will b a father smday o...
u shldnt b sayng such thing. Shes only pouring out her heart
dats a wicked and stupid statement u made, haba and u call yrslf "bettercreature"! Nonsense!

Her child died last tuesday for christ sake! what is she doing online
I have a family friend who ate poison twice because of death of their 3years old son
Just imagine her daughter died on tuesday and she was online on thursday posting
That is very very wrong

mhiz:
For saying such rubbish, may such fate befall you and your family. Idiot.

see this fool! her faith will befall you and your family before this month end

She should have left this for the press or other family members

She should be mourning not ranting online

Rip to the dead


Useless mother

POSTING ONLINE 2 DAYS AFTER YOUR DAUGHTERS DEATH IS WRONG

onatisi:
No,why should ppl spend their hard earned money to help Nigeria. The 22billion isn't the problem,the nation problem is about production and this government simply has not the faintest idea if how to increase production with the little she has now.

They are killing the Naira! they should change their money to Naira no country in the world is operating Foreign currency domiciliary account
I think domiciliary account should be scraped its destroying Naira and makes no sense
We need IBAN number to start doing international transfer from our accounts in Naira
The $22billion is part of the problem,add 22+25 to make $47billion
If we have 47$ billion in our reserve,Naira will appreciate by over 15 percent and that should end Nigerians forex problem as Nigeria only need about $11.5 billion per year

ogododo:
This is a regulated regime. God please intervene; slowly we are becoming a communist nation.

It's for our own good! CBN keep shouting every day that $22 billion is seating idle in various domiciliary accounts but sadly the owners refuse to withdraw or make use of it
That money alone could help Nigeria out of her forex problems and improve the exchange rate of Naira

See double face king,is he not the same king who caused diplomatic spat between Nigeria and Morroco 2years ago

kingmukolu:
AM INTERESTED. Based in delta. How do I get it

How much is it

kingmukolu:
AM INTERESTED. Based in delta. How do I get it

How much is it

wow they are cute I like thick ladies

They are Arsenal fans so it's obvious they are very patient couple and their marriage will last forever

GoggleB:
She was pretty when she never remove to original complexion God gave her

She wasn't don't try to decieve us
Bleaching is bad but she's more prettier

bonechamberlain:
Bullet proof ... 16 million

Don't mind them! the cheapest bulletproof SUV is over 25million

4nobody4every1:

Then!!! in 2007 we asked them what to do with certain amount of money,they said we must go into forex trading because everybody is making it but we refused! We started physical business and fast forward to 2016 we are swimming in cash
I can see majority of youth dreaming of blogging,its wrong! totally wrong! what worked for taiye might not work for Kehinde