“Seeing that ominous red battery icon on your cellphone is a cause for concern, especially if you’re nowhere near an outlet,” Camille Bautista reports for Mashable. “A new device removes all worries by letting you charge your phone on the go using the beverage of your choice.”

“The Epiphany onE Puck uses a heat engine to power your phone. It’s shaped — and acts — like a coaster,” Bautista reports. “You place a hot or cold beverage on the surface and let your drink do all the work.”

Bautista reports, “The charger works best in extremes, so the colder or hotter the drink, the quicker your phone charges. Prototypes are available on Kickstarter for $115 and backers can get the choice to customize the charger with engraved text.”

Read more, and watch the video, in the full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]