Flashlights that can charge your smartphone

The Chinese city of Ningbo has installed unusual lanterns. Anyone can come up to them and charge their smartphone.

In Ningbo, lampposts have gone beyond the modest mission of lighting the streets, turning into high-tech oases for smartphones. They are equipped with a compartment for wireless charging - just put your phone in a special niche.

These structures, as if they escaped from a science fiction novel, save city dwellers from having to rummage around in search of sockets or carry around bulky chargers. The charging poles in Ningbo are like faithful guards, ready at any moment to lend a shoulder to a “tired” gadget.