This prototype smartphone casing could carry your mobile to a charger for you

By Angelin Yeoh

In a demonstration video, researchers showed how the lightweight CaseCrawler can support objects up to 300g. — Screengrab from YouTube

Are you always forgetting to charge your smartphone? Or maybe you remembered but the charger is always just out of reach, and you’re too comfy to get up?

Maybe what you need is a phone case that can crawl to a charging pad for you.

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