Uncharted Play sOccket

sOccket Uncharted

The sOccket turns on-field energy into usable power. As the ball rolls, magnetic rotors spin inside, inducing a current that charges a 3.6-volt battery. Accessories, including a lamp and eventually a phone charger, plug into a 3.5-millimeter jack. The regulation-size ball’s half-inch foam-rubber shell makes it play like a standard ball, without the need for reinflation. Uncharted Play will sell the new sOccket (prototypes have been in development since 2009) on a buy-one, donate-one basis, so every ball sold will also send power to developing nations. $125–$150