No matter how far smartphone technology may progress, we are still left wanting something more, like being able to charge your phone in complete wilderness. We’ve all been there, with a phone battery dwindling at “less than 10%,” unable to take that very important photo or waiting to tweet that perfectly composed string of 140 characters until you get to a phone charger, by which time your time-specific wit has withered…

A new project on Kickstarter aims to change much of this by offering a USB phone charger that is powered completely by fire. The Flamestower works by converting heat into power, quite literally allowing you to charge your devices anywhere and everywhere — like your next camping trip! — requiring little more than mankind’s most important and necessary invention — fire itself.

(Image: Mike Shouts