New Project : The Siva Cycle Atom - Powering your life one pedal at a time

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A lightweight generator to charge your phone, lights, and removable battery pack as you ride. Pedal power by you, for now or later.

With the outstanding response from the Kickstarter community, we have reached our goal with time to spare in our campaign! More backers means bigger quantities and less cost per unit; gains we'd like to share with our Kickstarter supporters.
Thanks to the feedback from our backers, we'd like to announce the following stretch goal for existing and future backers:

$110,000 - ACHIEVED! For all backers, current and new we are integrating status lights into the generator housing and battery pack. With these lights, you'll know when the generator is producing current, and what the charge level is for the battery pack from a tricolor LED: red for empty, amber for charging, green for full.

$130,000 - We will enhance our electronics and battery pack allowing for faster and more flexible charging options. The battery pack will be able to output 5V @ 1000mA, double the original charge rate. This translates into charging 1% of your device's battery every minute, same as what comes out of wall charger. Furthermore, we will enable the battery to be charged both via the Atom on the bike AND via a USB wall charger for added flexibility.
We're excited to add these features to the Atom and know we can do it with your continued support!

Introducing The Siva Cycle Atom 
The Atom is a lightweight, highly efficient bicycle generator and rechargeable battery pack designed to power virtually any of your electronic or mobile devices via USB. Our generators mount on most standard bicycle frames in minutes, and the battery packs detach easily to quickly extend your battery life.

The Atom is designed with top of the line magnetic rotors, powerful lithium batteries and will be assembled here in the USA. As you ride, it harnesses the kinetic energy you generate, either directly charging your device or storing the energy in the detachable battery pack, giving you on-demand power whenever and wherever you need it. The Atom is for the modern commuter cyclist, the urban biker, the weekend rider, the gadget lover, the green fanatic, and anyone that’s ever needed a charge on the go.
By backing the Atom, you’re also funding renewable energy technology that’s needed around the world, in addition to helping us to produce the dream accessory for modern, connected cyclists. We are committed to sharing power with those that need it most, and as such, will donate one Atom for every ten sold.

Designed for modern, connected cyclists – Product Specs
The Atom is specifically designed to output a high quality, USB  compatible 5V @ up to 500mA. In English, that means that if your device can be charged with a USB connection (iPhones, iPods, Android phones, GPS trackers, tablets, etc.), then it will take a charge from the Atom.
The 500mA charge rate is the same as the USB 2.0 output from your computer, which means your device will go from fully flat to fully charged, just as fast on the bike as it would sitting on your desk.

Integrated seamlessly into the Atom's design is a 1300mAh removable battery pack (compare vs. iPhone 5’s 1440mAh) that charges wherever you go. For power geeks like us out there, the Atom’s delivery breaks down like this: when you’re riding at a rate of 3mph, the Atom outputs 0.75W; at 10mph it’s pushing 3W, and at 15mph it is capped at 4.5W. Power is always delivered in a regulated manner (5V @ up to 500mA), providing only the amount of juice your device specifically demands. Excess power goes to charge the battery or (if battery is full) is released to protect your electronics. This means your device is always safe, even if you’re screaming downhill at 30mph!
The capacity of the Atom's removable battery pack is 1300mAh and its output charge is 500mA. This means the battery pack will give you a 70% charge on your iPhone 5 from dead flat, anywhere you need it. Your bike just got powerful…and so did your pocket.


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This project will be funded on Thursday May 23, 11:38am EDT.