Marvin Weinberger toiled over his survival tool for three years in his Havertown workshop. Now he’s launched a Kickstarter campaign to get it into production, writes Paige Gross for Technical.ly.

Meet the LIFESABER, which offers a limitless power supply to bring a dead cell phone back to life. The battery recharges in 15 minutes if swung or hand cranked.

The tool is also a flashlight/lantern, strobe light and emergency siren. With accessories, it can also start fires and purify water.

“The genesis is to have a tool that would let you restart your phone in an emergency,” Weinberger said. “But with accessories, it’ll allow you to do a lot more.”

Weinberger is no stranger to Philly’s tech and entrepreneurial community. He was the leader of the now-closed co-working space, Ventureforth, founded American Certified, co-founded Infonautics and worked on another tool, “Lil Trucker,” a pocket-sized all-purpose tool.

Weinberger had raised more than half of his $30,000 LIFESABER goal in two days.

Preorders for the LIFESABER start at $49 for the basic tool and go up with additional accessories. Weinberger said he believes they will ship about a year from now.

Read more about Weinberger’s Kickstart campaign for the LIFESABER here.

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