As MP3 player technology advances to allow more storage capacity, better quality videos, more features and longer battery life, what do we really need right now in the MP3 player industry?

If you answered a wind up MP3 player that lasts for ten minutes, you’d be right. You’d be crazy, but you’d be right.

A new wind up player with a crank handle has been invented that affords you a massive ten minutes of playback time, just enough to last you that really lazy session at the gym… if you’re feeling particularly lethargic.

Made by Thanko, the Cranking MP3 Player isn’t quite set to revolutionise the MP3 player market, but it does have a few advantages over any other player.

How many times has your MP3 player ran out of battery power when you most wanted it? That will never happen with the wind up player, but then you wouldn’t get through many podcasts with it either.

The wind up MP3 player features 1GB of memory and can also be charged via USB, if your hand is too tired for cranking.