The Plug Battery Charger from MollaSpace is the most whimsical external battery I’ve seen. The exterior looks like a typical US-style wall plug, but there’s an 800mAh lithium-ion battery inside to keep your Apple devices powered up while you’re away from a wall outlet. It delivers 5.2V-750mA. The Plug Battery Charger can charge an iPod […]
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The PowerPot is a Kickstarter project that has already earned funding with 8 days to spare. What is it? It’s a portable thermo electric generator. Take it camping, fill it with some water or food, place it on your campfire and you’ve got instant power. There are two versions: the PowerPot V and the PowerPot
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The juice pack powerstation PRO from mophie is rugged enough to go anywhere and powerful enough to keep your gadgets charged for days. With its 6000mAh power reserves, you’ll be able to keep your phones and other small devices going for days while away from wall outlets. You can even charge tablets with the powerstation
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From the BBC comes a report on “e-textiles” that can provide clothes with a single, central power source to charge devices. Intelligent Textiles from Surrey UK has developed and is testing a lightweight uniform for the military that has conductive fibres woven into it. Rather than carrying seperate batteries for each device, a central battery can
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At our house, a mission to complete Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars on the Wii has been undertaken by my son and me, with assistance from my daughter (Mom’s not so into it). As you might imagine, this tends to drain a lot of Wii controller batteries. Rather than waste a small fortune
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It seems more and more gadgets, although they may have a wall wart, are ultimately USB-chargeable. Replace a normal AC wall socket with the USB Outlet Quattro from CurrentWerks, and you’ll be able to charge up to four USB devices at once without using those wall warts. With the Quattro, you have four standard USB
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Use The Force to charge your phone….the force of your breath that is. Looking like something out of Star Wars, the Aire Mask is a concept design by Joao Lammoglia that uses your breath to turn small turbines and convert the air displacement into energy to charge your phone. “The consumerist tendencies of today’s industrialised society make
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Ever wished you had more battery life in your devices when you’re away from any electical outlets? That’s where Spigen’s Kuel F60Q portable mobile battery comes in. It works just like any other portable mobile battery pack, except that the Kuel packs a 6000 mAh lithium ion battery which outputs at 5V at 2 Amps.
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Lots of people rely on cellphones now, and many, like my family and me, have only cellphones. Your phone is useless without a charge, and luckily, there are a variety of backup batteries available to keep them charged up. If you don’t want to add a case with a backup battery, then you’re probably stuck
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When Julie, The Gadgeteer, asked if I would like to review Digital Innovations’ speaker dock for Android smartphones, I jumped on the chance. I had just been asking myself if there was a speaker dock out there for Android Smartphones. I know there are plenty of them available for iPhones and iPods, but I had never
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Using only twigs, you can cook your food with this quick-lighting little camp stove. The CampStove from BioLite is only 8.25″ x 5″, weighs 2 pounds, and folds up for easy packing. When you get to the campsite, it burns twigs, pine cones, pellets, and other biomass, so you don’t have to carry heavy fuel
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We’ve told you about Scosche clipSYNC cables before. Those are handy charging cables, but you’ll still need a source of power. The flipCHARGE burst from Scosche combines the convenience of a small carabiner accessory with a portable emergency power source for your iPhone (3GS and 4), iPod nano (5th and 6th gen), and iPod touch
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One of the hardest things about taking your young child with you when you do errands is dealing with the stroller. The Origami Stroller from 4Moms opens and folds itself at the touch of a button, so you don’t have to fight with it yourself. One of the wheels has a generator inside to keep
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The Choiix Power Fort 5600 is a rechargeable 5600 mAh brick a little smaller than a deck of cards or a pack of smokes, yet able to recharge your iPhone, iPod, Droid, GPS, flip phone, or just about anything else that you’d usually charge through your computer’s USB port.
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How excited was I to try this product, a protective case that charges a wide variety of personal electronics – iPods, phones, GPS units, handheld game devices, and such – and has an amplified speaker built in? And can recharge itself with a built-in solar panel? And priced under $60! Woot woot! Sign me up!
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As Gadget geeks, we’re lost without our bits of technology. That’s why we go to such lengths to carry them on our person, in a gear bag, or even in a hidden pocket in a special piece of clothing. But what if the unexpected happens: you leave your phone charging to go grab a soda,
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If you find the battery on your Nintendo 3DS just isn’t powerful enough for your needs, get a PowerSkin Gaming Case for Nintendo 3DS. This PowerSkin case has a built-in, 2000mAh rechargeable battery that doubles your battery life and promises up to 12 hours 3D gaming and 18 hours 2D play. LED status lights can
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Just in time for World AIDS Day, mophie has joined with (RED) and launched a special-edition line of their juice pack air, juice pack plus and the complete juice pack universal line (reserve, boost and power station). We’ve told you about their great reserve power products for your mobile devices, so you know how well they work. mophie (RED) products cost
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Kensington Computer Products Group is one of the old-timers in the computerperipheral business having launched their first product (Apple II System Saver) back in 1981. Kensington’s most ubiquitous product is the K-Lock security slot that is found on many laptops. As Kensington is an established company with a history of quality products I felt relatively
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The Gadgeteer has told you about some laptop bags with built-in solar chargers. Those are great, but what if you already have a bag you love? The Fuse 4W Solar Charger from Voltaic can add solar charging capability to any bag. Connect this pouch to your bag, and you’ll add two 2W solar panels and a 3,000mAh
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