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Vibration-Powered AA Battery Charges Up When You Shake It
Vibration-Powered Battery Brother Industries When my little flashlight or my electric toothbrush goes dead, some atavistic impulse leads me -- and I suspect I'm not alone -- to stare for a moment at...
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Reverse-Engineering the Latest iPhone Charger to Create a DIY Portable...
Reverse Engineering the iPhone Charger ladyada Remember the Minty Boost, the DIY battery-powered USB charger for your portable devices that fit neatly in an Altoids tin? It was a decent fix for those...
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Portable Fuel Cells Charge Gadgets On the Go
Power Trip MTI Micro Mobion, myFC PowerTrekk, and Horizon MiniPAK Brian Klutch Hydrogen fuel cells have exploded onto the market as convenient chargers for your handheld devices. Plugged in via USB...
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Testing the Goods: Horizon MiniPak Portable Fuel Cell Charger
MiniPak Charger in Hand Horizon As humanity goes wireless, the last pesky tether we and our gadgets have to escape is the power cable. Portable, battery-powered chargers tend to be both...
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Seven Major Automakers Agree to a Universal Charging System For Electric Cars
BMW Active-E Electric Car A 1 Series coupe converted to electric drive, the BMW Active-E will get 100 miles of driving range from a full charge of its lithium-ion battery pack Seth Fletcher A pretty...
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How Much Would You Pay to Plug In Your Gadgets?
Working in the Cafe Flickr user ewedistrictAccording to a press release, Sony is fielding proposals for a way to charge users to, well, charge. The technology would allow building owners to require...
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Here's Why Apple's iPhone Chargers Are So Expensive
Apple Charger Teardown Ken Shirriff Here's the the question: you can charge an iPhone with any AC-to-USB adapter. So how does Apple get off charging $29 for theirs? Ken Shirriff took one completely...
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How The PopSci Staff Prepares For A Hurricane
Kindle Paperwhite Glows Dan Bracaglia Paul Adams, Senior EditorIn the course of everyday life at PopSci, I find myself pleasingly well equipped for disaster to strike. Here's the stuff I'm glad is...
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Hack Yourself An Emergency DIY Car Charger
DIY Car Charger The Big Book Of Hacks MATERIALS USB cable for your device Any 5-volt car cigarette lighter adapter Knife TapeSTEP 1 Cut the USB end off the cable for your device and strip the...
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Make Your Own DIY Solar Charger
DIY Solar Charger The Big Book Of Hacks MATERIALS Plywood Jigsaw Drill Nails Hammer Two 1-inch (2.5 cm) wood slats 5-watt, 12-volt solar panel Hinge Soldering iron and solder ¼-inch (6.35-mm) plastic...
View ArticleReverse-Engineering the Latest iPhone Charger to Create a DIY Portable...
Remember the Minty Boost, the DIY battery-powered USB charger for your portable devices that fit neatly in an Altoids tin? It was a decent fix for those constantly failing…
View ArticlePortable Fuel Cells Charge Gadgets On the Go
Hydrogen fuel cells have exploded onto the market as convenient chargers for your handheld devices. Plugged in via USB ports, the cells don't have to rely on wind or sun to…
View ArticleTesting the Goods: Horizon MiniPak Portable Fuel Cell Charger
As humanity goes wireless, the last pesky tether we and our gadgets have to escape is the power cable. Portable, battery-powered chargers tend to be both inefficient--so…
View ArticleSeven Major Automakers Agree to a Universal Charging System For Electric Cars
A pretty basic fear of the oncoming electric car boom is a concern that charging will be similar to the old cellphone-charger fiasco. Will the owner of a 2017 Mazda…
View ArticleHow Much Would You Pay to Plug In Your Gadgets?
According to a press release, Sony is fielding proposals for a way to charge users to, well, charge. The technology would allow building owners to require authentication for…
View ArticleHere's Why Apple's iPhone Chargers Are So Expensive
Here's the the question: you can charge an iPhone with any AC-to-USB adapter. So how does Apple get off charging $29 for theirs? Ken Shirriff took one completely apart to…
View ArticleHow The PopSci Staff Prepares For A Hurricane
Paul Adams, Senior Editor In the course of everyday life at PopSci, I find myself pleasingly well equipped for disaster to strike. Here's the stuff I'm glad is lying…
View ArticleHack Yourself An Emergency DIY Car Charger
MATERIALS USB cable for your device Any 5-volt car cigarette lighter adapter Knife Tape STEP 1 Cut the USB end off the cable for your device and strip the insulation.
View ArticleMake Your Own DIY Solar Charger
MATERIALS Plywood Jigsaw Drill Nails Hammer Two 1-inch (2.5 cm) wood slats 5-watt, 12-volt solar panel Hinge Soldering iron and solder ¼-inch (6.35-mm) plastic mono…
View ArticleU.S. Army Creates Shoebox-Size Universal Battery Charger
Battery chargers are finally getting a military upgrade. This is big! Not in a literal sense—that honor goes to the previous battery charger used by the U.S. Army, which…
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