DIY: Rechargeable Battery Tester
Rechargeable batteries are a blessing, especially if you own a ton of electrical devices that use AA’s. The problem with them is that they don’t last forever. Like every other battery, NiMh or NiCd batteries loose some of their capacity with every charge/recharge. That can lead to some headaches, especially if you’re relying on some [...]
Wind Up Batteries
We have seen many green projects around these parts and wind up energy products like flashlights are nothing new, but why not wind up batteries to power any gadget? Designers Yeon Kyeong Hwang & Mieong Ho Kang have come up with this concept design for a battery that can be recharged by twisting the battery [...]
Thunderstorm: Battery Powered Super Soaker
Sure, a good old water gun fight can get the blood pumping. Nailing someone right in the head with ice cold water is a great stress reliever. The only thing that can put a damper on all that fun is the pumping action that is required to keep the enemy at bay. The Thunderstorm aims [...]
DIY: Solar Battery Charger
Here is a super easy and super cheap way to build a solar battery charger. You will need nothing more than 2 solar panels, a battery holder and a blocking diode. The project is dirt cheap, usually running you no more than 3 or 4 bucks and is a great way to experiment with solar [...]
Kensington’s PowerLift Backup-Up Battery
I was just talking to someone from Steam TV Networks about the need for a sturdy dock that can hold up a tablet or phone, something that keeps the device propped up when using it to watch video. Kensington has release just such an item built for the iPhone. Kensington’s new PowerLift is a sturdy [...]
AA Battery / USB Flash Drive
Are they batteries or are they USB flash drives? OR are they both? These clever batteries also double as USB flash drives. The neat thing is that they charge the battery side of the mutant while using the flash drive. Now, the next time you need a flash drive you can reach for your batteries [...]
Review: eLocity A7 Android Tablet
I’ve been playing with this surprisingly fast Android tablet for about a week now and so far I am impressed. Stream TV’s eLocity Android 2.2 powered tablet might not be an iPad killer, but it sure puts up a good fight. The solid 7-inch tablet is powered by NVIDIA’s dual core Tegra 2 processor, comes [...]
Electroluminescent iOS Charger
I can’t begin to count the amount of iPhone chargers I have. Multiple ones from Apple, knock off units I bought because I left them at home, I even have an awesome unit from iGo that can charge two USB devices from it’s internal battery. But I bet that none of them are as green [...]
Homemade Conductive Play-Doh
Here’s an awesome idea. Let’s take some homemade Play-Doh, change the recipe around a bit and make it conductive. You could make all sorts of cool circuits, like say wrap some of it around a cell phone to act as an insulator and then try to bring it on a plane. As someone who once [...]
Boost USB Port Voltage
Most larger gadgets that recharge via USB require at least 10 watts of power like Apple’s iPad. The iXP1-500 dongle claims it will allow devices to recharge from underpowered USB ports. I’m not quite sure how they accomplish this for $5, but I assume it must have some sort of capacitor inside that stores juice [...]
Replace Batteries With USB Power
If you can avoid using disposable batteries then you should. Landfills are full of them and we are doing nothing more than killing our environment by using them. I know that rechargeable batteries are better, but there is always the hassle of having to recharge them and then you eventually have to toss them out [...]
Affordable P1 Jr Pico Projector
Projector technology has really come a long way from the days of lugging 30 lbs projectors around. In recent years we have seen the advent of some really small units but nothing that was ever affordable, until now. Claimed as “the world’s smallest LCOS pico projector” the P1 Jr comes with it’s own battery, external [...]
DIY RJ-45 Cable Tester
Cable testers can be super expensive, but if your trying to trouble shoot a cable drop or run then you know how valuable one can be. Our favorite kids over at Instructables have a great how to on building your own on the super cheap. A quick trip to your local big box home improvement [...]
Vega Tablet With Android 2.0
With all the hype surrounding the “maybe possibily” release of the Apple tablet, other possible tablet like devices have been over shadowed. Take this uber sexy looking Innovative Converged Device called the Vega. The Vega will be offered in 7, 11 and 15-inch models and will all run Android 2.0 software. The largest of the [...]
iControlPad: Gamepad For Your iPhone
Since the release of the iTunes app store the iPhone and iPod touch have really been pushed as the next great portable gaming platform. Game developers have really started to push the limits of the device but the one major stumbling block has only been the “touch only” interface. The iControlPad looks to change all [...]
