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‘Battery Charger’ Stories

California requiring energy-efficient handset chargers in 2013

Rue Liu, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [21]

The eco-friendly state of California has just passed a unanimous vote requiring device manufacturers to ship energy-efficient handset chargers starting 2013. This new requirement applies to all cellphones, tablets, and hundreds of other electronic devices. The new law was passed by the California Energy Commission with a 3-0 vote despite objections from electronics makers. Read The Full Story

Pan Charger boils your iPhone battery back to life

Chris Davies, Jun 21st 2011 Discuss [1]

Japanese firm TES NewEnergy has launched a bizarre new way to charge your cellphone and other gadgets: using a pan of boiling water. The idea behind the Pan Charger was prompted when CEO Kazuhiro Fujita saw footage of earthquake victims huddled around small fires, and wondered whether integrating a heat-powered charger element to a regular saucepan would be a good idea. Read The Full Story

Vodafone VIP Truck can charge 2000 mobiles at once

Shane McGlaun, May 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you take your smartphone with you and head to a concert or other festival where you end up tweeting how all your pals should be there, shooting video and taking pics all with your phone you know how fast your battery can go dead. If you are in the UK and on the Vodafone network the company is going to 11 of the biggest festivals this year with a massive truck to keep its customers charged up and using data. Read The Full Story

HaloIPT Wirelessly Charges your Rolls-Royce?

Kevin Fubar, Mar 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

We covered the HaloIPT system last fall. If you weren't clicking links, it's a wireless battery charging system for electric vehicles. Just park over the induction pad and the system will charge the batteries on your electric vehicle. This is the same kind of technology like you're seeing in the Energizer Qi and a host of other inductive charging mats for your wireless devices. Rolls-Royce recently unveiled the 102ex Phantom experimental electric vehicle at the Geneva Auto Show and it apparently comes with the HaloIPT. Rolls plans to use the car to start a debate on whether or not full-electric vehicles are the future of luxury automotive. Read The Full Story

NAO Robot gets awesome charger it can connect itself

Shane McGlaun, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

I think that the little NAO Robot is a really cool toy that would be a lot of fun to play with. We talked about the NAO robot earlier this month and the thing is still being developed and tweaked. A company called Aldebaran robotics has developed a really cool charger for the NAO that the robot can connect itself to when charging is needed. Read The Full Story

Massively stupid thief leaves smartphone charging in house he robbed

Shane McGlaun, Feb 4th 2011 Discuss [13]

A man has been arrested and is suspected of robbing ten or more homes in the Montgomery county area of Washington. The man is Cody Wilkins and he was caught after a homeowner walked in and saw the man rifling through his belongings. Read The Full Story

Nokia DC-14 Bicycle Charger kit now on sale

Chris Davies, Feb 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Nokia's Bicycle Charger Kit turned out to be a surprisingly popular concept when the company first showed it back in June 2010, with calls to release it not just in the developing countries originally targeted. Now the Nokia DC-14 Bicycle Charger is finally on sale, priced at £25 in Nokia's UK store, as well as from various Nokia stores across Europe. Read The Full Story

Solar Vox is a Portable Solar-Powered Charger Looking for Funding

Evan Selleck, Dec 23rd 2010 Discuss [1]

For a concept design to become real, and find its way into consumers all over the world, it needs money. That's where Kickstarter comes in. A service designed to help creators find the means to get their ideas off the ground, and hopefully onto shelves where people can actually buy them. We've seen an iPod Nano watch hit the big time thanks to Kickstarter, and now a solar-powered portable gadget charger is looking for some funding. Designed by Eric Strebel, it's a simple device with a lot of potential. Read The Full Story

iFan Charges your iPhone Thanks to the Wind

Evan Selleck, Dec 3rd 2010 Discuss [1]

There are a couple of different options out there for someone to keep their iPhone, or other mobile device, charged, even if they aren't near a power outlet. While most of them focus on the power of the sun, the new iFan charger for the iPhone puts its attention on wind power. As of right now, the design is just a modification, and not actually a "ready for the market" device. Read The Full Story

Armour Home Announces “Q2,” The World’s Easiest to Use Internet Radio

Chris Burns, Nov 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

This radio consists of a 10cm cube made of nothing but cuteness. Armour acts on the idea that although they've got thousands of choices on the daily, listeners of internet radio regularly only listen to 2 or 3. Because of this, the Q2 cube allows users to select from their favorite four stations at any one time, programming them in when they turn their Q2 on for the first time by plugging them into a Mac or PC machine. After that, there's no need to ever go back to any more difficulty in using the cube other than charging up the battery. Read The Full Story

Chevy Volt 240V home charging unit gets a price

Shane McGlaun, Oct 8th 2010 Discuss [2]

Green car fans all around the country have been excited to see the Chevy Volt finally hit the market and get a MSRP. The high cost to purchase the Volt was a bit of a letdown for many, but the lease rates are reasonable. Many who buy the volt will also want a home charger for the car that allows the battery packs to be topped of as quickly as possible. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4

Vincent Nguyen, Sep 28th 2010 Discuss [8]

For each generation of iPhone, there’s been a Mophie Juice Pack to bolster its battery. Apple may have refined its smartphones’ power requirements over each generation, but getting a full day’s use has often been beyond most app-addict users. The iPhone 4 certainly has longer-legs than its predecessors, but Mophie’s promise to “virtually double” runtime with the new Juice Pack Air is appealing all the same. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.