UPS (Uninterruptible power supply) is a great way to insure that none of your real-time applications shut down while working if the power goes out for some reason. Of course, UPSes aren’t cheap these days and they can cost you an arm and a leg but there’s a UPS hack that can help you get more capacity and bettery life by adding car batteries to it. What a great idea huh? Your new hacked UPS should last you at least 3-20 times longer.
Now I have a great idea for all those UPS companies, they can
I have been looking for that “puuurfect” portable speaker that combines design and function, I’ve found it, it’s the Altec Lansing iM-237 Orbit Portable Speaker!
Have an iPhone or iPod? Well, a lot of you do and if you wanted to get a solar charger for it, here’s how to make your very own from scratch.
I wanted a charger for my iPodTouch and the MintyBoost was definitely my first choice. I wanted to take it a bit further and make it not only rechargeable but also solar powered. The other issue is that the iPhone and iPodTouch have large batteries in them and will deplete the two AA batteries in the MintyBoost rather quickly so I want
You’ve seen those new type of flashlights that will re-charge simply by “wacking” it. Now, here’s a company that will take that concept further so you can re-charge your batteries simply through motion.
If you take a bus or simply walk a lot on your way to work, this type of re-charging device will be great at re-charging your batteries for free. (at least you have to walk anyways)
With the M2E Power, this device is able to juice up your favorite devices on the go simply by relying on Faraday’s principal
