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IllumiCharger Uses Solar Cells to Recycle your Indoor Gadgets via USB!

Posted on February 13, 2010 by max

Here’s an interesting eco-gadget that could proved to be pivotal in recycling all of indoor lights.   The IllumiCharger uses solar cells to recycle you indoor lights and feeding your gadgets via USB ports.

The Illumi-Charger achieves this unprecedented feat by recycling light energy that permeates in any indoor space that has luminescence provided by fluorescent, compact fluorescent, or incandescent lighting. As solar calculators (available in every Walmart or drug store) utilized the light energy inside our school classroom

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Charger DIY – How to Make a Flower Vase Gadget Charger!

Posted on December 20, 2009 by max

Here’s a guy who turned his flower vase into a USB gadget charger, I think this is a great idea and perhaps will inspire others to make their own custom chargers.  By the way, it’s not too awfully hard to make your own custom chargers if you simply understand the DC voltage basics.

Just as a general rule of thumb, let’s say your iPod charger is rated at 5V DC 500mA, then you just need to supply enough current, meaning anything with 5V DC and 500mA or more will

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Bike Hack – How to Make a USB Charger for your Bike!

Posted on May 11, 2009 by max

If you are like me, you are probably very familiar with bike lights that use the power of the pedal to keep your eye-sight bright when riding at night.  Well, here’s a great idea that uses that same power, except to power your USB gadgets such as iPod, iPhone, or whatever.

We initially theorized the development and feasibility of a regenerative braking system for use on bicycles. This system would create a mobile power source to extend the battery life of portable electronic devices carried by the rider.

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