All the stories tagged with charger
Wireless Charging System Juices Up Medical Implants
04/11/2013, António Abreu, a PhD Student at the MIT Portugal Program who works at LNEG (Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia I.P.), has been hard at work in developing a wireless charging system that will cater for implantable medical devices. This [...]
ChargeBite Draws Power From Other iPhones To Recharge Yours
03/25/2013, Being a smartphone owner these days means you’ll most likely have to keep your device connected to its charger when you’re home, in your car and sometimes, when you visit someone else’s home. Keeping your battery charged at an acceptable [...]
Scosche Lightning Connector Cables Now Available
02/14/2013, The launch of the iPhone 5 not only brought an iPhone with a larger screen, but it also introduced the Lightning connector. Since then, Apple’s new Lightning connector has made it to the iPad Mini and fourth generation iPad, which [...]
Wakawaka Power Compact Solar Charger
01/02/2013, When it comes to modern day devices such as smartphones, they do seem to run out of juice more often than we’d like, especially with the amount of features packed into the device. Well, carrying around a smartphone endowed with [...]
Why Is Apple Including an iPhone Charger With The iPad Mini?
11/01/2012, Apple traditionally includes a different charger with the iPhone than the iPad. Until Apple recently released a 12-watt adapter, the iPad received a grounded 10-watt adapter, whereas the iPhone and iTouch got a 5-watt affair in the iconic cubic shape. However, the [...]
POP: a portable charger that charges up to 10 iPhones
07/19/2012, In today’s smartphone world, most of us can’t go beyond a full day without having to charge our devices at least once. This makes our chargers one of the most important accessories to have. Well, what if you have multiple [...]
Sony hand-cranked USB charger
05/21/2012, Granted, when Tom Hanks’ character in Castaway was stuck on an island all those years ago, there was no such thing as an iPhone or a Nintendo DS, which meant he had to find non-electronic means of keeping himself amused [...]
Power Bank is a flashlight and charger all in one
01/18/2012, Convergence is the name of the game these days, and the Power Bank could very well be one of the outstanding candidates. Why do we say so? Well, this particular device is not only a portable power pack to juice [...]
Innergie PocketCell for power on the go
01/10/2012, [CES 2012] Take a look at your pockets and backpack – how many devices do you own that come with their very own charger? Surely you have at least a couple, and the more you have, obviously it will be [...]
Bracketron GreenZero mobile chargers eliminate vampire power
01/03/2012, If you’re looking for ways to lighten your electricity bill each month, you might want to watch out for appliances that consume standby power. In case you didn’t know, there are some appliances that consume power as long as they [...]
Apple files for a universal power adapter to charge multiple devices simultaneously
11/17/2011, A while back we reported of TwelveSouth’s PlugBug charger, which was a charger that allowed users to charge both their MacBook and iOS device simultaneously, but now it appears that Apple has something similar in mind with a recent filing [...]
Small holes actually increase battery strength
11/15/2011, Who would have thought that a slab of cheese with holes inside might actually be the inspiration to boost the performance of batteries in devices that we use? Yes sir, scientists have actually managed to give battery strength a much [...]
TwelveSouth’s PlugBug combines MacBook and iOS charger into one
11/01/2011, While iOS devices, such as the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch can be charged via USB, undoubtedly charging via a direct power source would be quicker, and so for the traveler on the go, the less power plugs you carry [...]
