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If you’ve ever walked along a carpet in the wintertime, you know all about how you can generate electrical shocks without ever plugging in to an outlet. Now it looks like your body movements could be harnessed to provide electricity for your mobile electronics. Imagine a shirt or a pair…
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February 14th, 2008 by: Technabob
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In a multi-iPod/iPhone household like mine, this device looks like it could be a godsend for tidying up the rats’ nest of cables on our kitchen countertop. Here’s a single charging dock that can recharge up to four iPods or iPhones simultaneously.
The new Griffin PowerDock will come in both…
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January 14th, 2008 by: Technabob
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This gauge connects to your computer to reveal critical information about your PC’s current operating conditions. Rather than modern digital readouts, the Gigabyte Visual USB Gauge uses a good, old fashioned analog gauge to relay the current state of your computer’s power supply.
Designed specifically for use with Gigabyte’s Odin…
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November 5th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Ever find yourself running out of juice in your mobile gadget? Leave it to the wizards at Japan’s Thanko to come up with a new way to keep your devices charged long beyond their standard battery capacity.
The charger bracelet straps around your wrist and provides supplemental power to you…
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October 20th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This unique MP3 player never needs batteries. That’s because it runs on your own hand-cranked power.
It may not be the prettiest media player ever made, but that’s because it needs room for the mechanical device that converts your energy into power. One minute of winding will give you about…
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August 10th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Do you have too many adapters plugged into in your power strip? This decidedly Flinstonian piece of office equipment eliminates the need for electricity by using hamster power.
As little hammy pedals his butt off, he generates his own shredded paper bedding. Fortunately, this isn’t a real product, rather it’s…
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April 10th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This is one of those “why didn’t I think of that?” ideas… These little vinyl labels can be stuck on your power cords and other cables so you can easily identify what cable connects to what device.
ID Pilot Wire Identification Labels feature icons of everything from blenders to computer…
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March 28th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This theft prevention device is sure to scare off even the most hardened criminal. The custom-built Tesla coil emits a massive purple electrical field around the owners car, making thieves think twice before even looking at this car.
Named after Tolkien’s Eye of Sauron,… the theft deterrent device generates hundreds
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February 18th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Now that you’ve picked up your brightly colored new iPod Shuffle, maybe you’d like a way to keep it charged when you’re not near your computer.
The DLO Powerbug is a compact wall charger that connects to your iPod Shuffle and provides charging any place you have an outlet. Just…
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February 2nd, 2007 by: Technabob
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The Ecosol Powerstick is a universal device for quickly and easily recharging portable devices in a pinch.
Designed for on-the-go charging of PDAs, MP3 players, digital cameras, mobile phones and other mobile gadgets, the Powerstick hooks up to any USB port and stores a charge in an small lithium polymer…
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November 20th, 2006 by: Technabob