How many times has your smartphone run out of juice? For me, a ton of times. As much as 65% of people run out of power for their smartphone a day. That is an astounding number. Three, "ambitious high school girls," have take to Indiegogo with a unique solution to the problem: Jubo. Emily Sheng, [...]
It's no secret that we love external batteries. Kyle has been known to carry upwards of 100,000 mAh of backup power to conferences. Anyhow, we just came across what may be the best external power source out there, ThinkPower: The team behind the ThinkPower make some pretty bold claims: ThinkPower by Zettaly is a 10,000mAh high-capacity battery [...]
As you can no doubt tell from our coverage, we love a good power source. There are a ton out there, but more often than not, they seem to be shoddy and cheaply made. However, we just came across the FuelBox powerStation. This thing looks awesome. The powerStation is much more than a charger. "The [...]
Again, it is no secret that we love external batteries. Kyle has been known to walk around conferences with tens of thousands of milliamps in reserve. Anyhow, there is a real balancing act when it comes to finding the perfect external power source. You can load up and get a big, bulk battery with tons of [...]
Years ago, I had a kinetic watch. The battery was charged from everyday, normal movements: waling, driving, writing. You never had to worry about replacing the battery. If it stopped, all you had to do was shake it around. Since then, I have always wondered why that same concept could not be used in larger [...]
We just came across one of the most inventive Crowdfunding campaigns yet: the Trinity portable wind turbine. The Trinity is a portable wind turbine that charges any USB device like your smart phone or tablet. The Trinity Kickstarter campaign was launched by the Skajaquoda Group. The Trinity has three blades that harness wind-power to generate power. This [...]
The Jumper Card works primarily as a charger, and can pull power from any USB port. A major factor that separates the Jumper Card from similar devices, it includes the three most widely used connections: the Apple Lightning connection(iPhone 5 models), Apple 30-pin (Pre-iPhone 5 models), and the standard Micro-USB. That said, there is an on-board battery in the card that holds 480 milliamp hours, which can add about one hour of life to a phone.
Anker has developed an ingenious way to solve the compatibility problem with PowerIQ. Essentially, PowerIQ is a chip embedded in the charger or battery that, "intelligently identifies your device and speaks with the language it needs for full speed charging."
During our lead up coverage to the 2014 International CES, the one product I was most excited about seeing was the ZeroHour USB Battery Backup Flashlight. During CES, we had a chance to speak with ZeroHour Co-Founders Amy Truong and Aaron Son about the most badass flashlight on the market.
I am a portable power monster. Anyone who has seen me at a technology event like CES or SXSW knows that I'm the goto guy for a phone charge. When I'm on the road with a long event I'm never short 100,000mah of charging power for my phones and iPad. I could be stranded in [...]
