iPort did a good thing in creating such an attractive, efficient wall mount that wirelessly charges your iPad. The only thing holding it back in my mind is that it’s so bloody expensive for what it does.
USB ports on bikes have been around for a while in DIY form. But now, Silverback Labs developed an integrated USB power generating system for their 2012 Starke series–finally, I can keep my Toddies hot while en route to the office!
You’re at the airport. You must send an important email. Your smartphone is about to die. Every outlet is being taken up by other idiots travellers. You spot a charging kiosk! You plug in! Now say goodbye to your data.
This is the new Energizer iSurge Travel Charging Station. It has a built-in 30-pin iPhone/iPod dock connector, 2.1-amp USB port for fast charging of iPads and other USB devices, three surge-protected AC outlets and an integrated nightlight.
You can charge your iPhone or iPod with your laptop, or plug it into the wall — but either way, you’re going to need a dangly cord. And we hate cords. This little outlet nub is a brilliant alternative.
In our bubble-wrapped little lives, the only way we can play with fire and feel true panic is by running our batteries down as low as possible. But doesn’t it suck the next day, when you realise your phone is dead?
Nothing kills a magical afternoon with your tablet like having to track down an outlet to charge up. Voltaic’s has new solar chargers designed specifically for tablets. [Voltaic via Treehugger]
As is the trait of Glastonbury Festival-sponsor Orange, the carrier has shown off its annual eco-friendly festival prototype, and would you guess that it’ll match those phone-charging wellington boots from last year? Anna Wintour will be ever so pleased.
Rather than a cooking pot that heats up by your computer over USB, it’s actually a pot that uses energy that would’ve otherwise been wasted, to charge up any USB device. An alternative to the solar-powered charger, you could say.
Just you wait until next year, when Jobs and co will announce the battery-powered MacBook Air, thus wiping out the need for Bird Electron’s external charger. It takes 8x LR14 (Type C) batteries, and gives two extra hours’ life. [AkihabaraNews]
