FreeLoader Pro Solar Charger

Freeloader Pro is one gem of a gadget. It can provide electricity to practically any device. What is the best part of this gadget is that it charges itself from the solar energy. It takes about 7-9 hours to get fully charged. Once fully charged, it can charge a cell phone to give it 70 hrs of stand by time or can completely charge a digital camera.

There is a voltage switch provided. If you switch it to 9.5V, it can even charge heavy duty devices like mp4 and DVD players. Just imagine how much favor you would be doing to the environment, indirectly using solar energy to run your gadgets. You can even recharge Freeloader Pro using a USB device.

FreeLoader Pro Solar Charger Features:

• Solar charger with a built-in Li-ion rechargeable battery
• Battery can be charged using solar cells or USB connection
• Specially designed CamCaddy can charge almost all camera and camcorder batteries
• Compatible with iPod, iPhone, Blackberry, current Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola cell phones, PSP, portable DVD and MP4 players,
• Li-ion rechargeable battery capacity: 1600mAh
• Solar cells: 200mA premium quality crystalline
• Impact resistant, rust free aluminum body
• Weight: 174g
• Dimensions: 5.9″ x 2.5″ x .8″ (150 x 63 x 20mm)
   

Back up USB power

You are on your way to your office in your car. You are expecting an important call from your boss. It is just the start of the day and bang, you mobile get switched off. How you wish you could charge your phone in the car. Well, now your wish comes true. Here is a USB power charger that can charge 2 USB devices simultaneously.

This portable USB power supplier allows you to take back up charge wherever you go. It can get recharged with any USB outlet and at the same time charge 2 devices. So do not worry about running out of battery whether it is your mobile, mp3 or any other gadget.

Portable USB Power Features:

• Push button battery level indicator (Green, Yellow, Red) 
• Input: 100-240VAC, 50/60 Hz, .3A max, UL Listed 
•  Dimensions: 4″ x 1.8″ x 1.2″ (10 x 4.6 x 3cm)

USB Cell – Eco-friendly

Rechargeable batteries are a norm of today’s gadget oriented world. Every now and then you require a battery to run your gadget whether it is your remote control, your mp3 player, geek toys and the list goes on. There are rechargeable batteries available but they certainly not eco-friendly. They contain acerbic chemicals that are released in the atmosphere when the batteries discharge. Also, there is a need to carry your charger wherever you go. That can be painful. Well, here is a solution. Here comes a battery that can be charged using the omni-present USB port. Whether it is your desktop PC, laptop    or USB hub, this battery works with any of them.

USB Cell Features:

• 2 AA size batteries in a package 
• Plugs into any USB Port on your computer, PS3 or XBox360
• 1300mAh 
• Recharges up to 500 times

The Green Pizza Box

Check out this new pizza box concept which aims to reduce the volume of cardboard boxes that are being used and entering land fill sites.  From the Youtube video below you can see clearly that the lid of the Green box can be tore along its perforated edge to allow 4 small plates to be used to hold pizza slices, the other half of the box can be folded into another box to store your remaining pizza.

Featuring a clever design, the Green Pizza box aims to reduce the volume of paper plates that might be used during parties, however I still don’t think its the ideal eco-friendly pizza box and that further modifications would make it more environmentally friendly. After all, volume of boxes will not change because people will still buy pizzas and with every pizza comes a pizza box so a better idea would be to make a pizza box that degrades quicker than any of the pizza boxes currently available.

Solar Powered Parking Spots

Everyone knows that World oil reserves are running out and sooner rather than later we will need to turn to electricity to power our vehicles. A British company called Romag has designed a car park canopy system which could potentially recharge the battery in your car while you are out shopping or at work.  Utilizing solar energy, the specialized photovoltaic cell manufacturer believes that many kilowatt hours of electricity can be generated by the system. In an empty car park space, the solar cell can still generate electricity via the solar cells and pump it into a electricity grid to power local buildings.

Personally, I wish Romag the best of luck with this idea as it certainly seems to be a very clever concept and one which could be the answer to depleting fossil fuels.

[via Gearlog]

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