Kodak charger can power up mobile devices via USB and recharge itself from the sunlight / 11.08.2009 04:39
According to the Murphy's law for the modern times, the battery on a mobile phone dies just when you need to make an emergency call in an area without electricity. Or you can't take pictures from a hiking trip because you wasted the camera battery on shooting LOLcat videos. Either way, the sun will be a practically endless energy source for a long, long time which you can use to power up your mobile devices.
The Kodak Solar Charger KS100-C+2 has a battery of its own that can be recharged using solar power or it can draw power from another device via USB cable. The fully recharged battery can then deliver about 1.5 charges to a mobile phone. Alternatively, the battery can provide 200 pictures worth of energy for a digitial camera, or 33 hours worth of playback time for a portable MP3 player. The times are rough estimations; some devices are more energy efficient than others.
It takes about 14 hours to fully charge the built-in battery on the KS100 via USB. One sunny day, however, is not enough to recharge the battery. It takes 28 hours of sunlight to fully charge the KS100. At a remote village or camp, you could simply leave the Kodak Solar Charger into the sun (in order to keep it constantly charged) and draw power from it whenever needed.
Kodak expects the charger to retail for below $40. Another product that can charge itself with solar energy and then power up other devices is the Freeloader.
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Kodak charger can power up mobile devices via USB and recharge itself from the sunlight / 11.08.2009 04:39
According to the Murphy's law for the modern times, the battery on a mobile phone dies just when you need to make an emergency call in an area without electricity. Or you can't take pictures from a hiking trip because you wasted the camera battery on shooting LOLcat videos. Either way, the sun will be a practically endless energy source for a long, long time which you can use to power up your mobile devices.
The Kodak Solar Charger KS100-C+2 has a battery of its own that can be recharged using solar power or it can draw power from another device via USB cable. The fully recharged battery can then deliver about 1.5 charges to a mobile phone. Alternatively, the battery can provide 200 pictures worth of energy for a digitial camera, or 33 hours worth of playback time for a portable MP3 player. The times are rough estimations; some devices are more energy efficient than others.
It takes about 14 hours to fully charge the built-in battery on the KS100 via USB. One sunny day, however, is not enough to recharge the battery. It takes 28 hours of sunlight to fully charge the KS100. At a remote village or camp, you could simply leave the Kodak Solar Charger into the sun (in order to keep it constantly charged) and draw power from it whenever needed.
Kodak expects the charger to retail for below $40. Another product that can charge itself with solar energy and then power up other devices is the Freeloader.
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