Tag: CHARGING

We're willing to bet that you have at least one special electrical outlet that plays host to an overtaxed and exhausted power strip -- you know, the one swarmed by chargers for your cell phone, iPod, PSP or Nintendo DS, and perhaps an iPad or e-reader for good measure. (That's not even counting your roommate or significant other's contributions.) For overwhelmed sockets, we'd recommend the ...

There's a lot of confusion about the best way to treat an iPod's battery (e.g., Is it better to charge it often, or to fully empty it? Is it okay to leave it charging when it's full?), so here's the official word. Because the iPod has lithium-ion batteries, it doesn't matter whether you charge it a little bit at a time, or run it down before recharging fully. The battery will last for ...

Imagine a world where plugging in your gadgets to charge them is a thing of the past. And we're not talking about "wireless" chargers, like the Palm Pre's Touchstone, which still require some sort of physical contact. No, according to Technology Review, Nokia is working on technology that would collect ambient electromagnetic radiation to slowly charge batteries. Ambient electromagnetic ...

For shame. We know good and well engineers can concoct energy-generating garb that actually looks good enough to wear, but evidently those fashion-minded gurus weren't hired for this project. Granted, we have all ideas the image you're quizzically staring at above is NTT's first go at a pair of power-packing sandals, but there's clearly a good ways to go before these things are cute / safe ...

Cell phones are valuable things to have at all-day music festivals. It's awful easy to lose your friends in the massive crowds and, with bands popping up on multiple stages all day long, it's important to keep current on who's on where and when. But long days of rocking, and spotty reception at a back-country venue, can leave batteries flat in hours. The solution? More dancing -- at least it is ...