Scosche has a new one that'll recharge your iPhone twice over. The solBAT II is a backup battery that can be charged either via USB or using solar power. It features both a suction mount for soaking up solar rays through a window and a carabineer mount if you want to 5.5v (because some annoying gadgets need just a little bit more than USB) - 2400mAH minimum capacity (about x2 full charges on most modern smart phones) - Solar recharge period of 1 full day or less*
Among the latter, Nikkei is reporting that Eamex in Osaka, Japan, has developed a lithium-ion battery that will last some twenty years of regular use — that's 10000 charges! The secret to the long-lasting lithium-ion?
The new approach keeps the tin inside the battery intact for much longer despite the strain caused by charging and recharging. By absorbing much of the stress through a new alloy in the tin-coated resin, the tin and the electrode structure are more stable and could last for as long as 20 years. The figure is based on an assumption of about 10000 complete recharges, or about 10 times more use many between charges? 02/04, 06:46pm close reply. 20 years between charges?
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Turns out the Consumer Electronics Association has kicked off an online contest to determine the best–and greenest–new gadget on the market. Treehugger's Jaymi Heimbuch asks, “Will it be the Orange Solar Tent, which charges up your camp
The only positive is that they were akways willing to send a replacement, though toward the end they stopped paying for shipping. I'd be very leary of being the guinea pig for any other new gadgets put out by Zagg.
