Batteries/Energy Storage


Tiny Cardboard Battery Charges Your Smartphone

Source: fastcompany.com Published: November 17, 2014  By John Brownlee Having trouble keeping your smartphone charged throughout the day? Designer Tsung Chih-Hsien has created a Red Dot Design Award-winning concept for a tiny cardboard capsule that could juice up your...

The Power Pot

Source: businessinsider.com Published: April 12, 2014 Charge mobile devices while preparing meals! The PowerPot combines the benefits of a lightweight cooking pot and a portable USB charger. Power any adventure while heating up a meal on a backpacking stove or sitting...

Solar Sunflower Charger

Source: chinadaily.com Published: November 16, 2012 Most of us are unaware of how much electricity we consume everyday for our routine activities and nothing would be better than trapping solar energy for accomplishing these activities. XDModo Solar Sunflower is a...

Cheap, Biodegradable Sugar Batteries

Source: myscienceacademy.org Published: January 30, 2014 Image © Virginia Tech Environmentally friendly, energy-dense sugar battery developed by a Virginia Tech research team, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper. The new...