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Ultralite Films, a full-service video production company, recently used some Voltaic solar gear to power their latest work in the San Blas Islands, Panama. With great attention to detail and a desire to...

Living off-the-grid in our modern-day society has never been easier. Our friend Tafline Layine from Inhabitat , recently used two of our 17 Watt Kits to make her car an off-grid space for living and...

We recently collaborated with Nicholas Johnson to build  a solar-powered air quality sensor that sends real-time information to the web for anyone to see via the cellular network.  This project shows the...

In cooperation with Nicholas Johnson, we built a dust sensor that operates roughly 24x7 and publishes the results consistently to the web via GSM.  The project combines an inexpensive air quality dust sensor...

DIY: Waterproof Case for Solar Powered Projects This post outlines the steps necessary to build your own waterproof case for solar Arduino (or Raspberry Pi) projects that you want to leave outdoors. We've...

Dwayne Burgess recently crossed the country by bicycle on the Trans America route. He used our 17 Watt Solar Charger Kit to keep his MacBook, Canon 5D and phone powered up on the trip. There were a lot of...

Power your Arduino Spark Core Weather Station from Solar This project is in response to a number of customers who've asked us about using solar to power their IOT sensing projects and then publish their...

  This past July, Francois-Xavier De Ruydts and his documentary crew helped narrate the journey of Arthur, a 21 year-old paraplegic, who's dream was to cross the Brooks Mountain Range in Northern...

The PIXO charger has been discontinued. We now offer alternative ways to charge both AAs from USB and camera batteries from USB. Ever wanted to charge a DSLR camera battery while off-grid but only had a...

DIY Solar Powered Water Quality Sensor Every now and then while scrolling through tech blogs and DIY sensor projects, the Voltaic team is pleasantly surprised to see our solar panels highlighted as the main...

Our friends across the river in Manhattan at Adafruit have made a new video explaining how solar power works, and used our products to demonstrate! If you've ever been curious how solar panels generate...

Nick Korda, one of the team at Green Guru Gear, modified our USB Touchlight to attach to his steer tube. The mount fit perfectly right under the headset cap. The light is fed by a V15 battery stored in...

Whenever we want to send our gear on a tough field test, we always send it to Daniel Fox. He recently used our 17 Watt Solar Charger Kit with our waterproof case. As you can see, the panel mounts nicely on the...

The International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) works with the world's top photographers to document environmentally valuable and, often, endangered regions. Andy Maser and Peter Mather recently...

New York-based climber Gaz Leah is heading down to Parque La Huasteca near Monterrey, Mexico to develop and document new routes as well as introduce at-risk youth to climbing. We're working with Gaz to power...

We met industrial designer Ryan Hetzel at this year's Outdoor Retailer and talked about the possibilities of a solar-powered tank bag. Touring motorcycles are starting to have power outputs, but many bikes...

Christopher Dutton has created a series of solar-powered and networked water level loggers to monitor the Mara river levels in Tanzania. They have three stations deployed and uploading data to the Internet now...

Voltaic customer Witold Wnuk recently created a Windows app to optimize panel angle. Rotate your phone along all three axes until a circle appears which you guide to the center of the screen. You should then...