Location: Nimrod Fortress, see here Charges: iPhone. Steve, graphic designer and web architect at Giant Jellyfish tells us his solar backpack "Kept my iphone going for a couple of days hiking...
Location: John Boyd Thacher State Park, West of Albany, NY Charges: iPod, iPhone and multiple digital cameras of Doug (photographer) and Alyssa (featured)...
Small PV solar panels are ideal for outdoor embedded hardware applications. The panels are inexpensive and using them prevents the need for extension cords. You can monitor the panel and battery pack to...
Sometimes our customers want all the solar charging functionality of our bags but in a different form. Benjamin Morrison, an avid cyclist, wanted to solar-ize his panniers and produced one of the nicer...
Update - We have a new class of "Always-On" batteries for use in projects like this. Also, see our new solar charger kit pages. I created an automated gardening system called Garduino to monitor soil...
Location: Mt. Kilimanjaro, highest peak in Africa Charges: Sony HD Cameras "We were a group of 26 climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain on the African continent. Wanting to document our trip,...
Several years ago, Popular Science wrote an article about creating your own mobile hotspot with a Voltaic Backpack. A lot has changed since then. We tested the very small $150 Cradlepoint CTR350 Mobile...
Location: Aboard Amtrak in Marion, Oregon Charges: iPhone. Boaz Frankel is taking an Un-Road Trip across the United States where he uses every conceivable mode of transportation except a car. You can...
Location: Acadia National Park Charges: Emily Dodge of Style by Thread Lightly is charging her Olympus digital camera from the battery inside the Solar...
Location: SXSW Interactive Festival Charges: MacBook Pro and a PowerBook (via an improvised adapter built before the event) of the Sycons, Solar DJs. The Sycons power their entire setup from solar power...
Location: Nepal Charges: Panasonic DVX100 Video camera in the Himalayas for filmmaker Len Davis. Enabled Len to film even though there is only 6-8 hours of consistent power in the...
Location: Top of Kilimanjaro Charges: "It was a lifesaver - we charged our cameras and two cell phones in case we had to evacuate someone. In fact, without the Voltaic Backpack, we wouldn't have been able...
Location: Close to the North Pole as part of the Polar Race 2007 Charges: Creative MP3 and camera. "I thought you may like to know that it performed brilliantly. Carrying or strapping the bag to my sledge...
