Voltaic in the Gobi Desert

A Korean couple biked across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and used the Voltaic Fuse Solar Charger to charge their own phones plus those of locals along the way. Here are several pictures from their trip. Thanks...

Making MagSafes Again…

As we prep to get our solar MacBook chargers back in stock, we got together in our Brooklyn conference room to make some MagSafe adapters. They are not works of art, but they are functional. We splice used...

Voltaic at Fashion Week

The folks behind the Tour de Fashion are using the Voltaic Generator to keep their laptops powered up this week. Here's a picture of our solar laptop charger in front of one of the locations. The Tour de...

Preparing for Irene

Hurricane Irene is coming! Here in the NYC area, the crazy rush for last minute supplies has depleted stores of “D” and “C” cell batteries commonly used in portable radios and flashlights. In...

Circuit Box Video Tour

Here's a quick video tour of our Switchable Circuit Boxes. It starts out a bit out of focus, but settles in after a few seconds. We use the circuit boxes inside our products. They also allow DIYers to combine...

Charger for Nook Color

At CES earlier this year, we tested all of our batteries against the Nook Color and none of them seem to charge it...well it seems like we stumbled on a solution. (btw: We tested hundreds of devices that...

Adafruit Releases DIY Solar Charger

If you've always thought, "I can build that!", now you can. The whip-smart crew at Adafruit has built an open hardware solar charger kit that has been thoroughly vetted. We're pretty excited that this is...

Thoughts on the Spark Design

We're launched the Spark, our iPad solar charger, last week (it also charges several other tablets, smartphones and digital cameras). This is our first tablet-specific product and we look forward to everyone's...

Ask Voltaic: Can I Charge my Petzl Headlamp

Q: I'm going on a 14-day hiking trip and want to make sure my Petzl Headlamp stays charged. Will the Fuse solar charger work? A: Yes, although how depends on which model headlamp you own. Petzl's Tikka 2...