Photography in Iceland with Solar Jeff May 22, 2014 All, Profiles 3 Comments Photographer Karim Iliya was in Iceland for a month on assignment and brought our Array Solar Laptop Charger along to keep his equipment, most...
April Gear Winner Rides Velo Route 6 – With Kids! admin May 8, 2014 All Guest judge Darren Alff of Bicycle Touring Pro selected this month's winner, Christine Gilbert. The bicycle touring route from France to the Black...
Solar Powered Chicken Coop Jeff May 5, 2014 All, DIY 6 Comments Ian Downard recently built a solar powered chicken coop door to make it easier to give his chickens time to be in the yard. The system is...
Bicycle Ride for Climate Change Action admin April 30, 2014 All, Profiles Charles Chandler is bicycle touring 12,300 miles around America in support of Climate Change Action. Previously, you could follow his ride on his...
Solar Time Lapse of Tuckerman’s Ravine Jeff April 21, 2014 All, Profiles New Hampshire photographer Joe Klementovich recently borrowed our GoPro time lapse setup for a stint on Tuckerman's ravine. Here is a week of footage...
Take Back Program admin April 19, 2014 All, Sustainability 2 Comments How Our Take Back Program Works: Each of our solar backpacks and solar chargers contain valuable components that can be useful for a long period...
Extending Recording Time of a Marantz PMD-661 Jeff April 2, 2014 All 3 Comments The Marantz PMD661 is one of the sound recorders of choice for professional ornithologists. However, the battery life using AAs is limited to about...
February Winner Bikes the Gibson & Great Sandy Desert Crossing Voltaic Systems March 19, 2014 All We are definitely partial here at Voltaic to a great biking adventure, well we actually love all exciting endeavors! Our February gear winner, Rian...
Off the Grid in Zambia admin March 19, 2014 All, Profiles We've just heard from Matt Young, a Peace Corps volunteer that is 10 months into his placement in the central African nation of Zambia. With his...
Solar Powered Lego Tank admin March 13, 2014 All, DIY Our friends at PlayWell Tek are offering more summer programs for young engineers and this year, one of the projects includes a solar powered lego...
Climber Science in Costa Rica admin March 6, 2014 All, Profiles From December 15th to January 15th while we were complaining about the cold and snow up here in New York, the Climber Science team was making their...
Energy Diet for USB Devices Jeff February 19, 2014 All 2 Comments We're heading out to Mt. Washington for a backcountry ski trip and bringing along lots of USB devices to make our trip more fun. To understand the...
January Gear Winner Uses Power to Protect Rhinos admin February 5, 2014 All, Profiles The Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya contacted us about providing a way to power their laptop in the field, it was hard to say no. The conservancy is...
Cable for Vaio Flip 13 and Tap 11 admin January 28, 2014 All, DIY 3 Comments Another day, another proprietary charging cable. The new Vaio Flip 13 and Tap 11 cables look like this: Since there are no third party...
Solar-powered River Documentary Jeff January 27, 2014 All, Profiles We recently got a nice email from Matthew Perpick about their Nine Rivers Documentary. They took canoes on a thousand kilometer trip: "The journey...
Solar Powered Time Lapse Voltaic Systems January 17, 2014 All, DIY 8 Comments Let's get right to it. In November we decided to use solar power to monitor a new condo development across the street from our office. Some of us...
Magnet Mount for Solar Panels Jeff January 15, 2014 All, DIY 4 Comments We've got ways to mount solar panels, zip ties, suction cups and with handlebar mounts and now we're exploring magnets. We see this as being useful...
Touchlights in Action in Malawi Jeff December 30, 2013 All, Sustainability Earlier this year, our customers helped send solar lighting kits (Roof-mountable 3.4 Watt Solar Panel, V15 USB Battery, USB Touchlight) to the...