December Gear Winner Heads to China
National Geographic Explorer and filmmaker Ricky Qi and team have been documenting China's last matriarchal society for the last two years and is...
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Charge a V60 from USB? It is possible, but…
This is an older post which may contain outdated information. Our newest laptop battery, the V88 can be charged via USB-C. When a customer pointed...
Seat-e Phone Charger Station
People in Boston have a new way to keep their phones charged. The seat-e doubles as a bench and a phone charging station. It also uses Voltaic's 3.4...
Buy One Give One for Philippines
We're running a Buy One Give One program to send solar charger and light kits to the Philippines on December 4th. Normally $85, we're providing this...
September Winner Heads to New Zealand
Our September Gear winner is soon to be off to New Zealand. She assembled an 18 Watt Solar Charger Kit to power up an iPad, smartphone, AA/AAA...
Discounts for Phillipines Aid Workers
We are getting a large number of requests for our solar chargers for individuals going to the Phillipines to help in response to Typhoon Haiyan and...
18 Watt Folding Kit
Update: We now have a complete lineup of folding solar panels. A friend of Voltaic asked us to build him an 18 Watt solar charger kit to keep his...
October Gear Winners Survey the SkyIslands
A group of Italian, Mozambican, English, and South African scientists and film-makers are heading to the mountains of Northern Mozambique this...
Solar Powers Video System for Athletes
Voltaic Systems' products have been used for a myriad of applications over the years and now we can add to the list, powering up a portable Wi-fi...
Sprinkler with Solar Powered Sensor
Our 6th Solar Power My Project Winner built a home lawn irrigation system controlled by an Arduino inside the house. TJ Hunter is using our 2 Watt...
Wire Gauge for Small-Scale Solar Projects
If you are looking to charge devices or a Voltaic battery from a solar panel positioned far away from your device, you need to think about the gauge...
iPad Air and Solar Charging
The latest iPads are the 9.7" iPad Air (5th Generation) and 7.9" iPad Mini 2. In terms of charging from solar, we prefer the original iPad Mini over...
Motorcycle Tour Through Ladakh
Two of the principals of STEPSOVER Adventure Factory in Italy spent four weeks touring through the rugged, remote region of Ladakh in India without...
Update from Paddle Forward
Our August Gear Winner is paddling down the Mississippi to "create a video documentary about watershed communities and their relationship to the...
Solar to Power Prosthesis?
There's a dramatic shift underway in the manufacturing of prosthesis. 3-D printing is slowly chipping away at restrictive barriers like money that...
Circumnavigating Altai Mountains
Dutch Explorer Arita Baaijens recently completed a 1500 km journey on horseback around the Altai Mountain Range in the heart of Central Asia. This...
Solar Power for Climber Science
The American Climber Science Program uses science to improve conservation efforts in the high mountains of the world. The ACSP spent eleven weeks in...
Winner Five – Solar Mailbox Alerts
We don't have this problem in the city, but given the number of entries on this topic, we realized that it was an issue for many of you. Our fifth...