Charging the Kindle Fire from Solar
The Kindle Fire, Amazon’s answer to the Barnes and Noble Nook Color, is a compact 7” color tablet device that occupies a middle ground...
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Home Solar Charging Station 2.0
It took a bit too long to setup our first home solar charging station, so we made a number of changes in version 2. This one took us less than ten...
Enter Voltaic’s Travel Photo Contest
If you've got a great travel photo from one of your recent trips or adventures, then you've got a good shot to win a new Amp or Fuse Solar...
Two New Gear Winners for November (plus one loan)
November was a busy month for entrants into our free gear program and we were frequently jealous of all the great trips people have planned. While we...
DIY Renewable Electricity Class
Voltaic Systems employee, Phillip Stearns will be teaching a 2-day class in DIY Renewable Electricity at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, NY. Students...
Ultrabooks are Made for Solar Charging
We've been following a new category of laptops called "ultrabooks." Fast sales of both the MacBook Air and tablets in general finally convinced other...
Generator in Madagascar
A Peace Corps Volunteer brought a Voltaic Generator Solar Laptop Charger to Madagascar a few years ago and has been using it ever since to keep her...
Solar Powered Charging Station
Our products are built to be highly portable, but we're not always traveling -- so how do you get the most out of a small solar power system? I...
October Gear Winner Heads to the Galapogos
Our October winner needs to charge a MacBook Pro 15", Nikon D90 and a Sony SDR-SR12 video camcorder while on a photography expedition. We hooked up...
September Gear Winner Update
Chris Baker from One Seed Expeditions sent us back these great photos from their company training session in Nepal. We gave Chris a V60 laptop...
Mod the IKEA Sunnan to Charge an iPad2
A while back we covered the nifty Sunnan solar powered desk lamp from IKEA, highlighting its usefulness while making note of some of the things we...
New Video and FAQ on Solar Chargers for Cameras
Update 10/29/2015 - we can now charge nearly every camera from USB. Go here for our updated tutorial, video and FAQ for our solar camera chargers....
EEWeb Interview with Phil Stearns and Jeff Crystal
EEWeb recently interviewed a few of us here at Voltaic. You can read the full interview here to learn more about what we're working on, what keeps us...
September Gear Winner – OneSeed Expeditions
Congratulations to Chris Baker of OneSeed Expeditions. We gave Chris a V60 laptop battery to go with his 15 Watt solar panel. Chris will be solar...
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...
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...
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...
Flickr Top 50 Digital Cameras with Battery Model
We love all things photography here at Voltaic and want to help all you shutterbugs out there keep your digital cameras powered through the day...