Preparing for Irene admin August 27, 2011 All, DIY 1 Comment 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...
Solar Light from Ikea: Sunnan Phillip Stearns August 26, 2011 All, Sustainability 10 Comments At Voltaic, we’re in the process of designing our own solar light and are constantly on the lookout for small scale solar lighting products that...
Start them on Solar While They Are Young admin August 25, 2011 All, Profiles Here's a nice pic from one of our Israeli partners Inspire. This was a test run of our Fuse Solar Chargers being used to charge an...
Circuit Box Video Tour admin August 23, 2011 All, DIY 6 Comments 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...
Kindle Charge test with Worldreader admin August 22, 2011 All, Profiles, Sustainability We're delighted to be doing a trial with Worldreader, an organization that makes "digital books available to all in the developing world, enabling...
Petra Solar in New Jersey admin August 10, 2011 All, Sustainability 2 Comments On a routine visit to the Voltaic warehouse in New Jersey, we were pleasantly surprised by the sight of solar systems installed on many of the...
Charger for Nook Color admin July 27, 2011 All 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...
iPhones and iPads USB Pin Voltages – Update for iPhone 5 Phillip Stearns July 15, 2011 All, DIY 28 Comments We continually make minor tweaks to the USB output of our batteries to make sure we charge as many devices as possible. We pay particular attention...
Video Interview with Spark on TUAW admin July 5, 2011 All 1 Comment TUAW did a video interview of us with the Spark, our new iPad charger, in New York's Union Square Park. Here's the video: The original post is...
Adafruit Releases DIY Solar Charger admin July 5, 2011 All, DIY 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...
2 Watt Solar Panel Powers Bike Sharing admin June 27, 2011 All, Profiles 7 Comments Social Bicycles released their revamped design for their bike sharing platform. It is a "GPS-enabled bike that you can find and unlock using your...
Thoughts on the Spark Design admin June 27, 2011 All 3 Comments We're launched the Spark, our iPad solar charger, last week (it also charges several other tablets, smartphones and digital cameras). This is our...
Upgrading from a V11 to V39 on your old charger admin June 23, 2011 All 7 Comments If you have one of our bags with the white V11 USB battery, it is possible to upgrade to the higher power, higher capacity V39, but there are a few...
Ask Voltaic: Can I Charge my Petzl Headlamp admin June 17, 2011 All 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...
Voltaic at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago admin June 15, 2011 All, Profiles Voltaic is proud to have our 15 Watt Solar Panel featured at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago’s (MSI) Smart Home: Green + Wired, a new...
Solar Powered Wireless Sensor Networks admin June 15, 2011 All, DIY 2 Comments We met Chris Jefferies a few weeks back at Maker Faire. Turns out he is using our small solar panels to power wireless sensor networks. Chris is...
Solar Power on the Streets admin June 15, 2011 All, DIY John Seefeldt is designing and implementing public installations that run on renewable resources. His first project has three of our small solar...
Voltaic on Mt. Foraker in Alaska admin June 14, 2011 All, Profiles Here are a few glamor shots of our Voltaic Backpack (previous version) at the base camp and peak of 17,000 foot Mt. Foraker. It was used to charge...