Mobile Hotspot Redux
Several years ago, Popular Science wrote an article about creating your own mobile hotspot with a Voltaic Backpack. A lot has changed since...
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Charge Car Batteries with a Voltaic 15 Watt panel
Note: This project was performed with an earlier version of the Voltaic solar panel. Voltaic's newer 16 Watt panel works for this application - the...
Build your own MacBook MagSafe1/MagSafe2 adapter
UPDATE: We now sell MagSafe2's! Feel free to skip all these hacking steps and purchase one for your laptop today. Be sure to also check out the rest...
Un-Road Trip across America
Location: Aboard Amtrak in Marion, Oregon Charges: iPhone. Boaz Frankel is taking an Un-Road Trip across the United States where he uses...
Digital Camera Charger
Location: Acadia National Park Charges: Emily Dodge of Style by Thread Lightly is charging her Olympus digital camera from the battery inside the...
SXSW Solar DJs
Location: SXSW Interactive Festival Charges: MacBook Pro and a PowerBook (via an improvised adapter built before the event) of the Sycons, Solar...
Solar Charging Video Camera in the Himalayas
Location: Nepal Charges: Panasonic DVX100 Video camera in the Himalayas for filmmaker Len Davis. Enabled Len to film even though there is only 6-8...
Highest point in Africa
Location: Top of Kilimanjaro Charges: "It was a lifesaver - we charged our cameras and two cell phones in case we had to evacuate someone. In...
Polar Race
Location: Close to the North Pole as part of the Polar Race 2007 Charges: Creative MP3 and camera. "I thought you may like to know that it...
Global Nomad
Location: Gobi Desert, Mongolia "Yours truly, revealing the secret to keeping my digital devices active and connected: Voltaic Systems solar...
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