You never know what you’ll find next at Yanko… Designers Yeon Kyeong Hwang & Mieong Ho Kang are working on a concept for a AA battery that would be powered by a completely renewable energy source- You. The concept behind the wind-up AA batteries isn’t all that different from the old wind-up toys you used [...]
This you gotta see to believe-
Hey…..at least you’ll know that your battery is less than 100% charged.
Let’s see a show of hands- Who loves beer?…..That’s what I thought. For the multitudes of beer-lovers throughout the world, the Beer Battery Widget v2.1 for Android is an ideal way to keep track of how much battery life is left on your phone. It’s a very simple concept; just pay attention to how much [...]
This could end up both solving AND causing a lot of problems….. The Electronic Spy Camera T-shirt recently featured on ThinkGeek.com will definitely generate some interest. This snazzy-looking shirt comes with a built-in spy camera that’s controlled by a small black box that fits in your pocket. And while it does seem like this could [...]
It may charge your iPhone, but it has the appearance of something that would be on one of your vintage film posters tucked away somewhere in the attic. Baring resemblance to something straight out of an old horror film, this aesthetically disturbing iPhone battery charger was created by the Japanese designer Mio I-zawa. According to [...]
When fire is lacking, the lithium ion battery-powered pot by designer Michal Podobyck looks like a very viable alternative.
It’s simple, it’s functional, but is it something you would want to put on your wall? The aptly-named ‘Front and Back Clock’, which was recently unveiled at the 2010 DMY International Design Festival in Berlin, is a product from The Wrong Objects made for those who enjoy simplicity. According to The Wrong Objects, putting the [...]
We’re all familiar with mashed, baked and french fried potatoes….but a spud-powered battery? Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, recently unveiled a solid organic electric battery that runs on treated potatoes. This simple, sustainable, robust device can potentially provide an immediate inexpensive solution to electricity needs [...]
The Battery Times heavily preaches the importance of keeping batteries out of landfills, however this isn’t exactly what we had in mind… A pair of men from Salisbury, North Carolina were arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing batteries from machinery at the county landfill. Following the theft, the duo then took the batteries (each fully-charged [...]
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