Solar Powered Chargers for Gadgets and Gizmos - Part 2

The bigger backpacks have a capacity to provide 14.7 watts of power from a day’s worth of being under sunlight. And the smaller models have the capacity to give you 4 watts of power which translates to one and a half hours of cell use, or three hours of iPod use. The internal custom battery [...]

Posted by Nick at 10:02 am

Solar Powered Chargers for Gadgets and Gizmos – Part 1

Now everybody who has a gadget or two in your arsenal that you carry around knows that these dandy gadgets have a knack for running out of battery power when you need them most. Add to that our never ending thirst for electrical power to power up these devices and the opposing need for more [...]

Posted by Nick at 9:56 am

Lego-Style Consumer Electronics

Bug Labs showcased its Lego-style products in the current 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The said system evolved around a BUGbase system which was essentially a programmable/hackable Linux based computer with the CPU, Ram, built-in WiFi, a rechargeable battery pack to provide power, USB Interface, Ethernet and a small lcd to show [...]

Posted by Nick at 9:56 am

Bill Gate’s – Reliable Predictions?

Well, the guy might be retired but you have to give him credit for taking Microsoft onto the top of the class when it comes to the Operating Systems we have grown to know as part of everyday life, Windows. He is again getting up on stage to open the International Consumer Electronics Show [...]

Posted by Nick at 5:58 am

The Nuances of Noise Cancellation

Everybody has experienced the problem of having to take or make a very important call on your cellular and not being able to understand a word you or the person you are calling, annoying ain’t it. Now comes noise-cancellation which is actually quite an old concept which works by having a separate microphone to pick [...]

Posted by Nick at 2:51 pm