Monthly Archives: May 2008
Motorcycle Tour
Locations: Texas to Mexico “I sent all my phone chargers home and was able to charge all my devices without problems.”
Village to Village Survey
Location: Madagascar Charges: ASUS PDA for recording bed net usage data Moving to electronic data gathering meant they received “preliminary results in three days after the results came in” instead of “six weeks to two months” with paper based systems.
Coachella 2008
Location: Palm Springs, CA Charges: Concert goers phones and iPods See more photos from the Energy FACTory at Coachella 2008.
How not to land a date with a solar backpack
Video on Dvice. “Vanessa explores the idea of going “eco-sexy” with some green portables, including a hand-crank charger, a handheld wind turbine and, the emerald aphrodisiac, a backpack with a solar panel.”
A year traveling
Locations: much of Europe, Chile, Peru, Tanzania and Mozambique. Next up, Hong Kong Charges: iPod, Canon camera
Global Nomad
Location: Gobi Desert, Mongolia “Yours truly, revealing the secret to keeping my digital devices active and connected: Voltaic Systems solar backpack.” More