Empower Projects is a Sydney-based non-profit that helps entrepreneurs to build self-reliant communities. Their founder, Shanil Samarakoon, brought a Voltaic Generator along with him on his site visits to charge his ASUS N53J, iPhone and digital cameras. We suggest you …
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Chris Gee, part of the Sycons Solar DJ team shows off what he calls his “Solar Mobile Hi-Def Trekking/Mountaineering video Solution,” pairing the Fuse 4W with his NorthFace Adventure Pack. We like how Chris has secured the Fuse snugly up …
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We had some great entrants in our Free Gear contest in February. The Grand Prize went to A Trip South (website, facebook). They received $250 towards a powerful laptop, cameras (Canon XA10 HD, Contour HD Helmet Camera, Nikon D3000, Nikon …
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We did some testing with a small inverter to see how it would work with our V60 universal laptop battery. This setup allows you to plug some regular “wall plugs” into a solar setup like you would in your home. …
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There’s been a lot of buzz about insourcing lately. We wanted to share what we do locally vs internationally and why. What We have a dozen plus manufacturing partners in China who produce a range of components for us including …
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Artem Nazarov, a professional photographer from Atlanta, recently took a trip to the Yunnan province in China to photograph ethnic minorities. He used our Fuse 10W Solar Laptop Charger to power his MacBook Pro and his Digital SLR camera as …
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Image by LGEPR on flickr. Tablet charging has been a top priority here at Voltaic. With the release of our V60 battery and updates to V11 and V39 batteries, it’s time to bring you up to speed on the compatibility …
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Frédérique and Antoine are re-creating Jules Crevaux’s (the barefoot explorer) trek through the Amazonian rain forest. According to them, “This trek, including long river distances and a 15 day walk in the totally virgin forest hasn’t been done since Jules …
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In a previous post, we showed how you can charge GoPro Hero cameras from our solar chargers. Since this is such a popular device to charge, we did a bit more testing and discovered that you can charge a GoPro …
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You know it is going to be a good day at work when you get a solar-powered Lego Car in the mail. The folks at Play-Well sent it to us after choosing to use our panels for this project (if …
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