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How Darth Vader charges his iPhone
You might have an interesting time, or not, at some airport security scans these days, but cast your worries aside. This interesting looking device despite its appearance is not a real weapon from the future, but rather a Star Wars licensed portable battery charger or more formally, The STAR WARS Darth Vader Lightsaber Power Bank.
Read more…At Canoe Tech Blog
Just as we try to rid the world of inefficient incandescent light bulbs in favour of the newer compact fluorescent type, a new kid emerges on the block, the smart bulb, or more accurately an app-enabled Bluetooth Smart bulb. It’s designed to use five times less power and last 30 times longer than your traditional incandescent bulb. In addition to being controlled by a switch, for an incredible light show experience, there’s an app for that.
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It’s nice to have a little extra juice for your phone without having to carry around an extra battery or a bulky charger specifically for one model. Enter Powerocks Super Magicstick. It’s a cylindrical shaped power bank that resembles either a lipstick case or maybe a small cigar, depending on the way you look at it, which can charge most smartphones at least once and maybe even twice.
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Last year in the midst of Hurricane Sandy, here at Canoe Tech Blog, we looked at an emergency self-powered radio that had a built in hand charger to help you through times when there was no power readily available. Well, another company has a brilliant idea to take that concept further. Instead of a standalone product you can use to charge in the absence of electricity, they’re building that same functionality right into an iPhone 4/4s and 5/5S battery case.
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Having a dedicated charger for your devices might be a good thing, but when you have five of them, like iPads, iPods and iPhones, it might be a challenge to have them all plugged nice and neat in a compact space. So Griffin has come up with a new charger that will charge up to five power hungry devices that fit in a compact space.
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Let’s face it; we never seem to have enough juice left in our batteries when we really need it. And this becomes even more critical in emergency situations when you consider last year’s Hurricane Sandy, the tornados in Oklahoma and the recent flooding in Calgary and Southern Alberta, where one never knows if or when electricity would be available to recharge our batteries.
Read more…AT CANOE TECH BLOG
With the kinds of use and abuse our iPhones take in a day, it’s nice to know there’s a gadget that gives you both an extra boost of power and a little protection at the same time. The myPower for iPhone 4 by Tekkeon does just that. It doubles both as a case and an extra battery. (via Canoe Technology) Read more…
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