FastMac is introducing quite an interesting gadget for those geek homes: The first outlet with USB 3.0 included as well as 10watts charger for iPads.
U-Socket provides two 10watts outlets, thinking mainly for iPad devices and others with similar capabilities; but also gives us the possibility for USB 3.0 support. USB ports are indeed universal connections and charger for thousands of devices, going from game controllers to shaving machines; so having USB outlets in our homes does sound like a great idea.
But even more, since the U-Socket use USB 3.0 we could use it also to create our own USB network.
The availability of the U-Socket is just around the corner since almost all the tests are practically done; Energy Star already approved this outlet for home use. The cost? $19.95.
Need proof that Google can simply barge into whatever industry they want to and be given the go-ahead? Take one look at how they’ve been given clearance to buy and sell energy having just put in a request to do so a little over a month ago and you’ll see what I mean..
Basically, Google can now buy and sell energy just like any other electricity company in the US. This could involve targeting the commercial market or even residential. As for now though, it appears as though they will be using their new found rights to get some cheap energy for their own use. Running huge servers and data centres uses up a lot of energy so getting it at wholesale prices wouldn’t be bad for business at any rate.
That said, it might not be too long until we have Google bills coming through our letter box as they’re currently toying around with the idea of becoming an ISP too!
FreeLoader is a great company for cool gizmos and gadgets that come in handy and save you some money. Their new solar charger which they have just unveiled is the latest in a long line of such products. It’s small, slim and handheld, as you can see in the picture above.
It consists of two solar panels and a lithium battery. It can charge the average iPod in just eight hours which isn’t too bad considering you could just leave it on your window sill. This will give you 28 hours of power for an iPod or 70 for the average mobile phone. It flips around to open like a switch blade and then folds right back up, just like that. You wouldn’t notice it in your back pocket.
This would definitely suit campers and explorers who need to charge cameras, phone and iPods while away instead of carrying three or four cumbersome battery packs. Freeloader don’t concentrate on the green aspect, only the practical side.
“We don’t want people to buy it because it’s green. We want them to buy because it’s useful. The green part is an added benefit,” said CEO, Andrew Williams
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One of the main reasons Apple’s products have become so popular is because they’re sleek, slim and small. The iPhone, iPods and Mac Books should, in their own right, be twice their sizes considering what they can do. It seems Apple is always ahead of the competition when it comes to the size of things. So it goes without saying that Apple customers like their gadgets small. So how about a three-foot tall iPhone charger?
Then Reverb iPhone solar charger stands at a whopping 3 feet and is over a foot wide as well. Your iPhone/iPod is perched in the upper right-hand corner of the monster where it can take 40 hours to charge indoors, and twenty hours outdoors. Seriously? So it’s three-feet tall and take almost two days to charge your device and it’s never going to look good perched on your windowsill. But do you want to know the main reason they’re not going to sell? Here’s why: $2,229 !!!
They’re due to launch in April next year.
