USBCELL – USB Rechargeable Batteries

The USBCELL is a rechargeable AA battery by Moixa. The battery is designed to fit into a USB port and to charge through it.  These batteries offer a freedom from the need to have a battery charger to be able to recharge a battery.

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Crank-Powered Rechargeable Batteries

Your portable batteries will never run flat without a charger again! Designer Qian Jiang’s rechargeable batteries fit into a traditional household charger, or alternatively, with a little elbow-grease, can be recharged by hand from a built-in hand-crank. (more…)

Mint Energy – Portable Batteries recharged by shaking

Rechargeable batteries are without question a great way to reduce waste, helping us all to be more eco-friendly. The Mint Battery is a new concept for standard AA batteries that features an internal magnet and coil that allows the battery to be recharged just by shaking it. The movement of the magnet within the coil generates an electrical charge that charges up the internal Nickel Metal Hydride battery. (more…)

Battery Organiser and Removable Tester

Even if you’re as eco-friendly as possible, you probably still need a few batteries. Don’t you find it really annoying when you need a battery, but you just can’t find any? It’s just as annoying when you have no idea what condition your batteries are in either! The Battery Organiser and Removable Tester is a simple gadget that allows you to store all of your batteries in a single place within a neat rack. To make it really useful, you can also test your batteries in the same place! (more…)

10 Interesting Facts about Batteries

We seem to take batteries for granted these days, barely giving them a second thought. Most gadgets need batteries in one form or another, and most batteries are not great for the environment. Rechargeable batteries reduce the number of one-use batteries that we use, but rechargeable batteries still use harmful materials.

Well here are some interesting facts about batteries to encourage you to think a little more carefully about what batteries you buy. (more…)

Battery Wizard recharges Rechargeable and Non-Rechargeable Batteries

The Battery Wizard is actually a gadget I had heard of ages ago, but I hadn’t been able to find one recently… until now! The Battery Wizard will recharge both rechargeable and conventional non-rechargeable batteries. (more…)