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Solar Powered Portable iPod and iPhone Speakers

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:24 +0000

Rather than move your potentially cumbersome audio system outside to enjoy some music, you could just use your iPod, iPhone or any other MP3 player hooked up to some speakers. The Solar Powered Portable Speaker gadget is perfect for enjoying your music out in the sun. Based on just 6 hours to fully charge the speakers, you’ll get up to 8 hours of music enjoyment from them.

All you need to do is hook up your MP3 player to the 3.5mm audio jack, and off you go. The unit measures just 195mm x 112mm x 50mm and weighs just under 300g. There’s also an adaptor for the Sony Ericsson Fast Port, the Nokia 2.5mm stereo socket, and the Samsung 20pin G600 socket, meaning you can also use your mobile phone with these speakers.

The manufacturer believes you’ll save an average £40 in batteries when using similar non-solar portable speakers, based on 112 hours of use using 4xAA batteries. The speakers are available for £40 plus delivery.

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Gramo Speakers – Solar-Powered Speakers

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:00:15 +0000

The Gramo Speakers are the creation of Pekka Salokannel. The speakers fold out into a gramaphone-styled speaker that you can connect to your music player. The top three panels of the speaker contain solar panels which are used to top up the battery on your MP3 player or iPod.

Since the speaker can pack flat, it takes up much less space in your luggage and also reduces the chance that it would get damaged. The speaker is roughly the size of your hand, opening up a little like an origami flower. I can’t see if there’s any speaker element inside the gadget, so the acoustic performance might not be that great compared to a traditional cone-and-magnet speaker. Funky idea though!

Source: Cloroflot

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Solar Powered Nintendo DS lite

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:00:37 +0000

It appears that the Nintendo DS Lite was made for solar panels, as the Instructables author dark sponge has created a useful solar charger for the DS Lite. The top face has enough space for two 60x60mm solar cells side by side, each outputting 3V at 40mA.

By installing another 2 solar cells on the bottom of the DS. Each pair is wired in series, and the 2 pairs are wired together in parallel. This gives you a total of 6 volts at 80mA, perfect for charging a DS lite. To charge the DS, you simply open it out and leave it in the sun. The article was recently updated to use a charge protection circuit, so keep an eye out for the revised Instructable.

Source: Instructables via Technabob

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