Volvo Stores Energy in Electric Car Panels

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"Imagine a car whose body also serves as a rechargeable battery..."

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With electric cars becoming increasingly more popular due to public power stations like GE's WattStation and electric car charging parking spots at California Costco's, car companies are working strenuously to come up with new electric car innovations. Volvo is working on a car were it's side panels, roof , and car hood are made from battery's.


Sources: [TreeHugger] [Green Technology] [Mother Nature Network]

Stayin' Mobile - The Solar Backpack

The Piggy Back - Soular Back-Up Pack

I hate it when my iPod dies on my way to work. Now I can charge it on my walk to the train so that I can listen to my music for the entire ride.


Sources: [Crunch Gear] [Neon Green]

Solar Cellphone Charger

The Scosche solBAT II

For the price of $30, the extra solar powered battery charger is perfect for the modern tomb raider, adventurer, traveller, or forest enthusiast.


Sources:
[Gizmodo]  [Scosche]

Alternative Battery Technology

Coca-Cola Powered Cell Phone

This sugar fuel cell powered phone is working concept by "Chinese designer Daizi Zheng" who "has conjured up a vision for a soft drink-powered cylindrical Nokia of the future that pounds Coca-Colas to stay juiced: just screw off the top, pop the can, and pour." [Alternative Fuels]
Source: Engadget

Yogen Ripcord Charger

Charge your GPS in the middle of the desert, polar ice cap, or any other remote destination. [Alternative Energy]
Source: Engadget

The Future of Batteries

The introduction of the PowerMat that charges devices without plugging in any cords has advanced the future possibilities in charging electronic devices. Below are some of the developed battery and energy technologies currently being worked on.

130 Twirls

The Twirl battery concept, designed by Song Teaho and Hyejin Lee, allows for 130 twirls of the phone battery for another two minutes of talk time. Using the same technology as crank batteries, this type of technology would be perfect for a lot of other applications outside of cell phones or cameras.


Charge your Phone or Camera from your Wireless Internet connection

Being able to plug your phone into the Airnergy WiFi Harvesting Charger would allow you to charge your phone or camera without pluging the device into the wall.

After precharging the Airnergy with "WiFi power," the device was able to power a Blackberry from 30% power to 100% power in 90 minutes, illustrating a clear future in wireless power applications

Source: Engadget, Gizmodo, and Yahoo! News