As South Africa enters into continued periods of stage 4 load shedding, many citizens are hunting for new ways to produce and store their energy without relying on the grid. Due to alleged corruption and mismanagement, state energy supplier Eskom has been struggling to provide the masses of power required by South Africans for the…
Laptops have come a long way. The Kyotronic 85 produced in the 80s was little more than a calculator that ran on 4 AA batteries. The batteries that you’ll most likely find in your TV remote would have given you 20 hours worth of work on this machine before needing to be replaced. As modern…
Camping has become increasingly popular over the years. The more the world tends to develop, the more people want to go back to their rural roots for their holidays. Stripped of most luxuries, unless glamping you’re provided with a natural non distractive environment to spend quality time with the people you’re with. Many choose camping…
Whether you’re an iPhone or Android person, most of us agree that smartphones are a force for good in our lives, helping us to organise our lives with a variety of useful apps, and taking great videos and photos to capture precious memories. Despite this, smartphones are renowned for their short battery lives, which can…
We tend to not miss things until they’re gone, and this is true in the case of car batteries. We probably don’t even realise that they’re there until they’ve stopped working or we start having trouble with them. Car batteries can last up to five years, however most car batteries will start to fail within…
Quick Charging, Fast Charging, Turbo Charging, Adaptive Charging — ever wondered what these various terms about charging your smartphone battery actually mean? In this video, we explain what is fast charging aka quick charging, its features, how Qualcomm started it all and what is the difference between the different types of fast charging standards out…
Well we are now heading to the end of winter, and things are going to start warming up. Why not get the kids together and get them to help make their own air-conditioning unit? This is something you can do as a family 🙂
As airlines flying into the United States adjust to new, tighter security rules designed to catch bombs or explosives hidden in electronic devices, the Department of Transportation is weighing in on the safest place in a plane for laptops, tablets and other devices powered by lithium-ion batteries. It is not in the cargo hold, according…
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At one third the weight & double the power of anything else on the market, River is an amazingly versatile portable power supply. It’s got a mega-capacity Li-ion battery (116,000 mAh with a total output of 500 watts) that will charge every device you own, multiple times. For ports, there are 2 USB Quickcharge 2.0,…
