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As a newer and cleverer solution to solve the problem of “overcharging”, Bracketron’s GreenZero chargers can automatically shut off once your devices is fully charged. The GreenZero, available in a Mushroom and Stone styles, is compatible with iPhone, USB, and Android specific models, shutting off automatically to save energy and avoid top-off stress on batteries. Set to be released at CES in Las Vegas later this month, the GreenZero will be priced at $22 to $29.

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Honestly we seldom see laptop bags redesigned with many new functions, not to mention a bag that actually serves as a charger as well. This amazing design comes from Brad Ascalon, which utilizes wireless charging technology to convert a laptop bag into a charging machine. Now have a look at the bag: its inner tray is in fact the charger and its carrying strap actually contains USB male connector at one end and a plug on the other. So once connect the strap end to another computer or an electrical outlet, and then you can get your laptop recharged wirelessly. That’s not all! The same USB port allows the laptop bag to work as a thumb drive on its own too.

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With the Apple Company is promoting their products almost every year, the Twelve South is designing and launching new accessories for iPad, iPhone, iMac from time to time too. PlugBug is rightly a product from Twelve South, created to let two gadgets reenergized at the same time with merely one charger. It is essentially a splitter for the iPad/iPhone charger, and allows two devices get charged once attached to your MagSafe.

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With more and more electronics on my table, there’re actually less and less power outlets to plug them all in. So it is obviously the time we need to use one power outlet to serve two or more gadgets. The FlipIt USB Charger is a clever tool that can leech off an existing plug to draw about 1Amp of current for your USB devices, while not troubling your other gadgets to get reenergized. Pretty great!

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Nissan Leaf, as the first all-electric production car, has long been concerned during the past days. Recently Nissan issued its 24kWh battery that can power a Jananese house for up to two days, to support a faminly when their electricity power goes out. According to the company, the new battery will come into production at the end of this year and then be tested at the beginning of 2012. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Evatran’s Plugless Power Electric Vehicle Charging System is a new challenge to normal products, and meanwhile it indicates the age of “smaller is smarter”. Comparatively the new charge block is merely bit of larger than an average hubcap while it boasts a 97 percent charging efficiency. Really fantastic and we’ll soon use the Plugless Power around the end the 2012. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Finally the world’s first inductive charger, the Magic Bar has come! It is made to work with Apple’s Bluetooth Keyboard and Magic Trackpad as well, allowing the users to conveniently charge their devices after an easy installation that costs merely 1 minute. Exciting about that Magic Bar? Have a TRY and you’ll love it more. [Read the rest of this entry...]

One Swedish company recently released this PowerTrekk, a portable fuel cell charger that utilizes water to produce electricity energy. Over ten milliliters of water, either clean water or domestic sewage, is announced enough to have a cellphone or flashlight to work well. Good news is that you’ll soon find it in market and use it everywhere. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wireless chargers which were developed years ago have recently appeared in the market. And the one we show here weighs merely 300g but can charge up to 6 devices at one time. To wirelessly charge your phone you need a unique protective coat which is put onto the device to “receive” electricity energy. [Read the rest of this entry...]

My only true love for cellphones always happens at my first sight, so mobiles with an interesting appearance generally attract me more than those with a hi-tech element. Therefore these cute sets of cell phones have really impressed me and I’d like to have all of them. Look, the unique charging and docking systems have made the phones look like going fishing, walking its dog or lying in bed… So you even couldn’t help smiling when seeing them, isn’t that fantastic?! [Read the rest of this entry...]

The iPhone charger looks just like the battery icon on the iPhone, and that’s where its strange name “Icon Charger” comes from. It not only looks cool, but also shows the current battery level as the iPhone get charged, therefore ensuring you to charge the device in time. However at present, the “Icon Charger” is still a concept and we’re not sure when you can find a “Buy” link here. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Coming from the Greener Gadgets Design Competition, InCharge Battery Station is an all-in-one recharging device designed by Pensa. More than that, the device could automatically sort and juice all kinds of rechargeable batteries at one time. Due to the dedicated charging slots design, the station will still keep all other batteries in charging status, when a particular battery pops out of its slot. After all the batteries are fully charged, the station will then be cut off from power automatically. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Shown at CES 2010 in Las Vegas, the portable solar charger allows you to charge your electronics anywhere. It is a foldable charger, measuring 83cm ×140cm×35cm when unfolded but measures as small as a wallet if you fold it up. So next time your laptops, cell phones, GPS, or mp3 players are out of power, you can easily charge them with the portable solar charger in a park or even on the road. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Still remember the Jumping Light? Similarly, the battery charger designed by Jooyong Kim and Sungkyung Kim also makes a full use of the kinetic energy generated when you jump the rope. Put the rechargeable batteries into the rope’s handles, close the caps, keep jumping and then you’ll get full-charged batteries. That’s so easy! Ensuring you to master the latest information of the calories you’ve burned, the available energy to charge the batteries, etc, the device also comes with a screen on the handle. [Read the rest of this entry...]

RCA has sent in images of their latest project, the Airnergy Charger. It is dubbed as a ‘Wi-Fi Hotspot Power Harvester’, which directly shows us how the device works. Yep, you’ve guessed right, Airnergy Charger ‘harvests’ Wi-Fi signals in the air, converts them into electricity and stores the energy in its own lithium battery. Moreover, even though the users are not on line, the device could also harvest Wi-Fi energy as long as they’re within the signal area. And you could never imagine what a huge amount of energy the Airnergy Charger could produce, as claimed by the company, the energy converted from merely one strong signal could charge a Blackberry from 30% to full in less than 2 hours. Surprisingly powerful! [Read the rest of this entry...]