Powered items need, well, power to get them running and help you in whatever tasks you’re doing, whether you’re building a piece of furniture, mixing a cake batter, or using your laptop for your project. Not to mention keeping refrigerators and freezers running, etc. But what if you experience a power outage … Read more
Every one of us may have found ourselves in a situation where a power generator would be beneficial. But most generators need a specific energy input to burn to convert to electricity, such as gasoline, kerosene, or firewood. Even if you pick the most portable gas generator, you’ll still need to bring … Read more
Cell phones are not just an accessory – they are a part of our every day lives. We use our phones not just to make calls and texts. We also use our phones to surf the Internet, interact with friends on social media, make video calls, take pictures and videos, play games, … Read more
Solar energy has opened many possibilities – providing light, water heating, heating and cooling, and power to electronic devices, just to name a few. A solar grill is one of the most recent (and, in our opinion, the coolest) inventions that use solar energy. Yes, you’ve heard it right! An off-grid solar … Read more
Almost all of us are familiar with popular cylindrical batteries like the “AA,” “AAA,” “C,” and “D,” to name a few. But other electronic products have different power capacity requirements; thus, their batteries may be more different or unusual than the ones we commonly use. But no matter the size, shape, and … Read more
People depend on electricity in their everyday life to power almost everything. Homes have electricity for lights, cooking, washing and drying laundry, washing dishes, hot water, food preservation, communication, entertainment, heating, cooling, and many other things. Saying that losing electrical power would be an inconvenience is an understatement. Whereas electricity was a … Read more
Have you ever encountered opening up a long unused device to put in new batteries to use it again, only to find out that the battery compartment is full of corrosion and leakage? Distressing, isn’t it? And how many of you have experienced that? Cleaning up a messy device is possible, but … Read more
The sun has unlimited power, so it’s wise to utilize it to your advantage, especially if you live in a region that gets a lot of sun every year. Solar panels allow us to harness this power and use it for all kinds of electronic applications. One of these applications is storing … Read more
A battery pack refers to a set number of batteries in a pack that is used to deliver a particular output. The arrangement of the batteries can be parallel, in series, or both. Battery packs range from a small pack of two or three for a flashlight or similar small device to … Read more
A cell phone, then a novelty, is now one of the everyday things we see and use. Nearly everyone in the United States and many people worldwide own a cell phone. Where the earlier cell phones provided calls and text messaging, the advent of smartphones allowed many people to do other things, … Read more
Most of us can’t live without our mobile phones and rely on them more and more each day, whether we like them or not. Nowadays, we use our phones not only for receiving and making calls and text messaging. We also use our phones for video chats, playing games, using social media, … Read more
There are a couple of reasons for being out and about. It can be a part of one’s job – for instance, a business person, a park ranger, a wildlife biologist, or a professional nature photographer. Or it can also be an interest or a hobby, such as hiking, camping, fishing, amateur … Read more