It is another peaceful sunny afternoon on Nerd Beach as I work diligently on my Pocket PC, communicating with a scientist on the mainland about a new discovery I wanted to post on. I am miles from the Beach House, and suddenly I get the "low Battery" indicator on the device. Instead of having to cut the discussion short as the gracious lady goes into detail I whip out my hand crank charger that I pack with my on these jaunts and crank up my device's battery. Without missing a beat I continue the discussion and have a very exciting new technology piece to share with my readers.
We have all done it, been on a trip away from our chargers with our wonderful devices and the battery goes flat. The eco friendly hand crank charger would be a wonderful tool to have at that moment, provided that you are more concerned about function than flair. With a few minutes of charging you could get a lot of different portable devices back up and running. The unit sells for $39, and is available from National Geographic.
Aloha from the Beach,
greg
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