Subcultural engagement for the 21st Century...
Barbelith is a new kind of community (find out more)...
You can login or register.

New tech, New gadgets.

Unconditional Love

14:35 / 23.09.06

USB batteries

A friend of my sister designed the above, thought id pass on the link to all those who use alot of batteries.

A snipet from the review - Moixa Energy have developed the USBCELL as an environmentally-friendly alternative to normal AA batteries. The top of one side flips up to reveal a USB connector, and the battery simply plugs into an open port.

Couldnt find a thread similar if there is one could a mod attach the above to that instead.

Quantum

14:55 / 23.09.06

Wow that's pretty cool. Five hours is a long recharge time though.

Slate

22:02 / 09.11.06

Season Shot!

How's this for environmental leanings?

Season your kill from the inside out! That's it! Shooting your prey with Teriyaki! Not harmful to the environment at all...

SiliconDream

01:55 / 10.11.06

The Season Shot makers don't seem to have considered the cruelty issue at all, at least to go by their website. Not that anyone likes getting shot dead with anything, of course. But with low-weight bullets made from pepper and other spices? That's pretty horrific.

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

19:58 / 15.11.06

I would be tempted to see ballistic information on the season shot. I wonder if they could make a scented version for home defense.

"Kills intruders dead, and removes household odors!"

Olulabelle

20:21 / 15.11.06

Season shot has got to be a joke. It's just...just ludicrous.

I like the sound of the batteries though. Am I being dense or can anyone see information anywhere for how long they last?

julius has no imagination

14:38 / 17.11.06

The USB batteries are listed as having 1300 mAh capacity - how long that'll actually last depends on what you use them for, but it compares reasonably well with standard AAs. Well, old NiCd ones have around 700 mAh, new NiMH ones go up to 2000 and more.

And the five-hour charge time is not entirely unreasonable, as the USB spec limits the amount of current you can draw out of one port. And from a quick estimate, the battery would be absorbing only about a third more energy than its rated capacity, which is not too bad. And my wall-plug charger takes about eight hours for AA batteries anyway.

grant

16:02 / 17.11.06

Season shot has got to be a joke. It's just...just ludicrous.
Heh -- 1. People have talked about loading shotguns with rock-salt for as long as there've been shotguns, I think.
2. Getting hundreds of tiny lead pellets out of something you're planning to eat is, let's say, a Very Time-consuming Process. (They're not magnetic, either.)

It seems like a natural progression of ideas to me....

Quantum

16:21 / 18.11.06

I love the strapline Ammo with flavour. Surely, surely it's a spoof.

jentacular dreams

10:49 / 20.11.06

I reckon so. Especially if you see the FAQ section. Too blank to be real. Think they were just looking to get a spot at this game fair (Season Shot-Gerltom Medical Inc.is listed halway down the exhibits page). That said a google search for the inventors didn't instantly show any links to anti-hunting etc. At the same time I can't find anyone who's even trialled the product.

Tsuga

13:24 / 20.11.06

Sadly, it is true. It was actually on a radio game show here, one of three news items where people have to choose the real one from two fakes, it was the real one. They actually interviewed the inventor.

Add Your Reply