{"id":9208,"date":"2006-09-22T23:01:55","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T23:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=9208"},"modified":"2006-09-22T23:01:55","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T23:01:55","slug":"batteries-charged-over-usb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=9208","title":{"rendered":"Batteries Charged over USB"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all of the goofy exploitations of the Universal Serial Bus, it’s nice to see a novel use that’s actually… well… useful. A UK firm has released the USBCell, a AA battery that has a charging circuit and a USB plug under the cap. It even has a built-in indicator light that tells you when charging is complete. It takes five hours to charge batts completely, so two AAs will tie up two USB ports for that period. <\/p>\n

So far, the batteries are only available in the UK, and at 13 GPD (just under US$25) for two, they don’t come cheap. The company website<\/a> has an elist sign-up for the rest of the world to “indicate interest.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With all of the goofy exploitations of the Universal Serial Bus, it’s nice to see a novel use that’s actually… well… useful. A UK firm has released the USBCell, a AA battery that has a charging circuit and a USB plug under the cap. It even has a built-in indicator light that tells you when … <\/p>\n

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