Click to viewThose hand-crank LED flashlights are pretty handy, but I find myself needed some extra juice in my phone more often than I find myself in the dark. Here's how to convert one of those to a ...

If your smartphone is always running out of juice while out and about, this great DIY handcrank charging hack can keep your device juiced up whenever you need. Its a great weekend project that uses an ...

Call it being green or minimal exercise for your wrist. The Hand-Crank USB Power Charger can recharge cameras, cell phones or any other piece of electronics with USB access. The device, at a size of 2 ...

It’s not exactly free energy, but if you build your own USB hand-crank charger you can sit around watching Big Brother while absent-mindedly cranking power into your digicam or iPod. It does require a ...

Anyone needing to charge their gadgets whilst away from the grid might be interested in the new CL-A2LAS charger from Sony, which provides a neat way of keeping your mobile devices juiced up. Sony has ...

Our smartphones are, for the most part, really nice. They help us find information quickly and stay connected around-the-clock. The battery, however, is another issue. With all the apps sucking the ...

/:16 Would you want to use a hand-crank to charge your phone every single day? Definitely not. But hardware hacker Ben Heck's clever hand-crank mobile charger could certainly come in handy in those ...

Nothing is worse than a nearly depleted battery with no outlets in sight. Fortunately, with a little bit of elbow grease, you can grab some extra juice in those dire moments with Sony’s CL-A2LAS ...

Power outages might not happen very often, but it pays to be prepared. It’s a good idea to have a charger that you can power yourself, either through solar panels or hand cranking. Existing ...

Hurricane Sandy has many people thinking about what they would do without power for days on end, particularly when it comes to the need to keep essential items like cell phones charged, ready and ...