Category: Outdoor Gear/Gadgets

Charge Your Gadgets With Your Boots? Orange Unveils Power-Generating Wellies

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Image via Orange

Orange and GotWind is a partnership known for coming up with some interesting new ways of generating power for off-grid charging. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-08-10 08:15:46.

World’s Smallest Horse

Worlds Smallest Horse

Einstein is claimed to be the world’s smallest horse, weighing 6-pounds and standing 14-inch tall. According to the breeders, Einstein show no signs of dwarfism, he’s just a tiny horse. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-05-03 10:29:56.

Superstrong but lightweight steel beams

Geeker outdoors: 0lsbshot Superstrong but lightweight steel beams

Imagine an I-beam you could carry on your shoulder–you’d be thankful you could haul it without needing a crane, but you probably wouldn’t want to build structures out of it, thinking it surely wouldn’t be strong enough. … Read More

Originally posted 2009-08-01 20:17:16.

Burning Man Spectator creates micro house for the bike

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I often admire the romantic “living off the land” spirit of books like Into The Wild, but I can’t help but wonder how practical that is.

It would appear that a visitor at Burning Man has discovered a way to make one of the smallest self-contained homes that I have ever seen. Weighing in at 100 pounds, this micro house tows easily behind a bicycle. … Read More

Originally posted 2009-09-15 17:07:38.

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