technologvista.in: ChargeAll: A portable battery pack with a 120V AC wall plug outlet, so you can power all your things Have you ever wanted to recharge your laptop or phone while you sit on the beach – or at the coffee shop, when all the power outlets are being used by people who have been nursing the same cup of coffee for two hours? Have you ever wanted to curl your hair or charge your smartphone while sitting on a bench in the park, or while camping in the wilderness? Well, now you can with ChargeAll — the first portable battery pack that has both a USB charging socket and a 120-volt wall plug outlet. Yes, you can just plug just about any 120V device into the ChargeAll — and in many cases, thanks to the inclusion of a huge lithium-ion battery, power that device for hours. ChargeAll, CAD drawing ChargeAll, despite how revolutionary it sounds, is a very simple device. It’s basically a big white brick with a meaty four-cell 12,000 mAh lithium-ion battery, a DC-to-AC inverter, and a 5-volt USB socket and standard 120-volt US wall plug on the front. There doesn’t seem to be any magical, industry-redefining magic at play here: It’s just a battery-powered wall outlet. (The only limit, incidentally, is that devices can’t use more than 85 watts. You can’t use ChargeAll to power a microwave — but it might just power your desktop PC, if you’re lucky.) We spoke to ChargeAll’s founder, Jeffrey Maganis, and he said most of the engineering work for ChargeAll has revolved around squeezing the circuitry and outlet into a small, portable chassis — but they haven’t discovered anything new from what I can tell. Maganis and co just seem to be the first to execute this obvious-in-hindsight idea. Maganis also tells us that the circuitry inside ChargeAll will prevent short-circuiting (particularly dangerous for a device that you’ll have in your pocket or bag) and automatically cut the power if more than 85 watts is used.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:30:00 +0000
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