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id America did introduce a Kickstarter campaign earlier this month that targeted the LED light-equipped portable charger of theirs, which has been called as the L.E.D. Nearly half of the goal amount has already been raised in the first week of the campaign alone, which is definitely an encouraging sign – hopefully it will be able to meet the funding goal in the coming week. The L.E.D portable charger is best described as a combination portable charger for personal electronic devices, while doubling up as an adjustable LED lamp to boot.

Running with a 5,200mAh lithium-ion battery located underneath the hood, the L.E.D. is capable of charging a multitude of personal electronic devices all the way to full capacity at their highest charging rate. This particular charger would be equipped with 5V1A microUSB input that it makes use of to juice itself up, and you will be able to plug in a gamut of personal electronic devices including the likes of smartphones, digital cameras, GPS devices and MP3 players if you so desire, allowing all of these to juice up thanks to a separate 5V2A USB output port. The 2A port would also let the L.E.D to charge even full-size tablets such at the iPad at their maximum charging rate.

Apart from being able to charge up mobile devices, the L.E.D would also deliver a different aspect that is essential to everyday life: and that would be light. The charger boasts of a trio of separate LED bulbs, which is more than what some of the other competing products in the market do come with, allowing you to make use of the L.E.D. in a wide range of projects or situations.

The LED lights are touted to be able to last for over 100 hours on a single charge, and it boasts of touch-sensitive control that enables the user to effortlessly switch between a trio of different brightness levels, depending on the situation that you are in at the moment. There will also be a pair of charging docks per charger, letting users keep one at home and one at the office to charge L.E.D whenever you need it most.

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Laptops get thinner and lighter every year, but their power adapters are mostly still big and heavy. FINsix claims its Dart laptop charger is up to four times smaller and up to six times lighter compared to ordinary chargers.

Dart uses what FINsix calls Very High Frequency technology to provide up to 65W of power. You can read more about it on FINsix’ technical report (pdf), though the word “technical” isn’t there for nothing. Note that 65W won’t be enough for all laptops – for example, Retina MacBook Pros use an 85W power adapter – but that will do for hundreds of other models. You can check this compatibility list (pdf) to see if your laptop will work with Dart. Dart also has a 2.1A USB charging port, so it can also replace your mobile device power adapter.

Plug a tiny browser to Kickstarter to support Dart. Pledge at least $89 (USD) to get a Dart that works with hundreds of Windows laptops. The MacBook-compatible Dart is at a higher reward tier – $148. FINsix says that they have to buy Apple’s power adapters to get parts for the Macbook-compatible Dart, hence the significant added cost for that model.

[via Engadget]

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Iron Man 2 may not have been one of the best Marvel movies made, but it had a lot of nice details and eye candy. Which is great for merchandising. Take the scene on the race track where Tony Stark’s armor comes to life from a suitcase. That was probably the best scene in the movie, so of course you can now buy that suitcase – as a battery pack.

It won’t turn into armor, but this prop replica will power your gadgets. The Mark V armor suitcase fuel cell is a 1/4 scale replica, and it was made from official Marvel references like the original prop and 3D digital files. Inside, it’s got a large 12,000 mAH battery pack, and the lights on the side of the briefcase indicate the power level remaining.

It looks awesome and makes for a kick-ass power for your phones, mobile devices, and gaming consoles. You can pre-order it for $99.99(USD) over at BigBadToyStore.

Of course, if you really want to splurge, you could go for this full-size Iron Man 2 briefcase replica over on eBay.

[via Nerd Approved]