Treknologies is a blog that covers equipment, books, and resources for amateur explorers. Recent posts include a round-up of portable solar chargers, and looks at GPS-based speedtrap detectors, travel guitars and ukuleles. The stuff they write about would be of interest even to people whose idea of an adventure is a walk around the block.
I run my equipment quite hard, and if you're like me then ICP's PowerFlex is the only solution that you should consider. It is constructed of lightweight, ultra-flexible CIGS solar cells and designed to take a beating. ICP produces 5, 10, 20 and 40 watt versions of the PowerFlex, all of which are capable of being daisy-chained together via plug & play side connectors. These would be great for draping over the rear of your backpack, providing you on-the-go charging of all your electronics or batteries.
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CVS has introduced a new single use DVD-quality video camera system. The innovative camera allows up to 20 minutes of DVD-quality video and sound recording, as well as playback and deletion of recorded clips via a 1.4" color screen. At $30 these little cameras could be indispensable to the average adventurer or traveler. The $30 price tag and one-time use means you don't have to feel bad about strapping it to the front of a car or motorcycle–or worry about the Vietnamese humidity ruining a nicer camera.
Update: Treknologies publisher Beau Gunderson says: "I am talking to Erden Eruç tomorrow and would like to give boingboing
readers a chance to ask him a few questions. Erden is the man behind
Around-n-Over and the Six Summits project. He is using human power to
cross six continents and the oceans between them — and climbing the highest
peaks on each of the six continents he will visit. I'm not sure how many
I'll get a chance to ask but I will do my best to get the best ones
answered."
