When you’re backpacking, you need to carry only the necessities — but since you’ll be trekking out into nature, far from all of the comforts of home, you need to make sure you’re carrying items that ...

The sun is finally making a comeback, which means festivals, garden parties and – most thrillingly of all – the prospect of ...

Fledgling social enterprise Rethaka sells backpacks for school kids that do a few things at once: Made from recycled plastic bags, they first of all address the plague of waste from that material. And ...

Anyone who's on the road a lot for work, school, or pleasure knows it can be a challenge keeping your gadgets charged up and ready to use away from an outlet. If your travels take you outdoors a lot, ...

Solar charging backpacks have been around for quite some time, but the Soleman neatly incorporate a large solar panel down the back of the rucksack providing an easy way to charge your devices while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Innocent James completed his chores after school, he would light a kerosene lamp and lay down to read his books. There was no ...

The dream of going wireless with a laptop or iPad becomes pretty meaningless when reality hits and you’re left with a battery drained to nothing. But Voltaic’s new solar backpack brings things back ...

Are you a huge nerd? No? Sorry, I guess that solar backpack you’re wearing kind of threw me off. Looks like Playskool meets Transmetropolitan. Not exactly a babe ...

Jason sent me his solar ipod charger how-to. The regulator may not be neccesary – but there are so many models, I don’t know if the new Nano’s hold up to the old power input standard. He put a 7805 ...

(CNN) — When Innocent James completed his chores after school, he would light a kerosene lamp and lay down to read his books. There was no electricity in James’ part of Arusha, a region in northern ...