World's Tiniest Cellphone Recharger

No, this is not an April Fool's joke - that was for yesterday. This miniature Jerry can measuring only 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.5 inches is to your charge-challenged cellphone what its full-size gasoline-carrying version is to your Jeep, Chang'an OuLiWei MPV (State-owned like GM), or whatever. The Fuel Micro Charger, spawn of yet another Kickstarter project ($53k raised to date with $20k goal), is said to be able to provide an extra 20-30 minutes of talk time to your phone by virtue of its 220 mAh capacity. Just plug it into the micro-USB port - as long as your phone is not made by Apple - and away you go. An iPhone version is in the works, BTW. Get one of the first production models for a pledge of less than $20.

Posted April 2013

Windfreak Technologies SynthHD PRO - RF Cafe Website

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...