USB Solar Charger Tree

Finding unique ways to use renewable energy for daily use has become quite an important venture for most people. Not only does it help save money, it is also a person's way of trying to save what it can from destroying Mother Earth. And with devices like the USB Solar Charger Tree, being eco-friendly can't be any more fascinating. The USB Solar Charger Tree offers a unique way of using renewable energy with addressing the daily power needs of gadget owners. This unique device comes with a set of solar panels held by a tree like structure that stands on a base containing the rechargeable batteries and USB ports.

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Umbrella Corporation Umbrella is a pre-order bonus

Are you one who loves to place pre-orders for music, movies and games. Well, here is an incentive to do so – especially if you happen to live in a place where it tends to rain a whole lot more compared to having the sun peek out from behind the clouds. I am talking about the full-size custom Umbrella Corporation umbrella, which will be thrown into your shipment when Resident Evil 6 starts to move from store shelves right to your doorstep. Heck, this full-size custom Umbrella Corporation umbrella will even be accompanied by a custom sleeve for you to tote it around in.

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Microsoft vs. Motorola decision sees Droids banned in Germany over FAT patent (updated)

The latest development in our neverending saga of worldwide patent warfare is a decision by a Mannheim judge banning Motorola's Android devices on the basis that they violate a FAT storage patent owned by Microsoft. FOSSPatents' Florian Mueller tweets that it is the third victory by Microsoft over Motorola, and Microsoft has already issued a triumphant statement of victory which you can read after the break. There's more details about patent EP0618540 on the site - it deals with common name space for long and short file names - including a note about an email from Linux creator Linus Torvalds being cited as prior art.

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Distro Issue 50: the travel edition packs geotagging and offline navigation

Here at Engadget HQ, we're looking to take a bit of a breather after a long week of analyzing last quarter's numbers. With that said, a road trip or weekend respite of some sort is definitely in order and this week's edition of our e-magazine offers some insight into getting just a bit more out of that next excursion. Front and center, the globe trotting Darren Murph offers some tips for geotagging your shots from that next Blue Ridge Parkway trek and also takes Nokia Drive's offline navigation for a spin on a Lumia 900.

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Researchers developing washless coating for cars

We could have easily filed this under "Too Good to Be True" or "Snake Oil," but it sounds legit, and certainly has our attention.

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Watch a huge chunk of road debris hit a car head on

Its surprising enough when a pebble kicks up off the road and nicks the windshield. This, on the other hand, will give you nightmares. A dash-cam video captured in – where else – Russia reveals just how frightening hazards of the road can be, when a car crash resulted in debris flying over the highway median barrier, slamming into the front of an oncoming Volkswagen Golf Plus. The mother and young child that were both in the VW escaped without injury.

This incident was not unlike the incident we reported on last year, in which a woman was recording video while driving when the truck in front of her kicked up a 2x4 off the road.



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Hot Rod pits Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 against '69 Red Devil

Mike Stielow is known for taking classic Chevy Camaro coupes and bending them into machines that not only kick ass in a straight line, but that can actually outhandle modern sports cars around a road course, too. His pro touring creations are nothing short of legendary, and as a suspension engineer for General Motors, if anyone knows how to wring more performance out of a Bowtie, it's Stielow. His latest project, a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro lovingly dubbed "Red Devil," is the eleventh '69 he's built in the past 23 years. It boasts a 7.0-liter block from a Corvette Z06 topped with the heads, valvetrain and supercharger from the Corvette ZR1.



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