Splashpower ready to solve the charging issue

Splashpower are gearing up to finally release their SplashPad charging mat.  The mouse-sized pad allows users of cellphones, PDAs, and other portable, recharcheable devices to simply place them on the pad for recharding rather than plug them all in separately.  Great idea, right?  Only problem is that the SplashPad requires the use of SplashModules, thin little receiver modules that fit onto the portable devices to be recharged.  It would have been nice if the SplashPad worked on its own without having to put stickers all over our devices, but we'll still give this thing a try. Could solve some serious wiring (and more serious electrical fire) issue we always seem to battle, what with about 800 adapters under the desk.

[Thanks, Tom]

[TheZodiac @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

they could have tried induction.... that would put them all out of business.

[TheZodiac @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

they could have tried induction.... that would put them all out of business.

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

Mr. Doubletalker, if you went to their website and inquisatively read about how it works, you would discover that it does indeed use induction to charge the battery. As you may or may not know, most consumer products do not have induction coils built into them suitable for charging batteries so this device gets around that with an add-on.

[Maikeru @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

Finally. No more swapping out transformer bricks when wanting to charge my PDA, Cellphone, and MP3 player (I suppose that I could just leave all of the transformer bricks plugged in, but they coninue suck power even when the devices they're meant to charge are disconnect).

Imagine if you integrated this thing into a desk (though have many smaller induction coils in a array-like set up so that they're turned on or off intelligently, thus only powering ones that have a device placed over them), then you could just put your gadgets anywhere on it and they'd get charged.

[N3LDAN @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

afrotech mdos(yes they have real mods there) has showed you how to make one for yourself before 'splashpads' decided to.
http://www.afrotechmods.com/fuxx0red/mouse/mouse.htm
that explains the how to do it
http://www.afrotechmods.com/cheap/arnoldpad/arnoldpad.htm
that one actually works.....

[Dan Schwartz @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

I remember reading about this a couple years ago and though 'finally an end to all this charger mess (and the rat's nest of power cables behind and on my desk)!' Well, I thought something along those lines.

Of course, no one will buy into these unless device makers start shipping mini pads as charger/power adapters.

[girlhacker @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

I can't wait until I can just set my purse/pack on something each night and have everything in it charge.

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM]

Here's a link to a better review of the item:
http://www.cyreport.com/a.asp?id=47