http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/ Engadget Comments for nPower's PEG Personal Energy Generator up for pre-order, starts kinetically recharging gadgets in June http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/Uhhh... you mean snake oil? Fish oil is actually proven to be good for you.]]>May 5th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/Lol @ fish oil.]]>May 5th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBsIcRZBh3A]]>May 5th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
I'll just attach it to my dog's collar and when I need some battery power I'll give him a treat!]]>May 5th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S3C4AC908w]]>May 5th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 6th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
Red rocket, boy, red rocket!]]>May 7th 2010 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/The nPower® PEG is easy to use!

1. Place the PEG vertically in your backpack, briefcase, or bag.

2. Walk or run. As you move, your PEG captures and stores your kinetic energy. –An otherwise wasted resource.

3. When your phone or other hand-held device needs a boost, simply plug your device into the PEG and press "charge." ]]>May 5th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
If it captures my kinetic energy as I walk or run will I actually make it anywhere or just be stuck in one spot?]]>May 5th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/ /s]]>May 5th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
"npower" is a major electricity provider in the UK - and currently hold the .com, so it's not like these guys didn't notice. Obviously they don't have big plans of taking it abroad! Hardly implies faith in their product.]]>May 5th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/So if anyone buys it, they blew it?]]>May 5th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-27-2009/moment-of-zen---the-shake-weight-for-men ?????]]>May 5th 2010 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10255908-54.html
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0627_fresh_entrepreneurs/38.htm

Says it can produce 2.5 watts]]>May 5th 2010 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/probably nokia, everyone will dismiss it, 3 years later apple will take the idea and everyone will wonder why no ones ever thought of said thing before ;P]]>May 5th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
That would be because Nokia will implement it so badly no one will even be able to find the feature.

Then 3 years after Apple does it Nokia will still be selling the same crud in a different plastic case as it did 6 years before

and then Nokia will attempt an amazing innovation to stem the loss from doing nothing for nearly a decade.

That Innovation will be known as "Sue" and will take another 3 years to bring home the bacon by which time Apple will simply get "Creative" on them letting Nokia make accessories plus a little cash sweetener which will be chip change by then.

In another 3 years no one will even remember Nokia made phones, thinking of them as a dock and case maker for Apple.]]>May 5th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
Ok, I'm somewhat of a tech junkie and I'm all for innovation with whomever would incorporate it in the most efficient way. Anybody remember the winding record players and watches? How about Old Grandfather clocks? Get where I'm going.. HOW ABOUT SOMEONE TAKE THIS TAKE THIS MILLION DOLLAR IDEA: Create for all these NEW BATTERY DEVOURING DEVICES a Mechanical Rechargeable Battery...by using the mechanical potential energy from pressing keys on the phone and swiping the screen(subsequently the piezo-electric effect- pressing down and the key coming back up creates kinetic energy and swiping creates friction which we all know can shock you and the next person you touch(more energy)) and catch the current in a internal battery that the device can either run directly from or use as a back up for when removable battery is dead! Whoever thought, a device with 2 different types of battery sources! Its centuries old technology forgot about. With that implication we could all walk around for hours and hours texting and browsing with no worries.. charger? i left mine at home in this perfect world ;-)

but then again this isnt a perfect world
sorry for the rant..lol]]>May 5th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/https://shakeweight.com/flare/next]]>May 5th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
and now for the obligatory shake weight parody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-z85Pku9uE]]>May 5th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/"several hours" of walking to charge an iphone. http://bit.ly/bxSlTd]]>May 5th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/]]>May 5th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/May 5th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/npowers-peg-personal-energy-generator-up-for-pre-order-starts/
But here's what really gets under my skin:

For $150, instead of just INCLUDING the device adapters for say, an iPhone, Blackberry, and generic mini USB - they create SIX SEPARATE SKUs!

Really? Someone is paying $150 to early adopt your new untested product, and you're going out of your way to nickel and dime them by only including a 10-cent plastic adapter for ONE of their devices per order?

That right there, immediately turned me off. Admittedly, for camping trips, this sounded like a neat product. Compared to a portable solar panel, the $150 for this even seemed semi-reasonable. But this company's tacky cheapness was an immediate deal killer. I will not purchase from them.]]>May 6th 2010 11:03AM