The winners of the iawards have been announced. I wrote about the iawards back in August to encourage budding inventors to enter the awards which aim to recognise and celebrate the best British achievements in science, innovation and technology. The awards ceremony was held this week at the Science Museum and it saw the teams behind this year’s best British innovations rewarded for developing practical solutions to some of society’s greatest challenges. Among the winners was the Solargorilla a portable solar charger, from Powertraveller, which extends the power life of laptops and other electronic devices via the company’s Powergorilla device.

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Want a way to charge your gadgets on the go? A mobile phone might be a little too ambitious to charge via solar power at the moment, but giving your gadgets an extra charge hit using solar energy isn’t beyond the relms of plausabilty…

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One of the most annoying situations you can be faced with is when the battery on your mobile device of choice fades away at a crucial time. Examples include your mobile phone dying just as you were coming to the crux of your argument that you were having with your other half, your camera flashing [...]

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