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And the Jesus phone said, “Let there be light!”.  This solar charger iPhone hack will charge your phone durring solars hours and give you the power you need while away from the grid.  Nicknamed the MightlyMintyBoost, with a few simple parts and know how, you can become the green geek of the week.

Charger Features from the instructables.com:

• It’s solar powered, duh
• It’s small
• Large battery capacity- 3.7v @2000mAh
• On board charger charges via solar, USB or wall wart
• Remove the solar cell and you have a nice compact USB power supply
• Unplug the solar cell and use the Velcro to secure the MightyMintyBoost inside a backpack or bag

A great solar hack written up from the instructables.com

How to make a solar iPod/iPhone charger (via hacknmod.com)

You all know the iconic Apple logo on the MacBook and MacBook Pros? They all light up with that hypnotic glow that sucks you in for life. Well, with the help from edsjunk, you can mod that glow into a LCD screen.  Running anything picture slide shows, movies, the itunes visualizer or even your isight camera!  One of he coolest mods I’ve seen in some time!  Have a look and share you thoughts…

via Engadget

The folks over at TechRestore.com are the geniuses behind this great hack. For $1,149 you can have your MacBook converted into a MacTablet (which they call ModBook). They put together this great stop-motion style video showing us how it’s done. Impressive…

ModBook

Via Gizmodo

When I first saw this, I immediately started to laugh… Then I thought about it a little longer and concluded that this is brilliant. It’s not such a bad idea for those that require grocery transportaion without a car. Just make sure you get a cart that doesn’t have a bad wheel (not an easy task). I’m sure you’ll draw all kinds of attention as well…

“Combine a derelict shopping cart with a bicycle for a ride with ample cargo capacity. This is a nice way to save a shopping cart and a bike that might otherwise end up in a landfill. It is quite the head turner but not a good corner turner.” - Instructables

Step by step instrunctions on how to make your own over at Instructables.com

I’ve yet to see a stroller that can be easily moved around on the beach. You can’t push it because it goes right into the sand. You can pull it, but it takes a lot of effort. With the Safe Start Stroller Skis you can now glide right over the sand or even snow in the winter time. These innovative skis fasten easily to the wheels of your stroller to transform them into durable skis. Skis can be used with all types of single and double strollers and fit wheels up to 12-1/2″ dia.

Highlights:

• Turn stroller wheels into skis
• Fasten to wheels of all types of single and double strollers
• Slide smoothly over snow or sand
• Fit wheels up to 12-1/2″ dia.

Safe Start Stroller Skis