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One thing that the mobile market brought with it is a need for power. While it is true that the battery life of our mobile devices has increased it is still not where many would like it. There are a number of reasons for this, but most revolve around the fact that as you use your device the components need more power (obviously). While Intel, AMD and the various ARM manufacturers argue about who is more power efficient most of us still long for the day when our mobile devices can last much longer than they do now. One of the more common solutions to this is the portable battery. We have taken a look at t a few of these before and now have another one in the lab. This time we have the RAVPOWER RP-PB04 10000mAh battery pack so let’s see if it can keep our devices powered.

As you might imagine we are all about new technologies and advancements in science, but to a point. There are times when we see people working on projects and we have to wonder why they are working on that and why they went there in the first place. This morning we ran across one of these as we were browsing the internet. It seems that British Scientists have found a way to use human urine to power a cellphone. When I read that headline I pictured someone peeing on their phone to get it charged. I know that this is not likely how it would work, but the image was there and it was followed with the question why?

I recently wrote about a new technology that promises to power our portable technology with fuel cells.  As awesome as that is, it was brought up by one of our readers that the technology involves can make it restrictive for travel.  No one wants to tell TSA security that they’d like to bring a fuel cell onto the airplane with them.