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Build Your Own iPod Battery

Posted by michael on from the don't-come-crying-to-us-if-it-explodes dept.

OmniVector writes "With various complaints about the iPod battery's life, and its mere 10-8 hours of charge many of us are left looking for a way to keep the tunes kicking a little longer. Drew Perry has come up with a novel solution which can only run you a few bucks for an extra 10 hours of battery life out of a box of playing cards and a everyday batteries. Not bad for that long car trip where you just don't have a firewire charger handy."

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  1. Sorry, that looks awful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would I cary around such an ugly thing? I'd rather just buy a 2nd iPod.

  2. good luck... by tsunamifirestorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    explaining your stack of batteries when it shows up on the x-ray at an airport. ;)

    1. Re:good luck... by baryon351 · · Score: 4, Funny

      contrary to popular belief, batteries do not look like explosive devices.

      Excellent! I'll make an explosive device that looks like a battery then.

      Foolproof!

    2. Re:good luck... by mabinogi · · Score: 4, Funny

      yes..but the most common component in homemade explosives is.......explosive material.
      which there wont be any of...
      so there wont be a problem.

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    3. Re:good luck... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny
      I'll make an explosive device that looks like a battery then.

      Do you work for Nokia, by any chance?

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    4. Re:good luck... by shepd · · Score: 4, Funny

      >Zalmiak is ammonium chloride so it's made of ammonia and chlorine which are hazardous chemicals.

      Dear Lord! We use that stuff to tin our soldering irons in North America. You guys *eat* that stuff?

      And people wonder why we call you guys strange... :-)

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  3. advantages by tsunamifirestorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Advantages
    Not compatible with iPod mini.
    straight quote.

  4. Off-topic: Who said anything about dissection? by torpor · · Score: 4, Funny

    This article is how to build your own Belkin battery pack for cheap.

    Naughty naughty, you didn't read the article did you ...

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  5. Infinite battery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We want solar iPod now!