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Ask Slashdot: What Interesting Things Can I Power With an External USB Battery?

Posted by timothy on from the charge-other-usb-batteries-recursively dept.

New submitter expert464 writes: I just purchased an external USB battery for the main purpose of charging smartphones. I've also thought of using it to power a USB lamp and charge a bluetooth speaker. What other things am I missing that would be useful and/or interesting to power when not near an electrical outlet? Have a question for Slashdot's readers? Take a look at other recent questions first to see if someone else has had a similar question. And if not, ask away! The more details and context you include, the more likely your question will be selected.

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  1. A small 20m code xmitter by WorldWarPi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Low-power amateur radio is always fun, especially backpacking where portable power is nice.

  2. Raspberry Pi by wikes82 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I use mine to power my raspberry pi sometime

  3. Picture Frame by gunslnger · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I use mine to power a digital picture frame so I could actually hang it or place some place that having a cord to it would look bad.

  4. Re:What? by Powercntrl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He bought something he doesn't know what ELSE to do with. But fine, be a jackass.

    I've seen some idiotic "Ask Slashdot" stories, but this one probably takes the cake. To use the ever-popular car analogy, it's like asking "I just realized my car has a 12 volt electrical receptacle in the dashboard, what sort of things can I plug in?"

    Yet another "Ask Slashdot" that can easily be solved by Google.

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  5. Re:What? by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apparently there just wasn't anything interesting or important to talk about today.

    Oh, wait...

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  6. Re:What? by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 5, Informative

    You'd think Dice would have learned about the damned Streisand Effect from all the stories here on Slashdot. All it would have taken is a single line: "Disclaimer: Sourceforge is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dice Holdings, Inc." in the summary. Major news media outlets do this *all the time* when reporting on (either positive or negative news) their sister organizations owned by the same umbrella corporation.

    The topic would have been done, discussed, and on it's way to being forgotten by now. Instead, you simply get a slow burn of news and a bunch of people irritated at your obvious and ham-handed suppression of a story.

    Note: Sorry for the offtopic. Consider it a small act of "civil disobedience."

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  7. buy two by ozduo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then use one to charge the other!

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