gillian shaw's holiday electronics guide: giving green tech - lithium ion rechargeable battery
Sun tech correspondent Gillian Shaw shows you the best gadgets of the holiday season.
See what's down there.
Hand warmer, eneloop kairo KIR-
SE1SW, Sanyo, Canada, $60 if you want to spread a bit of festive warmth, check out this new hand warmer from Sanyo, the Sanyo eneloop rechargeable battery collection
It's baked in high technology.
Whether you're standing on the sidelines or practicing down the hill and stuffing these in your Olympic gloves, you can go back and enjoy the game instead of worrying about frozen fingers.
About the size of a deck, weighing 80 grams, it has an internal lithium-
Ion charged battery.
It provides heat from 39 degrees Celsius to 43 degrees Celsius.
It takes about three hours to fully charge, four hours of warmth in low settings, and three hours of warmth in high mode.
Kodak solar charger K100-C+2, $45A palm-
Power Pack of size, it can be plugged into any USB-
Charging devices-from mobile phones to music players and cameras, keep the device running while the device is charging.
This is a welcome gadget for travelers on your list. www. kodak. com.
Voltaic backpack with solar panels, $249 for people on your list, consider a Voltaic backpack with built-in solar panels that can provide four watts of solar energy.
This is enough to charge phones, satellite phones, handheld computers, GPS devices, ipod, camera and other handheld electronics. If your off-
Road warrior needs to charge the laptop and you have to add to the $500 generator for Voltaic.