{"id":14489,"date":"2012-06-08T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T17:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14489"},"modified":"2012-06-08T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T17:18:15","slug":"diy-solar-phone-charger-occupy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/diy-solar-phone-charger-occupy\/","title":{"rendered":"A DIY Solar Phone Charger Any Occupier Would Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ran across this while putting together today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/sunfiltered\/2012\/06\/cool-gadgets-for-your-phone-edition\/\">green tech finds post at SUNfiltered<\/a>. Next time someone tells you the Occupy movement hasn&#8217;t accomplished anything, you can point them to this cool piece of DIY technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpuEmbedCode\">\n  <!--rpuEmbedStart--><br \/>\n  <script src=\"http:\/\/1.rp-api.com\/rjs\/repost-article.js?3\" type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepost-5a79e0007522466c78e38c004d44fb7d-top\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;\">\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1d4B6\" class=\"rpuThumb\" rel=\"norewrite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.1.rp-api.com\/thumb\/2074296\" style=\"float:left;margin-right:10px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1d4B6\" class=\"rpuTitle\" rel=\"norewrite\"><strong>Occupy Wall Street Spawns DIY Solar Power<\/strong><\/a> (via <a href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1d4B6\" class=\"rpuHost\" rel=\"norewrite\">Clean Technica<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"rpuSnip\">\n       Back in the Fall of 2011, during the first wave of Occupy protests, a team from Revolt Labs apparently built solar-powered chargers for Occupy Boston protesters to help them charge their portable electronics. This was done using what I used to construct my own 5-volt USB charger: a\u00a05-volt 7805 voltage&hellip;\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- put the \"tease\", \"jump\" or \"more\" break here --><!--more--><!--break--><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"at-page-break\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepostMain rpuRepost-5a79e0007522466c78e38c004d44fb7d-bottom\" style=\"display:none;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>  <!-- How to customize this embed: http:\/\/www.repost.us\/article-preview\/#!shash=5a79e0007522466c78e38c004d44fb7d -->\n<\/div>\n<p>Featured image credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shankbone\/6157303489\/\">david_shankbone<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/photopin.com\">photo pin<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to build your own solar phone charger? 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