Scosche’s Recoil iPod Car Charger

Between cell phones and iPods and whatever, a fair amount of wires are invading our cars. Enter the Scosche Recoil, an iPhone iPod charger with a retractable measuring free wire.

Neat freaks will rejoice at this retractability, God forbid, because it is their Chargers in the glove compartment or something. The Recoil uses a magnetic coupling mechanism to pull the cable back in, while not in use, but that is where the functionality ends. No FM transmitter, no adapters for other devices.

Tags: car, charger, iPod, scosche, scosche recoil

Sierra Nevada powers cars with beer leftovers

Fuels many beer late into the night for people in bars, but in general, not fuel cars. Until now, that is. Sierra Nevada, the delicious beer brewery, has acquired a MicroFueler a Contraption produces ethanol from water, sugar and yeast. Yeast also happens to be a major byproduct of the beer fermentation process, so that they can to fuel of beer remains.

It is a great opportunity for them to recycle their waste in an environmentally friendly way but also able to boast about their cars to super drunk the whole time. Which is awesome. It’s nice to see creative enterprise will take care of their waste and the environmentally friendly, is not it?

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Tags: beer, car, fuel, sierra nevada