Blogged Live from DEMOfall by Alex\nIskold

Look\nMa, no charger! Today at DEMOfall, the CEO of Moixa\nEnergy Simon Daniel (a quirky physics PhD from the UK) dropped a bag full of\nchargers on stage. He kicked them away and pulled out of his pocket the marvel\ncreated by his company – a battery called\nUSBCell that charges from the USB port. Not only is this very cool, it's\nsmart - because there are billions of USB ports in desktops and laptops that can effectively become outlets for these batteries. It is also elegant, efficient\nand environment friendly.

The company claims that it takes about 5 hours to fully charge a battery, but\nthey are working on significantly reducing this time. There is already a version\nof this battery for cell phones, which has a USB jack attached to it via wire.\nLaunched just last week, the site has had over 100,000 visitors already. The\nbattery is going to be available first in UK, then later in US. It will be sold\ndirect online and via major chains.

More info:

"This revolutionary rechargeable battery can charge from any USB port\nwithout the need for any recharging devices, cradles or cables. Simply pop the\nlid to reveal a built in connector and charger, plug into any powered USB port\non your desktop, laptop, keyboard or games console, to charge the battery."