BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- K-TOR, LLC, designer and manufacturer of portable power generators, has released their highly anticipated pedal power generator - The Power Box.

With a pedal generator, you can turn human effort into usable energy—ideal for off-grid setups, emergency backups, or just a fun DIY project. This guide gives you a fast-track look at how pedal ...

It seems that no matter how new your smartphone is, battery life is never efficient. After all, when your phone is filled with features and apps, it’s hard to not use them all day long, but strapping ...

In this remote village of dirt-floor homes, recharging a cell phone has long meant bicycling 25 miles to the nearest town with power, or 4 miles to the closest charged-up car battery. So the ...

As an inventor, entrepreneur and engineer, Ken Torino has based his life’s work on math and science. But when he describes K-Tor, the business he started in 2008, Torino refers to some cinematic ...

What if you could get more out of your exercise bike than just, well, exercise? That’s the idea behind HR Bank, an exercise bike that captures and stores the energy generated while you pedal it. The ...

At first glance the Sunnyclist looks like a typical electric tricycle, yet the combination of a solar panel on the roof with pedals for the passengers ensures that its battery can go a long way ...

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If you'd like to live off-grid but still retain access to power when you need it, then New York-based company Pedal Power might have you covered – providing you don't mind putting in the legwork, that ...