This is a outdoors emergency power gadget, it can be charged using good old sunlight or via the AC adaptor. It is design to use as a spare battery source when your electronic gizmos runs out of juice. Packed with the device is a number of adaptors to fit you gear. Just for the fun of it, it also packs a compass, a digital watch and a LED flashlight.

DealExtreme via Gizmodo

Can’t leave home without your computer? Then Duros from Roper Mobile Technology is something for you. It’s a rugged outdoor computer with a built in mobile connection (GSM, GPRS, EDGE or UMTS) and of course it has a built in GPS.

via Engadget

The SonyEricsson C702 Cyber-shot is a new 5 mega-pixel camera phone targeted at outdoor users. The phone has a built in GPS and photos will be automatically geo-tagged. The phone is “splash and dust resistant” and will be available from Q2 2008. The dimensions of the phone will be 106 x 48 x 15.5 mm and it will weigh 105 grams.

PowerPanel is a solar charger from Primus that will be available in 2008. The PowerPanel will have four solar panels sewn into a fabric shell. The solar panels and the charger is connected via standard 12 volt cigarette lighter connector. The charger can fit AA or AAA batteries. The weigh of the solar panels are 470 gram and the charger 155 g.

via svetoutdooru.cz

The iMirage from Westcomb is a shell jacket with built-in iPod Controls. The jacket is made out of waterproof 3-Ply eVent material. It’s available for purchase on Backcountry.com.

via Talk2myShirt

A new paper titled Smart Materials and Structures presents a method for harvesting energy from backpack straps. Straps made out of Polyvinylidene fluoride(a strong, flexible material that feels very similar to nylon) has so called piezoelectric properties, meaning that an applied stress generates an electrical charge.

Simulations using a 100 pound load and a walking speed of 2-3 mph shows that the straps could generate 45.6 mW of power, enough to charge small electrical devices like headlamps and mp3 players.

via Gizmodo

This is a nice new product from Millet, is a backpack cover that has a built in flexible solar panel. The weight is 600 grams and it will recharge a phone in 1h, a GPS in 2h and a camera in 4h. If you and your friend has one of these each, you can connect them and reduce recharging times, but I imagine walking will be a bit harder..

Video via SpadOut

Backcountry.com’s blog The Goat brought this Mark of Fitness heart-rate monitor to my attention (above). But I think it look’s a lot like Beurer’s PM 100 heart-rate monitor(below). I don’t know if it’s a copy or a licensed product, but the Beurer’s costs 147,95 Euros at Amazon.de and the Mark of Fitness costs $67.95(about 50 Euros) at ActiveForever.com.

via The Goat