FlipKase Keyboard Folio case for iPad (video)

Credit: Jeff Erdfarb/ The Gadgeteer


Credit: Jeff Erdfarb/ Kickstarter

There's a problem with typing on an iPad: no real keyboard.  Plus small on screen keyboard.  Plus when the on screen keyboard is displayed, very little of the screen is left for the text being typed.

Cases with  built in keyboards are available, but they have smaller than standard keys & often non-standard key placement.

So I bought an Apple Bluetooth keyboard.  Hardly seen any use.  My preferred use of the iPad is on my lap.   Bluetooth keyboard doesn't work for me in this application.

But a solution may be at hand.  This Kickstarter project is a case which holds an iPad & Apple Bluetooth keyboard like a laptop.

See what you think:

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/03/01/flipkase-keyboard-folio-case-for-ipad/

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/401868602/flipkase-keyboard-folio-pro-case-for-apple-keyboar-0?ref=live     / iOS Apple Bluetooth keyboard full size /

Afraid you'd forget to charge an electric vehicle (or your phone)? (video)

Some people are resistant to owning an electric vehicle because they think they'll forget to charge it overnight & not be able to get to work the next day.  In my experience they are the same people who can't remember to charge a mobile (cell) phone.

One solution is inductive charging.  This is a pad on/in/beneath the surface the car drives over.  With an inductive charging pad on the floor of the garage, park the car as normal — the pad on the floor & a matching one on the bottom of the vehicle recognize one another & charging begins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71wC4z8its&feature=youtube_gdata_player

As indicated in the video, inductive charging would be excellent in public charging facilities.  Late for a meeting, or raining?  No problem, just park & forget.  When you come back your car will be charged.

How does inductive charging work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wf7aadxBkE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Frequently forget to charge your phone?  Get a second battery & external charger.  One morning you discover that your phone is flat.  Swap batteries, put the flat one on the charger.  "Instant" recharge & there'll be another charged battery for tomorrow too.  A spare charger (or just a cable to plug into a USB port) at work can help as well.