As the title suggests, we have been ordering and receiving a LOT of parts. We received all of the header pins, which are pictured below. The power jacks and AC adapters are in the mail and our manufacturer has received all of the parts to assemble the energyShields. I even got to snap a picture [...]

The last few weeks have been a really busy. As I mentioned in the last update, we had sent out for a prototype design. The PCBs and parts arrived the following week. Then we assembled them and put them through some rigorous testing. In the end... it worked PERFECTLY! In the last week and a [...]

We've spent the last couple of weeks vetting the last prototype. We tested inputs from solar panels, wall adapters, and USB. We've varied the load on the energyShield. In all of this we found a few bugs. Trying to pinpoint the cause of these bugs was a challenge. Yikes! As you can see, it was [...]

As Mark Campbell reminded me, I'm overdue for a quick update. We have received the flashlights and the T-shirts! We also prototyped the next version of the energyShield and it seems that we have worked out the major bugs. However, we are still discovering and correcting some small bugs. It looks like we need to [...]