Cassette Tape Cellphone Charger!

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Cell Phones, Charge, Charger, USB, Make, DIY, Easy, Fun, Batteries, Cassette, Tape, Hacks, Babblin5

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Turn a used cassette case and a $2 part into the easiest, most useful cellphone/usb charger you've ever seen. Charge from almost ANYTHING!

  1. By: babblin5
  2. Categories How To, Science & Tech
  3. Views 42,810
  4. Added :19-Dec-07
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  • awesome!

    and death to furbys!

    By Black Velvet Monkey 1198105119
    • poor furby

      By the way I love the DC-DC case, reminds me of the picture of a 'hard rocker' dude with tatoos all over his body with a black t-shirt and a red text in the same fashion as this but stating AB (lightning flash) BA :)

      By UBIQ.TV 1200179481
  • Was

    that the same Furby from the USB Furby video?? lol!

    By poston 1198108493
    • Yes!

      It WAS the USB Furby ;)

      I also wanted to mention that the part in the video has all protections built in, like overheating, wrong connections, etc., which makes it one of the safest circuits possible...

      By babblin5 1198140187
    • Funny, but remember...

      ... one day we will be the puppets and Furbies will be our masters! Now who's holding the hammer......

      By srvowoof 1201407723
  • Nice, but

    The shown regulator is a 7812, good for 12 volts.
    I think you need a 7805 for 5 volts

    By Catz 1198100209
    • You are 100% correct!

      I inadvertently snapped a pic of the wrong regulator for the illustration... 8P

      The 7805 from Radio Shack is definitely what you want. The 7812 is being put to another use, which I hope to show you all soon! ;)

      By babblin5 1198100840
    • yeh

      yup u are right buddy!!

      By Parab 1229977338
  • Good one babblin5 5stars

    Apparently it looks simple but it not as simple as it looks!
    Guys! I am sure all of you had a problem of cellophane charge drop some where, same like me. Never miss any call some where, just use this method.
    Cool way for charging dude :)
    Even he thought about safety and showed you to keep it inside a cassette box not to make a short circuit!
    Glad that we have good producers on Metacafe, like babblin.

    By Samimy 1198165259
    • Thanks Samimy!

      You do fantastic work! I appreciate you stopping in =)

      By babblin5 1198259809
  • Whoa!

    That Furby rules!

    By gagfilms 1198116898
  • brilliant tip

    i have to say that that furby kinda freaked me out tho. 5*

    By GBprod 1198123543
  • looks like

    a bomb ! Great vid ...

    By Captain Static 1198118333
  • smart

    and practical

    By sinisa10 1198118011
  • Magnifico!

    You never cease to amaze me with your ingenuity.

    By Hoopajoo 1198115991
  • :-(

    Why'd you kill Furby?

    By ZackScott 1198114477
  • this is frekin cool

    il go tell all my friends in the 80s my tape recharges my walkman :D isnt that awsome ? kidding, 5stars nice concept !

    By akamakavely 1198105438
  • Nice...

    Now I'm going to have my cell phone charged all the time!

    By IZasPIE 1198096811
  • 5 stars from me!

    Your video should be a 5 rating, c'mon guys ..rate it ***** ;)

    By How2make.It 1198161429
  • Yo Man

    That is ingenious!! I thought "NEVER" when i saw the thumbnail of ya vid but sure enuf, there ya go!! VERY VERY COOL. YOU ROCK MAN! 5 Stars no problem

    By AidieThatBoy07 1198147624
  • nice tool

    I am your die hard fans....very useful charger....thanks for sharing

    By tycoyoken 1198128256
  • Another Great Idea !!!

    But why are you so bad with Mr Fourby ?
    5*****

    By LUCCHINA 1198096883
    • He was...

      A very bad furby!!! ;)

      By babblin5 1198099032
  • Good stuff

    Something useful and then some destruction you are spoiling us now lol
    5 stars

    By rocan 1198236936
  • Learning Electronics

    Ok I know this may be the wrong place to post this but hey...why not. I saw this video from digg.com and thought it is a great idea. I want to learn basic electronics and soldering for personal use and fun projects such as this one. I am legally blind, not totally blind but impaired. Where should I start for basic learning and how? I am a beginner so do I start with theory of how thing ork or soldering or what? Thanks for the help.

    By s1mp13m4n 1198187189
    • I would be happy to help

      email me at vids@babblin5.com and I will try and help you out.

      By babblin5 1198198673
  • lmao

    that furby looks like it should be chucky's pet or somethin.

    By crof 1198179749
  • cool

    thats a great idea!

    By iguanna 1198176815
  • wow

    did you invented it yourself?

    By zloyshaman 1198174603
  • Nice!

    5* stars man, I was wateing for some one to post this already, wanted to make one, just didnt know how.

    By GreenerTea 1198171922
  • That furby was scary!

    It deserves to die like that! Good video again, when will you run out of ideas? LOL

    By Mr.illusion 1198146301
  • i made one

    yestarday and it works just great
    i was amazad how easy it was to do it folowing the instructions on this video
    thanks for sharing

    By vvr_1976 1198130415
  • nice one

    love that you can personilize the box with whatever you want
    it can be great gift for everyone

    By vvr_1976 1198097013
  • Cool solution

    keep it up!

    By fishinglivebait 1198141444
  • can i also use it for...

    ... charging my iPod?
    btw... great vid 5*!

    By Chopstickz 1205833530
  • what's this?

    it is teaching us how to use cell phone?I have ever seen the similar topic at iasiancenter.com. It is a niche interracial dating site. Many users discuss it there. Maybe you can check them out

    By susanli1985 1205140650
  • but what if

    your cell phone and MP3 have different volt batteries?

    By 99turbosaab 1205125272
  • Awesome!

    5 stars. Ive been planning to make a video on how to make something similar to this, but more compact for a while now. Ill have to get started soon!

    Thanks bab 5 STARS!

    By Kaspar389 1202302617
  • 5/5

    Great video.
    I think i will make one soon.
    I can carry it around in my bag and use it if my phone runs out of battery during school :)

    By m60berserker 1200433062
  • 5 *

    Very Clever Idea

    By Nickstar19 1198896673
  • Great video

    Like always babblin! 5 stars

    By VideoVault 1198704997
  • Oh...

    poor Mr. Furby... Nice idea! Great for camping. Thanks!

    By Kipkay 1198157890
    • He had it coming!!!

      He was haunting my dreams... ;)

      By babblin5 1198198553
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