The benefit of the X-Power 1 is that it's both a backup battery and a charger all in one and you don't have to deal with carrying around an extra gadget. The built-in rechargeable battery backup unit will be charged very time you connect your iPod or iPhone to your computer using the X-Power 1 and you'll get more quality time with your gadget:

• Additional talk time of 4.5 hours on 3G and 9 hours on 2G. Up to 5.4 hours additional on Wi-Fi.
• Standby time of up to 270 hours. Audio Playback up to 20 hours and Video Playback 6 hours.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for extra time with my iPhone and less junk in my bag, but how the hell did that innocent USB cable result this:

[X-Power 1 via GadgetReview]

Product Page [ThinkGeek]

Other improvements: $22 instead of $30, straight-foil instead of dual-heads, and a light-up USB port so you know when it's plugged in. Not bad for a razor you're not afraid to accidentally leave behind in your hotel room. – Jason Chen

Rechargeable USB Shaver [Brando]

Glossing over the details—we fell asleep during just about all of our EE classes in college—you do run the risk of dripping weak acid on your hands. Or worse. And by worse, we mean possibly exploding a battery in your face. Not our idea of fun, unless you're trying to hit on that cute nurse in the ER. Hey baby, is that shrapnel in my eye or did you get a new haircut? – Jason Chen

Instructions Page [Afrotechmods via Treehugger]

Stick 'em anywhere you way, they are completely wireless and rechargeable. The bottom-mounted suction cups give these lights the ability to stuck almost anywhere. They will be available from The Cool Hunter store in December—just in time for holiday anal fun! – Travis Hudson

Stick On Re-chargeable lights [The Cool Hunter]

There's nothing like being on vacation and realizing you forgot to charge your work phone so nobody can get in touch with you. Wait, that's a good thing. – Jason Chen

Neofree [Neofree via Red Ferret]

This week at Lifehacker: Build yourself a gadget recharging station. Hack together a pen-sized wireless antenna. Revive a a soaked piece of hardware killed by spillage. Finally, download essential free software that Google Pack whiffed on.

The ball and chain's been on your back for months about doing something with the milk crates stacked up in the bedroom filled with charging gadgets. What to do with your 17 smart phones, cameras, PDA's, and MP3 players? Mod a regular old piece of furniture into a gadget recharging station that looks like it belongs in a house where humans live and earn those brownie points you so desperately need.

Your laptop's wifi card needs a little signal boost, dontcha think? Build a small antenna that fits inside a pen case and mount it to the back of your laptop screen for maximum signal reachage with the utmost hacker cred.

Your router got rained on. What to do? Give it a bath and a careful cleaning with some cotton swabs, and transform your drowned device into a useful member of electronic society again.

Google put together Google Pack, a collection of free software that "makes your computer just work." Well, it was a nice try, but no cigar. Check out Lifehacker's picks for best essential free Windows software, called Lifehacker Pack, cuz we're really original like that.

Lifehacker's Power User column appears every Wednesday on Gizmodo.

This week at Lifehacker: You're home, you're eating turkey, you're fielding computer questions from Mom and Dad, Uncle Lou and Aunt Mitzy. Fix Mom and Dad's computer and add some memory to that 4-year-old Dell while you're at it. Plus: Organize and charge up your mobile devices in one place, and speed up the ol' iPod with a good disk defrag.

It's that time of year again - time to celebrate stamping out the indigenous peoples over a large roasted bird and pumpkin pie, time to get your parents' computer working again. Kill spyware and viruses, update Windows, introduce the 'rents to tabbed browsing and run a backup of their important vacation photos. Consult this checklist on how to fix Mom and Dad's computer during your munificent journey down Familial Tech Support Lane this Turkey Day.

While you're doing the Geek Squad thing, crack open that box and snap in a bit more memory so Dad can play chess and check his stock prices without slowing that old 'puter to a crawl. DIMMs or SIMMs you ask? Our guide to installing more RAM will help.

Charge up your iPod, phone and Gameboy Advance all in one handy place that stows your cords and trips a breaker during a power surge. This mobile device recharging station'll get your desk in order and score you big points with your neat freak ball and chain.

iPod slow navigating menus and moving from song to song? It's a regular old disk, isn't it? Give it a good defragging to arrange your music on the platter for faster, easier access.

Lifehacker's Power User column appears every Wednesday on Gizmodo.

An integrated power supply enables existing helmet electronics to be made smaller, last longer, and have more range due to the increased power output (up to 7.4VDC). Auxiliary electronics and systems made to work on or with a crash helmet no longer need to carry their own power supply, the crash helmet now is the power supply!

These helmets are being used by law enforcement now, and will soon be available to the public according to the company's managing director (who sent this our way).

M5 Switchblade [Product Page]