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redundantly 2 hours ago

> The recent fad for particular brands of child oriented power banks in the through hiking community is the most recent one I can think of.

This sounds interesting. Can you elaborate?

gorgoiler 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Through a chance piece of design, the leading power pack in terms of energy density is made by / branded on behalf of Haribo, a confectionary company:

https://www.ultralightnerd.com/index.php/2025/06/26/haribo-m...

What’s interesting is, like the other products, it was designed and marketed for one purpose but has become very popular for another. (Although in this case it could well just be a fashion, especially given how uniquely identifiable the product is.)

sho_hn 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's probably a reference to the Haribo power bank thing (which appears to be poorly made and dangerous).

throwaway89201 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It doesn't fit into the list as a revolution (or even 'evolution') as it's just a high-density, compact and cheap battery [1] that turns out to be quite unsafe [2].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45322135

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46071317