Ever gone for a long bike ride in unfamiliar territory? Probably
used your phone's GPS to help navigate, right? Convenient.
However, that also makes running out of juice more than just a
small annoyance. Siva Cycle's Atom might just solve that, and a
host of other battery issues for the tech-bound biker.  The
Atom, a Kickstarter project that launches today, is a small
device that connects to your bike and converts the mechanical,
locomotive energy into an electrical charge for your gadgets. In
practical terms, it will charge an iPhone one percent for every
two minutes of pedaling. That should be enough to at least keep
the battery meter from dropping while you're using an intensive
navigation program. It can charge your device directly via
included USB cables, or it can charge its own removable 1300mAh
battery, which you can take with you when you stop and use as an
external battery for your phone.  The rub for the Atom is that
it's super small, easy to install, and, supposedly, reliable.
It's a low-profile,