Ken Torino

The Sprocket Socket

At the end of May, we featured a blog post about a group of students at the Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, CA, who were modifying a K-TOR® Pocket Socket for a high school project. As part of their final design project in their Intro to Engineering course, the team planned to mount our hand […] Read more

K-TOR Launches Affiliate Program

We recently launched our affiliate program with Commission Junction as a way to foster sales and brand awareness.  Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate (aslo known as the publisher). Commission Junction operates one of the […] Read more

1,000 Likes on Facebook

We now have over 1,000 likes on our facbook page.  Over the past few months we’ve been working to take advantage of all the new features and functionality of Facebook’s timeline page.  Now you can read our blog posts, watch our youtube videos, look at pictures, and check the lastest updates all from our facebook […] Read more

K-TOR Generators Power Ham Radio Equipment

Last weekend K-TOR founder Ken Torino (KB1YAO) attended the 2012 ARRL Field Day, visiting Rev. Homer Harden (KD8LNU) and other members of the Northern Panhandle Amateur Radio Club in Eastern Ohio. One of the main goals for the ARRL Field Day is to conduct an emergency Ham Radio test.  We also wanted to verify that our generators […] Read more

10,000 Views on K-TOR YouTube Channel

Total video views on our YouTube channel recently passed 10,000! About a year ago we uploaded the first video to our YouTube channel.  It was a quick clip of the Pocket Socket hand crank generator charging an HTC Aria Android smartphone.  Since then we’ve added three more videos, one instructional and two promotional, and have another […] Read more

K-TOR to Attend ARRL Field Day

This weekend (June 23-24) K-TOR founder and certified radio amateur Kenneth Torino will attend the 2012 ARRL Field Day.  The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the largest association of radio amateurs in the country with over 150,000 members.  Also called ham radio, amateur radio is the use of designated radio frequency specturm for purposes of private recreation, […] Read more

K-TOR Generators Make Perfect Father’s Day Gifts

In case anyone forgot, this Sunday June 17 is Father’s Day! Choosing a father’s day gift can sometimes be a challenge because let’s face it, they already have so many things! This year, in the spirit of 2012, why not get Dad a K-TOR Pocket Socket hand crank generator? Chances are the father you are […] Read more

K-TOR Power Box Featured in Business Punk Magazine

A few months ago  we were contacted by Business Punk, a German business lifestyle magazine.  They saw our pedal power generator listed on our website and wanted additional information about the Power Box for a feature they were putting together.We sent them over a media kit and they ended up including our product in a […] Read more

K-TOR Supporting Student Engineering Project

Last month, a few students from the Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, California contacted us requesting we send them a Pocket Socket hand crank generator for their engineering project. Their goal is to mount the Pocket Socket on a bicycle so that devices like tablets and smartphones can be charged while riding.  We think […] Read more

Essential Emergency Preparedness Items Powered by K-TOR Generators

This post is the first in a series that will highlight the wide range of gadgets and electronic devices that are compatible with our generators.  Each post will be centered around a theme, activity, or situation in which one of our generators would be useful. Since last week was National Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada, we […] Read more

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