A battery-powered goggle capable of performing a powered function within the goggle comprising: a goggle body having wiring therein and first and second ends (101, 103); a lens retained within said goggle body; first and second extension members (106, 108) connected to said goggle body, each said extension member (106, 108) having a first end (105, 109), a second end (107, 111), an inner surface (93, 95) and an outer surface (120, 122), each said extension member (106, 108) having wiring therein connected to the wiring in said goggle body for interconnecting a battery to the wiring in said goggle body, each said extension member (106, 108) defining at least one concave molded cavity (124, 126) open to one of the inner surface (93, 95) of the extension member (106, 108) and the outer surface (120, 122) of the extension member (106, 108) and having defined within the cavity contacts (147, 148, 149, 150) for interconnecting the battery to the wiring in said extension member (106, 108), the first end (105, 109) of each said extension member (106, 108) being connected with respective first and second ends (101, 103) of the goggle body, wherein the goggle body and extension members (106, 108) are integrally connected and made of a material sufficiently flexible for conforming to the contours of a user's head or helmet; a strap portion having first and second ends (113, 115), the first end of said strap portion being connected with the second end of said first extension member and the second end of said strap portion being connected with the second end of said second extension member; a plurality of batteries; a plurality of battery pods, each said battery pod comprising a container containing at least one of said batteries and adapted for being releasably retained in any cavity (124, 126) of any said extension member (106, 108), each said battery pod adapted for providing a contact between at least one of said batteries in the container and the contacts (147, 148, 149, 150) within any cavity (124, 126) of any said extension member (106, 108), whereby transmission of power from the batteries to power the goggle is enabled. a goggle body having wiring therein and first and second ends (101, 103); a lens retained within said goggle body; first and second extension members (106, 108) connected to said goggle body, each said extension member (106, 108) having a first end (105, 109), a second end (107, 111), an inner surface (93, 95) and an outer surface (120, 122), each said extension member (106, 108) having wiring therein connected to the wiring in said goggle body for interconnecting a battery to the wiring in said goggle body, each said extension member (106, 108) defining at least one concave molded cavity (124, 126) open to one of the inner surface (93, 95) of the extension member (106, 108) and the outer surface (120, 122) of the extension member (106, 108) and having defined within the cavity contacts (147, 148, 149, 150) for interconnecting the battery to the wiring in said extension member (106, 108), the first end (105, 109) of each said extension member (106, 108) being connected with respective first and second ends (101, 103) of the goggle body, wherein the goggle body and extension members (106, 108) are integrally connected and made of a material sufficiently flexible for conforming to the contours of a user's head or helmet; a strap portion having first and second ends (113, 115), the first end of said strap portion being connected with the second end of said first extension member and the second end of said strap portion being connected with the second end of said second extension member; a plurality of batteries; a plurality of battery pods, each said battery pod comprising a container containing at least one of said batteries and adapted for being releasably retained in any cavity (124, 126) of any said extension member (106, 108), each said battery pod adapted for providing a contact between at least one of said batteries in the container and the contacts (147, 148, 149, 150) within any cavity (124, 126) of any said extension member (106, 108), whereby transmission of power from the batteries to power the goggle is enabled.