Solar Chargers, Anyone?
Friday
Jun 20, 2008
ForeverGeek reports that a company called QuickerTek has developed solar panels for the MacBook Air for charging while on the go. And then there are also solar-cell embedded handbags in which you can charge your mobile phone or iPod.
With energy costs surging up these days, I think it’s great to look into alternative sources. These are still expensive, though. At $1,000 a pop for the solar cells for the MacBook–that’s about half the cost of the notebook itself!
But when you’re in the middle of nowhere, without any other power sources, I bet having sunlight power your devices would sure be cool.
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.Share:
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