racoma.com.phJ. Angelo Racoma on technology, economics, writing, problogging, and getting things done

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.

I got Panasonic Oxyride batteries for my digicam. Here’s a mini review/writeup on this new cell technology:

Was
there ever a time in your life when you had just that perfect photo
moment, but your camera suddenly runs out of juice? Or you always carry
your pocket-sized
digicam in your, well, pocket, but when you find the need to slip it
out for that once-in-a-lifetime scene, you find out your NiMH
rechargables had self-discharged over the weekend.”

Read more at Pinoy.tech.blog