If you’re keen to start playing around with solar panels, but don’t really know where to start when it comes to charge regulators, invertors and batteries, then the is pretty useful. The power pack includes a 7Ah lead acid battery, and you just connect any 12V solar panel to charge the internal battery. The power...
Samsung’s first solar-powered mobile phone has just started hitting the market, which is a dual band phone with a solar panel on the back. The phone features a 800mAh battery, which gives 5 to 10 minutes talk time for each 1 hour of sunlight reaching the solar panel. The Samsung Crest E1107 Solar-Powered Cellphone has...
The Nexus Drive Solar Pro is a solar-powered Bluetooth gadget that allows you to use your mobile phone safely and legally, but without needing to use batteries or the car charger to top up the handsfree kit battery. Two hours of bright sunlight will give you roughly an hours talk time on your mobile phone.
Konarka Technologies have announced their Roll-up Solar Charger that uses ultra-thin solar panels to harness the sun’s energy. Although the product is still in development, there will be two variations of the charger. The first version will be a direct charger that charges up devices like mobile phones and MP3 players. The second version will...
The Suntrica SolarStrap is a lightweight, flexible and wearable solar panel that can be integrated with clothing to create solar charging clothing. The internal battery is capable of storing 3.7 Wh, which is charged up by the solar panel.
The Gramo Speakers are the creation of Pekka Salokannel. The speakers fold out into a gramaphone-styled speaker that you can connect to your music player. The top three panels of the speaker contain solar panels which are used to top up the battery on your MP3 player or iPod.
If you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere, then you probably don’t have access to a power outlet. However, if you can’t live without a radio or flashlight, then the might appeal to you. The radio has the standard built-in FM and AM bands, but it can also receive the NOAA weather band. When it...
With all the solar chargers hitting the market, the is a very full-featured charger gadget that easily beats the competition when it comes to features. Essentially the charger will charge up every phone, games console, MP3 player, etc that you throw at it. The edge is that it has an LCD display giving you the...
The Energizer Solar Battery Charger was recently announced, which is a charger that charges AA and AAA batteries using the sun’s energy. It’s the first time I’ve seen a major battery manufacturer releasing their own solar charger gadget.
A chap by the name of Knut Karlsen has been playing with flexible solar panels, and developed a basic solar-powered rechargeable battery concept. Using some specially cut solar cells, the cells have been wrapped around NiMH rechargeable batteries.
