Ascent Solar + Samsonite = Solar Luggage
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI) yesterday announced its flexible solar panels will soon be featured on a new line of product from Samsonite, one of the world’s biggest makers of luggage....
View ArticleConcept Solar Camera Strap Makes Shutterbugs Drool
Here at GetSolar, we deal mostly with putting solar panels on or beside buildings. Occasionally, however, we talk about putting solar on other things, like luggage, radios, ipods and iphones, bluetooth...
View ArticleVodaphone Releases Solar Phone to Serve Rural India
Three days ago, Vodafone revealed a new product in Mumbai, India designed specifically to serve the millions of mobile subscribers living in rural parts of the country with limit access to electricity....
View ArticleWeekly Whacky Use of Solar Power: Solar Shavers
Solar shavers. I never would have believed they were necessary, but they do give guys freedom to get a close shave without plugging into the grid. Ecouterre describes the target demographic for this...
View ArticleMIT’s Oil-Sucking Robots Run on Solar Power
Watching the live coverage of oil spilling into the Gulf Coast, did you ever think, “If only we had a machine that could just suck up the oil on the surface of the water…”? Well, the one thing that you...
View ArticleSolar Power to Aid U.S. Soldiers in the Field
In order to meet the energy demands of front-line U.S. soldiers in remote areas of Afghanistan, two types of portable renewable energy technologies have recently been developed. The systems –which...
View ArticleNew Portable Solar Power Charger Unveiled at CES
It’s late in the day here in California, but we thought we’d relay this solar-related news tidbit coming out of Consumer Electronics Show (CES) being held this week in Las Vegas. A maker of “portable...
View ArticleRalph Lauren Solar-Powered Backpack Carries, Charges Your Stuff
In our four years as a blog, we’ve seen just about every solar-powered gadget out there, including solar surfboards, solar suitcases and a solar helmet. So, when Ralph Lauren recently announced the...
View ArticleSolar Powered Computer Could Become ‘Greenest Laptop Ever Made’
We’ve seen a slew of solar-powered chargers designed for use with personal electronics. Here’s but one example. But how about getting rid of all the plug-in peripherals and instead go with a laptop...
View ArticleSamsung to Release New Solar Power Netbook with 14-Hour Battery
It must be the year of the solar laptop. Or something… Earlier this month, we relayed a few images of a solar-powered laptop concept by Italian designer Andrea Ponti. Not to be outdone, Samsung...
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