22Nov

Seven simple ways to power your laptops without using grid electricity

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Efficient enough to run on battery power, laptops are gaining more and more popularity, with companies slashing their prices to make it more affordable for a larger section of society. Though battery power is not completely a green option for the environment, its use is inevitable as it has to be used to generate and store power while switching to alternative options. However, several options are being invented, which can assist in consuming the least amount of power possible to run laptops, without totally banking on battery power or grid electricity. In this article, we will explore some simple ways to power your laptops without using grid electricity. (more…)

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19Oct

New Super-Powered Organic Solar Cells – We Can Has Solar-Powered Laptops Nao?

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The solar power industry is hard at work (we think, based on neat things they all keep telling us) improving, refining, and redefining solar technology. This week, Molecular Solar Ltd informs us that they’ve got what they describe as a “significant breakthrough in the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells.” They’ve managed a record voltage output in organic PVs, which more or less means that yes, you can power your electronic devices with solar cells.

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3Aug

10 eco friendly products to help keep your gadget gear green

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10 eco friendly products to help keep your gadget gear green

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Want to join the green bandwagon and free yourself from the guilt of not being environment conscious? Well, then here are some eco friendly products that help in doing so. Benefits of using them are immense, prominent ones being less harmful to Mother Nature and less green bill taxing. So go for these products and help make the planet greener!

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27Jun

Stunning Solar-Powered Luce Laptop is Light as Air

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Stunning Solar-Powered Luce Laptop is Light as Air

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Amidst the countless attempts to make solar power sexy, Andrea Ponti‘s Luce Laptop might just be the first computer to hit the mark. This polycarbonate-bound laptop features a light-as-air form factor that includes two photovoltaic panels that span the computer’s cover and keyboard. The elegant design allows sunlight to shine straight through the case to the panels embedded within, generating electricity for on-the-go computing.

 

Andrea Ponti‘s seamless integration of solar power into a laptop is what initially caught our eye – the majority of solar chargers out there are clunky third-party devices that require wires and bulky batteries. By contrast, the Luce laptop features an elegant integrated design that showcases the photovoltaic panels as an aesthetic and functional selling point.

As electricity prices continue to climb and solar technology steadily advances, we’d love to see a manufacturer take on this design and make it available to the public. Since laptops are portable by nature, it only makes sense for them to take advantage of one of the world’s most readily available sources of energy – the sun.

 

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14Jun

Tech Dreams: Solar-Powered Laptop

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Tech Dreams Solar-Powered Laptop

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It’s far from being a reality, but an Italian product designer has a vision for solar-powered laptops. The Luce Solar Panel Powered PC is by Andrea Ponti would be powered by two solar cells, one behind the monitor and the other under a keyboard, writes Get Solar.

 

Ponti is an industrial designer whose research is focused on international projects between Italy and Japan; his design portfolio is nothing short of impressive (check out his amazing Sustainable Water Container).

Energy conversion and battery life are the key elements that need to be improved to make this product a commercial reality. But as the Get Solar article points out, there is a technology called electronic ink display that is very energy efficient and which could provide the answer for it.

For now, the closer you’ll get to a solar power experience at the laptop is sitting at a cafe on a sunny day with a cup of coffee. Luce, however, is definitely a snapshot of things to come.


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