All the stories tagged with Solar
General Electric offers solar-powered carousel
03/20/2011, General Electric has decided to take a 1926 carnival carousel from the past and add a futuristic touch to it – by covering it with innovative thin film panels from GE which rely on a cadmium telluride semiconductor in order [...]
British soldiers go green with special solar-powered suits
03/16/2011, A team of researchers over at the University of Glasgow are developing new suits to make soldiers better and more efficient while on the battlefield. One of the main problems with current soldier equipment is that they need to carry [...]
Solar-powered LED T-shirt keeps you motivated to move
03/16/2011, If you don’t like the idea of a trainer or somebody telling you to get out of the house to run some laps, maybe a less aggressive reminder would do the trick. How about a solar-powered LED shirt instead? Lingon [...]
Retractable Mobile Solar Unit can be used to provide electricity in emergencies
03/09/2011, If there’s one thing inconvenient about solar panels it’s that they’re huge and impractical to bring around with you. Well the folks in OS, Japan, have come up with something called the Mobile Solar Unit GSR-110B – a portable power [...]
Sonelis Greendix Lumileaf solar LED desk lamp
02/16/2011, What better way to use solar power than to power lights that work at night? The folks over at Sonelis Technologies, a custom solar panel supplier has just introduced Greendix’s nature inspired Lumileaf solar LED desk lamp. Featuring an elegant [...]
Umeox Apollo Android phone loves basking in the sun
02/14/2011, We all know that most smartphones these days require a whole lot of juice to last throughout the day, and more often than not, most road warriors tend to charge their devices whenever there is a power outlet nearby. The [...]
The Music Tank runs on solar power
02/14/2011, If you thought all tanks were about blowing things up (or storing water), be prepared to have your eyes opened by the Music Tank. While it isn’t essentially a tank, it sure looks and moves around like one. The Music [...]
SolarWindows sounds too good to be true
02/10/2011, It goes without saying that having your windows come with some sort of photovoltaic capability would be one of the more ideal inventions to reduce the amount of juice required from the grid, and that idea has been further explored [...]
Solar-wind bridge concept aims to harvest energy
02/07/2011, Sometimes, things in life are so simple that we miss it – and so are solutions to some problems that have plagued us for many a time. Take for example this solar-wind bridge concept that relies on the fact that [...]
Hot Liner solar cookers: so you don’t have to start fires anymore
02/04/2011, Don’t you just hate it when you’re out camping and you can’t seem to get a fire going to boil some water or cook your food? Wish there was an easier way that didn’t require you bring a portable stove [...]
Spark Tablet Case keeps your iPad safe and juiced up
02/03/2011, There have been a plethora of tablet cases available for the iPad but what caught our attention about the Spark Tablet Case is that it is lined with solar panels. The Spark Tablet Case by Voltaic, has enough solar panels [...]
Hot-Liner concept flexible solar stove
02/02/2011, If you’re the kind of person who is too lazy to start a fire while camping, you’ll probably love this concept device. The Hot-Liner is a flexible panel that is rigid enough to be used as a stovetop. It’s designed [...]
Solaris Red concept watch is powered by the sun
02/02/2011, Designer Olivier Demangel decided to develop a new concept watch which is solar-powered, where the solar cell itself is part of the overall stylish design. Granted, a solar-powered watch is not exactly new these days, but bear in mind that [...]
