Solar Sustainability

Charge your gear with the power of the sun.

People are starting to look up to our fuel situation, up to the sun. Gadgets of all different applications are being made with built in solar panels to charge greenly and freely. 
Here’s some of the more interesting inventions out there that use solar panels to charge.

A thumb drive of up to 2 gigs contains a small solar panel which displays the remaining memory, and solar powered portable mp3 players in the works. See them here on engadget.com

More practically, Justin Thomas on Treehugger.com describes how he uses a $20 solar charger bought on eBay to charges all his portables, a few lamps and a surround sound stereo system.

Solar paneled messenger bags and laptop cases keep eco-friendly in style. Read about messenger bags here, and here for the solar laptop case that charges.

With your solar panel case, you could get a biodegradable solar power laptop by iUnika to match. Check out the sustainability on this baby.

Even cars are on a move to use renewable energy sources. SEV (Solar Electric Vehicles) has created a “solar suit”, a solar charging system for hybrid vehicles. The SEV system charges the hybrid car’s batteries and lengthens drive times in electric mode.

And that’s just a tiny fraction of all the solar powered gadgets out there, giving a promising look in to the future of solar power.

-Tristia VanNiekerk