29 Feb
Solar Powered Laptop Would Be a Nice Idea If It Worked
It might look like a retro cross between the original iBook and an OLPC, but this solar powered notebook concept from Nikola Knezevic is all about the future. The future of the planet. The made-up specs include satellite phone, satellite link, GPS and “World Wide Web access”.
The point, though, is the solar panel, something which would ideally provide wall-wart independence to every notebook. Why, then, do we not see more sun-powered laptops? Because to generate enough power, they have to look like this:
Pictured is the Solar Power System, a $400 nerd-pack from Radiolabs . Give me a power-brick any day.
Product page [Nikola Design via Digg]
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