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14 Jun 2011 10:49

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Tech: Google invests a crapload of money in solar power

Google’s $280 million investment in Solar City, which leases solar cells to residential consumers at costs lower than traditional power, could be a long-term boon for green energy. source
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05 Jun 2011 11:26

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Tech: What the world needs next: Solar-powered laptops

  • This needs to exist someday: As anyone with a laptop already knows, the worst possible place to use a machine like this is in the sun, because the screen is hard to see and you have to pump up the brightness to even compete, meaning that you’ll lose a ton of battery life in the process. But in this concept by designer Andrea Ponti, it actually works with the sun, using it as a source of energy thanks to its built-in solar panels. The Luce Solar Panel Powered PC, a shortlisted entry in Fujitsu’s 2011 design competition, has a battery but doesn’t include a secondary power source, meaning it’s all solar. Which is awesome. source
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