LG's Solar-Powered E-Reader and 5 Other Gadgets
LG's solar-powered E-Reader prototype is the the latest to get techies outside and under the sun with their gear. We're used to seeing solar gadget concepts, as they seem to pop up every few months at one trade show or another. But as time passes, more of these concepts become actual products. Here are five more of our favorite solar gadgets, real or theoretical:
Meet Gyy, The First Solar Powered Netbook
Spanish company iUnika is set to launch next month an uber-cheap (and uber wimpy) netbook that runs on solar power.
First Look: Sharp's Solar-Powered Cell Phone
Cell phone addicts, listen up: The dreaded low-battery beep may soon be a thing of the past. Sharp has just unveiled the world's first solar-powered cell phone. Ready to get charged?
PG&E hopes to capture solar power from space by 2016
California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is looking to outer space to find a new source of solar power to generate cheaper and cleaner electricity.
MIT builds solar-powered race car that runs all day
A group of researchers at MIT have developed an out-of-the-ordinary new race car, one that isnt dependent on gasoline. Thats right, the team has built a car that runs on solar power.
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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