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How to improve solar charging PC efficiency for consumer devices.
Last Thursday I spent a lot of time analyzing exactly how efficient my charging solution was with a real-life test. What dropped out was a rather poor picture of how inefficient the whole solar...
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Solar UMPCs on the Appalachian trail.
It’s nice to see that someone else is as tech mad as me! Scott, currently residing in Cubicle 13, has decided to get out of the rat race for 18 months and he’s taking a UMPC and Solar panel with him....
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14W Solar bag. Useful but expensive.
It looks like Voltaic will be releasing a 14w solar panel bag, a huge step up from their, largely useless, at least for UMPCs, 4W bad. I hope its not a typo as the three-panel setup look exactly the...
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Solar-UMPC-powered web server testing.
Yes, its that time of year again where we get the first encouraging days of sunshine in Europe so I’ve been into the cellar and dusted-off my Sunlinq 24W solar panel. Sun strength for the last 2.5...
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The Cheap, All-In-One Solar PC. iUnika Solar Announced.
Does this mean goodbye to my solar panel, my 1KG lead-acid battery and the box full of cables I have? Does these mean that you won’t have to spend over $1000 on a Solar UMPC kit now? iUnika have...
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Viliv S10 Netbook as Solar-Powered Desktop (Cont’d)
I talked yesterday about my testing with the Viliv S10 and my 24w solar panel. Today I’ve implemented the solution as my desktop PC. Previously (for the last 5 months) I had been using a Fujitsu U820...
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Changers Smart Solar Charging Kit and Community
The consumer-focused solar charging sector has been damaged in recent years by the influx of cheap China-manufacture red solar chargers that really don’t do what they say. This solution from...
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Changers Smart Solar Kit Arrived
The Changers solar panel, power pack/data logger and community is an interesting concept and, I think, a well designed product. Lithium battery charging and solar power don’t fit together easily but...
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Anker 14 W of Solar Power for $59.99 (Hands-On)
Weighing just 800 grams and packing 14 W of maximum output the Anker 14W portable foldable solar charger looks like a bargain at $59.99 / €49.99. I stumbled across this at CeBIT 2015 in Hannover and...
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1 Watt! Spring solar PC testing with the HP Stream 8.
It’s the 23rd of March. We’re into Spring in Europe and the sun has just moved above my neighbor’s house. According to the local weatherstation there’s 365 W/m2 hitting ground level. I’m getting 1...
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