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Portable Solar Chargers: Tempting Toys

Solar power and technological gadgets are two things that interest me, so I’ve long thought about buying a portable solar-powered charger with visions of charging my devices with free, universally available power. The catch is that while these devices may be tempting gadgets, they’re really of limited practical use to most of us.
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Solar Plastic?

CNet’s Green Tech blog is reporting on solar company Konarka which has developed what amounts to solar-powered plastic. Flexible solar cells are not new, but this seems to take things a step further in that solar cells would be easily integrated with just about anything plastic. They are not as efficient as rooftop-type solar panels, […]