I like the idea but i dont think it would work to be honest... If we were sitting out in the garden or anyewhere outside in the open air then it would be pretty usefull providing its sunny but most of the time when we would use portable things would be traveling, like on a train or bus where the light, especially on a train, is restricted a lot. I wonder if they could use a solar panel to ru na UV light which would then provide the power for the solar panel...an infinite loop of energy! i doubt it would be able to power any other electronics as well as the uv light though shame!

i think the best idea for where i live (england) would be hydro power....britain is a blody island for god's sake!!! we have endless supply of water from tides and the tidal flow in the river Thames is awesome! its just not bbeing used for anything! useless government...

for places like america and australia solar power would be great...and those cool black tanks that heat up in the sun and turn the water inside into steam and use that to power turbines, thats a great idea!

Hey, I saw this thing on the internet. It is really cool. Unless you live in a place were it isn't tht sunny. But for all those who live in places like Arizona, Florida, California, man this is a cool thing. Never have to get a battery. lol. Very cool find.

Personally, i think solar power is really interesting and possibly something of the future. Especially for small devices like PPCs and other handhelds. I mean it seems like the cheapo calculators do fine running off of them when the battery dies or is removed. The only big downside though is of course that clouds and other things cover the sun so batteries are still always needed. I think in the future soon enough someone will develope a better way to harvest/refine solar energy and then everything may be able to run off of it with some sort of backup supply. anyways, thats my opinion...and as you can see solar energy interests me so yea. c yall around.
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