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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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SOlo Solar Powered Table Charger

- Warner Crocker

No, it is not a Surface Computing device, but it is a big table. The Intelligent Forms SOlo is a lounge table that grabs juice from the sun and will then charge up your mobile devices. Weatherproof, it stores solar power and if you leave it in a “typical outdoor setting” for a year it can store up enough power to charge your cellphone 6800 times or your laptop 168 times. My guess is this might work well in a room with lots of windows, provided you have a screen on your device that can be read well in the sun. Of course it doesn’t come cheap coming in at about $14,000.

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Via Gizmodo

 



4/22/2008 6:13 AM MST  

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:16:36 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Do you have a lot of sun in your lounge? I don't. Also leaving a 14'000$ table outside hurts my feelings :) Am I the only one that thinks this concept is flawed????
Nikooo
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:12:32 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
That's crazy - how could it possible cost anywhere near $14000 to charge a notebook 168 times? I could probably buy a new battery every time I needed charge for much less. I am all for saving the earth, but let's save some money also, Ok?
David Howard
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:14:07 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Oh yaa - one more thing, I cannot just sit around and wait for my laptop to charge up like that girl in the ad. I am assuming she is either waiting for it to charge, or just looking cute, or both, because she sure is not working in that lean...
David Howard
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