The age of solar power is upon us, and it’s time to spread the knowledge of the benefits reaped from residential solar capabilities. Your home’s energy consumption may not change much, but solar energy is renewable.
There’s no need to mine for coal. There’s no service interruption to worry about and much more. Take a moment to read over a few of the most impactful benefits of residential solar power, and consider making the switch today.
[Read more…]Have you ever been walking outside, looked up to the sky, and thought to yourself that there is a gigantic wall of burning energy just waiting for you to tap into it? This is not that abstract of the thought process. Solar energy is a gigantic untapped resource.
At least on a global or corporate level, businesses aren’t doing everything that they can to utilize this resource. That means that you have a little bit of leeway to figure out how to make the sun work for you.
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Rocking chairs have never gone out of fashion, although one almost always thinks of their grandma when these comfy chairs are mentioned. Then again, you see all sorts of rocking chairs these days, and many of them your grandma would never think of buying!
Now a group of geniuses from MIT have created the rocking chair of the future. Dubbed the MIT SOFT Rocker, it is more than your ordinary rocking chair. It can function as an outdoor lounge, and it can even recharge your plethora of gadgets!
The best thing about the SOFT Rocker is that it does not need to be plugged in to provide you the juice that you need. It has a built-in array of solar panels at the top, which will soak up all of the sun’s rays. At the end of the day, you will have your own light and still be able to charge whatever device you have that is running low on power.
More than using the sun’s rays to power up, the SOFT Rocker also makes use of kinetic movement. As you shift and change your position, this piece of furniture also takes your movements into consideration by “using the human power of balance to create an interactive 1.5 axis 35 watt solar tracking system.” The Rocker does this courtesy of an “interactive real time energy feedback loop.”
The SOFT Rocker has a 12 ampere-hour battery that stores the charge that it collects from the sun, and you can charge devices via USB connection. The furniture is made of soft wood panels as well as a robotic arm.
I can already imagine having one of these in the balcony (if it fits), soaking in the warm tropical sun, and traveling the world via the Internet. Or maybe reading a book while listening to music coming from the iPod. No matter which I angle I look, this Rocker seems to be the perfect piece of outdoor furniture. Unless you live in Antartica.
Seriously, it really is a genius design, something which will probably have a place in the trendiest of lawns. And while there are no details as to the production date, pricing, and release, it looks like this concept is actually going to be more than a concept.
Via ARTS AT MIT
If you are an outdoor person and you want to bring along your electronic gadgets such as your PDA, then this one is a cool gadget you might want to have.
You can now charge your PDA without using electricity. Just use the power of the sun to charge your PDA.
Sunpal PDA solar battery charge is made from high density single crystalline solar cell. This means it can generate more power than others of the same size. Each unit includes two shatterproof solar panel that quickly charge your PDA’s batteries in 1-3 hours. Will not melt, yellow or degrade with use. Made with durable polycarbonate plastic shell, the SunPal is nearly unbreakable.
A built in charge regulator will allow you to safely charge your PDA without damaging your batteries.
Here is a list of PDAs compatible with this Solar Charger
* Palm m500 and m505 handhelds
* Palm Tungsten T
* Palm i705
* Palm m125
* Palm™ m130
* Palm m500
* Palm m505
* Palm m515
* Charges your iPAQ H3100, H3600, H3700 series
* Compaq iPAQ H3800
* Compaq Ipaq
* Sony Clie
* Palm M/Tungsten Series & Zire 71
* iPAQ 38/39/54
* iPAQ 36/37
* Sony T/NR/NX/SL/S/J Series
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