Small-scale solar power comes to electronics
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Can you sip solar energy to juice your electronics? Yes, for smaller gadgets and batteries, but laptops are trickier.
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Real Goods Solar gets ready to join the mix.
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Semiconductor chips that can manage a good bit of their own upkeep are moving closer to reality.
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WEARABLE solar panels that help charge mobile phones or music players are likely to come on sale within three years, the New Scientist says.
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A Scottish engineer has figured out how to tame microscopic wires, making it easier to build smaller microprocessors, which will eventually lead to smaller supercomputers.
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Wind and solar energy could be used to set up mobile phone networks in rural areas without power.
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An electronic device that uses spinach to convert light into electrical charge has been developed by US researchers. Shuguang Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, and research collaborators
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A tiny generator that harnesses vibrations to produce power has been created by British scientists.
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A team of US scientists show off a novel device that harvests energy from human movements.
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Richard Thompson, who began powering his home with solar power in 2001, has found that power is the easy part. Generating interest takes work.
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light, at a cost competitive with other power sources. Now they are close, using the sunâs heat instead.
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SDE BOKER, Israel  - Reflective dishes may be the answer to make solar energy competitive with conventional sources of power, Israeli scientists say.
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British researchers warn that the proliferation of power-hungry devices is demanding more energy.
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Electronics manufacturers are designing products that are smaller and lighter, yet offering more and more gadgets that travelers feel compelled to take with them.
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It sounds crazy, but itâs true! Scientists have developed wearable solar panels that can be sewed into clothing, helping charge music players, mobile phones, light batteriesâ¦ This innovative product is likely to hit the market in three years time.
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Prototype 90-nanometer radio chip promises more power than current CMOS technology.
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A push into the solar sector could benefit the company.