[BNM] laptop solar bag - anyone

[Hugh Sweeney]

Nick Tong wrote:
>yeah i noticed that - maybe if i consume enough pizza and beer i can get
>enough 'solar real estate' on my back to power one up.  Still it's a step
>closer.
>
>Wireless electricity and solar power... now that's the future ;)


If there isn't enough sunshine in Sourhern California to power a laptop,
you're going to need a huge area of bodily real estate in this country
to deliver enough solar power.

But if you've consumed enough pizza and beer, then /you/ are a huge
source of power. Just attach a hand-cranked charger (like the OLPC
design) and away you go.

Works at night too, when even Pasadena can't guarantee sunshine.

And best of all, unlike the Voltaic solar bag, it doesn't scream "Thief,
look! Loads of high-value, easily-fenced goodies in here".

Hugh
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