It looks like Voltaic will be releasing a 14w solar panel bag, a huge step up from their, largely useless, at least for UMPCs, 4W bad. I hope its not a typo as the three-panel setup look exactly the same as before. If it really is 14W then I’m interested. Well almost. The design is […]
This is a solar-powered GPS and track logger. It does the things that I’ll be using my Garmin Etrex for on the tour (still delayed due to the worst summer I can remember for many years!) but in a much tidier way. Transystem Inc, the manufacturer of this product already have a solar powered GPS unit […]
Here’s a solution based on the Sunlinq 25w panel and a Xantrec 300 Plus combo lead-acid battery/inverter. Its very similar to my own solution apart from the fact that this one weighs nearly 10KG!!! A number of blogs seemed to have picked up on this solution today and are quoting 11-12 hours charging time. This figure […]
Tonight I’m doing what I’ve been doing most night for the last few months – researching solar power and solar notebook/laptop solutions. Tonight the Google search subject is expeditions. I figured that these guys must have solar computing pretty much sussed by now but I’m struggling to find a solution that can improve on my, […]
Kornel, a member of the UMPCPortal.com team, asked my why I wasn’t using a solar backpack on the tour. He was referring to products like the Juice Bag from Reware and the Voltaic Solar Backpack. [update: And someone has just told me about the Clear Blue Solarpac Series. Another option. Thanks Jon.] Reware Juice Bag […]