Skip to content
  • Twitter

Solar UMPC

Solar Power Solutions for Mobile Computing.

  • Solar Tour 2007
  • Solar Power News
  • Solar Equipment
  • Report
  • Solar PCs
  • Solar Panel
  • Software

Category: Solar Power News

Steve Chippy PaineMarch 24, 2009April 14, 2015Solar Power News

Solar Charger from Aigo

SolarCharger_1Originally uploaded by Marcel Nuernberger I checked this one out at CeBIT 2009 earlier this month and it looked very interesting. Tidy design too. The problem is, as with many of these consumer devices, they dont even list the capacity of the cells which indicates that this one is more for the MP3 brigade rather […]

Steve Chippy PaineDecember 13, 2008April 14, 2015Solar Power News5 Comments

Taking the iPhone off the power grid.

Kevin Tofel, an eco-friendly blogger at the excellent mobile-focused website JKOnTheRun has bought himself a solar-powered battery-pack and plans to run his iPhone for as long as he can without connecting it to the mains power. The charger is a Solio Classic with a 6wh capacity cell. The iPhone has a 5wh cell. At first […]

Steve Chippy PaineOctober 26, 2008April 14, 2015Solar Equipment3 Comments

Emergency Computing for the Masses.

When I did the Solar UMPC tour in 2007, it was an expensive job pulling together all the equipment. Foldable solar panels and ultra mobile computers were specialist items and difficult to find. The UMPC alone cost over 1100 Euro and had to be ordered through a specialist. Fortunately, Intel are starting to deliver on […]

Steve Chippy PaineJune 23, 2008April 14, 2015Solar Power News1 Comment

Voltaic Generator Solar Bag. Enough power for a UMPC.

SelectSolar in the UK have just emailed me to let me know that Voltaic have an improved Solar Bag solution. You might remember that I was considering a JuiceBag for the tour last year but in the end the idea was dropped because the wattage wasn’t high enough. This solution from Voltaic bumps the wattage […]

Steve Chippy PaineMay 26, 2008April 14, 2015Solar Power News

Solar cells on Portable devices. Apple Patent.

MacRumors have just reported on a patent filed by Apple that shows how they see a possibility to integrate solar cells into the display panel. Solar panels will have to get much more efficient and power-drain reduced down to the sub 5W range before this technique has legs for any form of general computing device. […]

Steve Chippy PaineOctober 11, 2007April 14, 2015Solar Power News

Solar UMPCs on the Appalachian trail.

It’s nice to see that someone else is as tech mad as me! Scott, currently residing in Cubicle 13, has decided to get out of the rat race for 18 months and he’s taking a UMPC and Solar panel with him. 18 Months! 6 months of that will be on the Appalachian trail! Scott is […]

Steve Chippy PaineSeptember 4, 2007April 14, 2015Solar Power News1 Comment

Is someone copying me?

Found on Flickr. …and there’s my version.

Steve Chippy PaineJune 22, 2007April 14, 2015Solar Power News

InterSolar 2007. Nothing for Solar-UMPC fans.

It was an early start yesterday. 0445 rise and bus at 0530. 5 hours later after three trains and another bus I arrived at InterSolar 2007 in Freiburg, Germany hoping to find out how I could improve the UMPC Solar kit at Europe’s biggest solar expo. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much there for consumers at all. It was […]

Steve Chippy PaineJune 20, 2007April 14, 2015Solar Power News

HiTechWealth Solar Mobile phone is encouraging.

To know that there’s a commercially available solar-powered mobile phone gives me a lot of inspiration and encouragement that one day in the near future we’ll be able to design UMPCs with infinite standby capability. You could have a panel and electronics that senses light levels and keeps the device in standby (or even turned on) […]

Posts navigation

Newer posts

Solar UMPC

Testing mobile, personal solar equipment and techniques with the ultimate aim of running a PC from the sun - an Ultra Mobile Solar PC.

Recent Posts

  • Solartab 48 Wh power-pack has 5W solar panel
  • Quick Test: Anker 14W solar panel and Windows Tablet
  • 1 Watt! Spring solar PC testing with the HP Stream 8.
  • Anker 14 W of Solar Power for $59.99 (Hands-On)
  • Intel’s Alternative Power Architecture and a 35% efficient Solar Panel

Recent Comments

  • Augusto Mateo on Quick Test: Anker 14W solar panel and Windows Tablet
  • Plugging Laptops into the Sun with a Smart Solar Charger on Intel’s Alternative Power Architecture and a 35% efficient Solar Panel
  • Smart Solar Chargers Let You Charge Your Laptop With The Sunv on Intel’s Alternative Power Architecture and a 35% efficient Solar Panel
  • Plugging Laptops into the Sun with a Smart Solar Charger | Petit News on Intel’s Alternative Power Architecture and a 35% efficient Solar Panel
  • Ireen APPLY it Yourself on Quick Test: Anker 14W solar panel and Windows Tablet
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Fara by JustFreeThemes.  Back to top