Earth-Friendly Tech
Eclipse Solar Gear Hybrid Notebook Case
Instead of looking to the heavens for hope and guidance when your laptop battery sputters out, you'll soon be able to look skyward for some actual laptop-resuscitating power. While Eclipse's messenger bags already use a built-in solar panel to power small gadgets such as cell phones and iPods, the company's upcoming, yet to be priced Hybrid Notebook Case will use the sun to feed wattage to an auxiliary battery capable of powering dead computers.
Instead of looking to the heavens for hope and guidance when your laptop battery sputters out, you'll soon be able to look skyward for some actual laptop-resuscitating power. While Eclipse's messenger bags already use a built-in solar panel to power small gadgets such as cell phones and iPods, the company's upcoming, yet to be priced Hybrid Notebook Case will use the sun to feed wattage to an auxiliary battery capable of powering dead computers.
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