MacRumors has discovered a new patent from Apple which involves the use of solar panel to power its portable devices. Just imagine, we wouldn’t have to keep our iPods, iPhones for charging as it can be done on the go.
Solar panels, however, take unnecessary space which makes it difficult to integrate it on the device. But Apple is supposedly worked out a solution for that too. They have placed the panels behind the LCD screen so that the look of the device does not change and also the light passes through the LCD.
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Solar energy concept has really come to a spot of its progression where it power a variety of equipments, from powering the full home down to compact consumer electronics gizmos. It’s remarkable to know that people have other endless supply of electricity and it is clean compare to the standard method of generating electricity. Don’t be surprised more on this in the long term and also expect a lot nations to compliment those who are making use of the solar power advances. I’m among those folks who are grateful to use the free energy changed into functional electricty for home which power the home equipment, water heating and down to chargers for notebook computers, ipods, mp3 players and a lot more.