Solar power Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Logitech solar-powered wireless Mac keyboard loves the sun, shuns Bluetooth

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 17th, 2011)

Logitech has announced the Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac. It's the company's first solar-powered keyboard, for environmentally conscious Mac users. The K750 offers the standard Mac layout, with the addition of brightness and music controls, eject keys, and command keys. It also ...

Apple wins patent for solar-powered portable device

by David Quilty (Jan 13th, 2011)

We recently covered how Apple was awarded 563 patents in 2010, but a patent approval announced today is for something we first mentioned back in January of 2010 -- a patent for power management circuitry for solar-powered portable devices. Patently Apple is reporting that the US Patent and ...

TUAW Review and Giveaway: A couple of products for green Apples

by Steven Sande (Aug 30th, 2010)

Just about every time you turn around, there's another ad for a green product. Cleaners, cars, food products, you name it. Well, the trend was bound to make it to the Apple market, and we're happy to say that we have two products to tell you about. Even better, you have a chance to win one of these ...

Apple patents subsurface solar cells for media players

by Chris Rawson (Jun 2nd, 2010)

Patently Apple has revealed that Apple continues to explore solar power options for recharging its portables, including iPhones and iPads. The latest patent information is intriguing: rather than slapping a solar panel on the back of the device, Apple wants to embed the solar cells below the ...

Apple patent filings outline input device gestures, solar iPods and iPhones

by Steven Sande (Jan 23rd, 2010)

Apple's reputation as an innovator doesn't seem to be waning at all. Two recent patent applications published Thursday on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Web site show that Apple is dreaming of new gestures using input devices and solar-powered iPods and iPhones. These applications are just a ...

Solar powered iPhone case may not work when visiting the Sun

by Aron Trimble (Dec 8th, 2008)

Eco-friendly traveler? Check! Hip professional? Check! Outdoor enthusiast? Check! Hip profess--wait a minute! OK, so Solar Arcadia may not have the greatest product pages around but that does not stop them from offering this environmentally friendly piece of iPhone case awesomeness. The case is ...

Solar iPhone? Probably not

by Erica Sadun (May 29th, 2008)

TUAW reader Maaz sent in this link to a Forbes story about a possible solar-powered iPhone. We recently posted about Apple's new Solar Energy patent so it's not a big jump to start seeing articles speculating on how that new technology will be used and expressed in Apple's product line. I have ...

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