No matter how power saving an laptop is, a laptop cell can not maintain a long time. And the Lion cell will cause big pollution for the environment. So solar power laptop comes into designers mind. Now IT Geeg introduce 2 solar power notebook for you.
Samsung Solar Cell Equipped Laptop NC2155
Samsung NC2155 is first unveiled solar power notebook. Samsung released it on June, 2011 and will be available on August. It’s equipped with a solar power panel and Lion cell. The backup lion cell can give an hour of battery life after charging for two hours in the sun. www.itgeeg.com
This solar power notebook equipped with an Intel Atom N455/N570 CPU and a 10.1 inch 1024×600 superbright LED backlit. An integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics, a 1GB RAM, an SD card slot, a webcam, WiFi and a 6-cell battery.
Fujitsu Conceptual Design Notebook
This is just a conceptual notebook. It’s awarded 2011 best design. It will rely pole on the single solar power source. It will use two solar panel and E-Link screen will backlit screen.
Solar Power Advantages & Disadvantages
Advantages are that solar power have no pollution to the environment and is the biggest power source. It’s the greenest power source.
But the disadvantage is also obviously. The power density is very low and the generator efficiency is also low. So the cost will higher than traditional power source.