Registered: Feb 2001
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there has been solar battery charger out there for VDX owners(see other thread from 1999!), but one for Prism owners just came out.
(www.ask-corp.co.jp/palm/scotty.htm)
looks kinda neat, too.
it said "visor(on its way)", but bunch of e-mail from visor fanatics might make it come here faster...


my dream is a jacket having solar panels on shoulders and back, put visor and MD player and mobilephone in pockets, and jackets recharge them for me while I`m walking. if it has built-in AC(using idea that Sharper Image came up last year), that would be really "cool", you know.

u-key

Last edited by u-key on 03-12-2001 at 08:53 PM

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Oxford, OH
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my dream is a jacket having solar panels on shoulders and back, put visor and MD player and mobilephone in pockets, and jackets recharge them for me while I`m walking. if it has built-in AC(using idea that Sharper Image came up last year), that would be really "cool", you know.

u-key

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This is not quite your jacket you always wanted... but the technology for the recharging pockets is being worked on (in a way). This site, http://www.design.philips.com/vof/v...d2/recharge.htm shows a system of recharging trays, which you could just throw appliances (small appliances ) in, and they charge. Pretty cool, if you ask me.
-Russ

Registered: Sep 1999
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Typo in URL

Here's the correct URL:

http://www.ask-corp.co.jp/palm/scotty.htm

Registered: Feb 2001
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thankc, I mean thanks

u-key

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Nebraska- the Good life
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Radioshack.com offers a few solar battery rechargers. One version charges AAA and AA batteries, has a sotrage space internally, AND offers a variety of jacks and connectors to do things like trickle charge a car battery, power things with a DC power jack, and so on.

Not super portable, it is the size of a hardcover dictionary, but lighter. The lid has the panels and it opens up to different angles to catch the sun the best.

Pretty cool for a basecamp and that sort of thing!