If the power goes out in your neighbourhood, you may have to rely on solar power to get by and communicate with these gadgets ...

It’s much easier for small, handheld solar gadgets, which work just fine with a small rechargeable battery or even a big capacitor. [Jamie Matthews], for instance, built a loudspeaker that runs ...

so if one of the small cells fails a large percentage of the panel may be rendered useless with no way to repair it. A solar development kit like this one from a group called Biosphere Solar is ...

It can charge a typical laptop eight times or power a small refrigerator or powered cooler for over 15 hours. The Jackery Explorer 1000 can be charged with solar panels or a 12-volt outlet in your ...