How solar panels are made. A bit cheesy presentation styel, but great at going back to the beginning and helping us understand how solar panels and solar chargers actually work.
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Here we go with a couple more solar chargers / solar gifts to add to our Christmas range.
Some really cool stuff on it’s way as well, so keep checking back!
Ok, so this isn’t solar powered, but it’s a great little gift. You don’t even need to tell your kids that it’s an educational gadget!
Build your own clock and then experiment with what will keep the clock running: water, toothpaste, ketchup, cola… A great educational gift for the inquisitive child:
If you’re looking for a small, portable solar powered light that you can stick just about anywhere, now there’s an answer: the solar powered window light.
Ok, so it’s only the end of October, but I know some people who start their Christmas shopping before Easter!
So here at Sentient Solar we’re delighted to release 12 solar gifts, solar gadgets, solar chargers and solar toys - one for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas (clever eh?).
We promise not to put the decorations up just yet, but we’ve got some really unusual gift ideas here, so it’s only fair that we share them with you!
So here’s a couple to get started with - we’ll keep updating the blog all week.
iPower SX portable solar charger for mobile devices - all mobile phones, iPods, MP3s and MP4 players - all in one:
‘Lightcup’ solar powered water bottle with LED lights - A water bottle that doubles up as a solar powered lantern – perfect for camping!
Clip from James May’s Big Ideas where it is shown that you can burn and melt stuff with a ’solar furnace’. The power of solar power - not quite a solar charger, but impressive anyway!
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Solar Helicopter a solar gift for children (or a solar gadget for a grown up!)
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Q. Most solar mobile phone and iPod chargers that i’ve found are only compatible with Motorola or other expensive phones. I have a Sprint Sanyo mobile phone. And since I am interested in purchasing one, I would like it to work with my products. Also, I’m on a budget, but please leave me whatever suggestions you have. Thanks!
A. Battech’s stylish but durable iPower is the very latest solar charger to hit the UK market. It can charge Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung phones, all PSPs, iPods, iPhone, iTouch and more. This retails at £39.99. A cheaper alternative compact solar phone charger, compatible with most Nokia, Seimens, Motorola and Sony Ericsson mobile phones can be found here - this retails at £19.99, but won’t charger iPods.
Mobile phone charger:
Over time we’ll be looking at the positive ecological effect of using solar chargers rather than conventional energy sources. Here is an example of a question we found on the net with regards to this:
Q. How much will I save pollutionwise each time I charge my cellphone?
A. You are doing the right thing to protect our environment! I suppose your solar charger peak output is 10watt? Let’s say you charge every other day ,then you save 10*360/2=1800watt one year!
It all helps!
Welcome to the blog for the Sentient Solar website. We hope that over time this blog will be an informative, fun place to find out about what’s new in the world of solar equipment, whether it be solar chargers, gadgets, kits or some completely product in the market who we think you should know about. We’re going to avoid the hard sell here - we’d be happy if you pick up something useful and get something from this, whether you visit our main site or not.
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