[LINK] Innovation....in electricity storage, distribution, and generation...Re: Samsung's $399 Solar-Powered Netbook, the NC215S

[Marghanita da Cruz]

It is interesting, how we are conditioned to think in a particular way. A 
neighbour complained that the power was turned off and she lost her work on 
her PC...I thought about this and realised, that one of the benefits of 
netbooks/laptops is the UPS (aka rechargeable battery).

One of the most popular stands at CeBit, this year, was a standard direct 
replacement LED light bulb with a built battery built in. The battery can 
run the bulb for 4 hours.

This kind of innovation is being made possible, by Lithium thin cells 
(batteries), on show at another stall. Their brochure comparison was 0.4mm 
thin cell, 0.8mm credit card, 2.3mm 1euro [coin].

There examples are Powered smart-cards, RFI Device, Thin-Film Medical 
Device, Sensors...

And for a bit of trivia, on December 29, it will be 100 years since 
electric light replaced gas lights on Sydney Streets.
<http://ramin.com.au/annandale/story-74b-trafalgar-street.shtml#electric-light>

Marghanita

Kim Holburn wrote:
> http://blog.laptopmag.com/samsungs-399-solar-powered-netbook-the-nc215s-will-be-sold-in-the-u-s
> http://liliputing.com/2011/06/exclusive-samsung-nc215s-solar-netbook-coming-to-the-us-july-3rd-for-399.html
> 
>> Samsung has confirmed that it will offer a solar-powered netbook in the US as well as Africa and Russia. The Samsung NC215S will be avialable in the US the week of July 3rd with a suggested retail price of $399.
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>> The US model features a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel matte display, 1GB of RAM, and a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processor. The key feature that sets this netbook apart from the crowd though are the solar cells built into the lid.
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>> Samsung says you should be able to get an hour of battery life for every two hours of charging time. Under ideal conditions Samsung says you should also be able to squeeze about 14 hours of battery life out of the netbook, but my guess is that day to day performance will be a little lower than that.
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Marghanita da Cruz
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