Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Tech Wars: Shade and Sun Power at the Same Time

The war between the rain umbrellas and sun umbrellas has gotten a big tilt toward solar with the energy harvesting Powerbrella. The developer's idea is for these to be set up at hotels, coffee shops, etc., and have then converts sunlight into electricity to charge laptops, mobile phones, iPods and other portable devices--at the same time, presumably, as they are providing shade. But, maybe, they won't electrocute you when it starts raining, too.

Read much more than you might want to know about zonarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, and SKYShades®, who will sell a Powerbrella to you, at the Skyshades website.

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