Mega mobile product makers are also gearing up to revamp their designs so as to make ’em greener. Like the latest buzz in eco world is that Apple’s future also just going to get sunnier as the company filed a patent involving placing solar cells on portable devices. Outfitted with such technology, Apple’s devices, like the famed iPhone, could have photovoltaic cells stacked underneath LCD touch screens, thus maximizing the area available for harnessing the sun. Stepping on the path of eco-friendly gadgets, Apple could herald the next generation of wireless mobility.
Without the need to electrically charge devices, we will be able to break free from on-the-grid power connections. With the need to power our portable gadgets getting more and more intense, I guess cell phones with integrated solar cells are a great breakthrough then the need to carry solar powered chargers for the same.
The filing said that information regarding the performance of a device’s solar cells could be displayed on the main screen next to info for battery power, text message alerts and time of day. Or this information could also appear on top of the solar cells themselves, which are likely to display some version of the Apple logo.
Via: Slippery Brick
