While selecting a smartphone, tablet or any other portable devices, any person will predominantly look for one with better battery backup capability. A device that runs longer on a light battery will attract more costumers for sure. Understanding the point, Pixel Qi, a leader in designing innovative displays, showcased a tablet platform with a small solar panel to recharge the device’s battery at the recently-concluded Computex Taipei 2011 in Taiwan.
The idea behind the solar panel powered tablet is indeed exciting. The Pixel Qi display and a complete ARM tablet motherboard will work on the battery powered by the solar panel. That means a tablet PC will work totally on solar power. It is surely an amazing evolution in the technology world.
The solar panel can be placed on the bezel of the tablet. The solar panel that can produce 1W will reportedly cost around $3. The 1W power is enough to run a Pixel Qi display and ARM motherboard tablet. That means even unplugged with the electricity you can function the tablet PC thanks to the energy from the Sun. The solar panel will charge the battery.
A tablet on solar power is of course an enormous development. Such a technology will make the tablet an appropriate device on-the-move. The arrival of solar panels, which are suitable for tablets, smartphones or other handheld devices, will certainly pave way for an innovative evolution in the technology world.
Via: Technabob
