Now the battery is easily removable and can be charged in all sorts of ways, like clipping it into a charger powered by a car battery or solar panel.
Besides the built-in battery, the solar panel seems the most feasible.
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Without being prescriptive it is expected that a typical station configuration will consist of a primary tide gauge, two under water pressure sensor (secondary tide gauge), data logger, DCP geostationary satellite transmitter, modem, battery backup, solar panel, cables, mountings.
McNierney said OLPC envisions the tablet being used, via battery, while the solar panel charges.
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Imagine a micro e-reader app which uses the E Ink display instead of the main panel to conserve battery.
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Not having a Retina panel helps with battery life.
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The technology consists of a solar panel that charges a battery daily to power the projector used during the evening class.
Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich is the OS of choice here, kept alive by a 2, 000 mAh battery nestled under the textured back panel.
These devices transform the direct current generated by a solar panel or electric car battery into the alternating current you expect from a wall socket.
Footie fans can breathe a sigh of relief thanks to the state-of-the-art trolley which comes complete with tilting iPad holder and speakers, a front bumper complete with a sensor which lets off a warning beep if you get too close to other shoppers and an onboard battery with self-charging solar panel to ensure the viewing device never runs on empty.
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It involves a centralised, village-level system with a large solar panel that charges a car battery.
In this demonstration, a solar panel feeds power to a battery, which then feeds it to a laptop.
Ian Sigalow, Partner at Greycroft, Chris Moore, Partner at Redpoint Ventures and Roger Lee, General Partner, Battery Ventures provided the following perspectives from their panel titled Technology Trends: A Venture-Capital Perspective.
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The firm makes kits, which consists of a battery, an LED lightbulb and a small solar panel.
By eliminating individual trackers and letting one battery-powered robot do the job for 200 panel arrays, QBotix claims it can cut costs by 15% while increasing electricity generation by 15%.
And if you haven't tried it lately, leaving your iPhone panel on indefinitely is an outstanding way to drain its battery in around two to three hours.
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There's no detachable battery and the only access offered by the phone is the wafer-thin panel covering the micro-SIM and microSD slots.
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The unit has an LCD panel for status indication including record mode, frame rate, timecode and battery and media remaining time.
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He scoured the world for the perfect battery technology (a combination of lightweight and long charging), added a solar panel for those without plug-in electricity recharge options, leveraged local university engineering talent to make it all work, and delivered a truly silent generator that can run a full size refrigerator for over a day if the power goes down.
There is also a standard photovoltaic solar panel spoiler on SL models, which supports charging of the 12-volt battery for vehicle accessories.
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The mechanical skeleton is a ready-to-wear, battery-powered outfit that is strapped over the user's clothing and responds to a control panel.
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Moreover, the battery is sized up in the latter, presumably to handle the higher power drain of the 1080p panel and the Core i5 processor.
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The 11.6-inch screen is another LG-made IPS panel, promising up to 178 degrees of crisp visibility, while the manufacturer expects the battery to last up to 10 hours.
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After utilizing all eight watts of lithium-ion battery power, recharge the Switch 8 on the go with the portable Nomad 3.5 Solar Panel in about six hours or from any USB source in less than four hours.
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Sharp's residential energy solutions feature greater overall power generation thanks to panel configurations geared to roof shape and a power conditioner, as well as a lithium-ion storage battery that allows load levelling in which inexpensive night-time electricity is stored for use during the daytime.
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