LG Presents Solar Powered E-Book

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 11, 2009 @05:31PM from the overcomes-my-battery-objection-at-least dept.

MikeChino writes "At first glance, e-readers offer a great set of benefits over paper-bound books – they’re light, versatile, and a great alternative to lugging around a tote full of dead tree tomes on your next trip. However these new reading mediums have one glaring fault — can you imagine the frustration of running out of juice mid-sentence and halfway through Infinite Jest? LG's new solar e-book aims to address this issue by harnessing the sun's rays to power its display. The device features a 10 centimeter wide thin-film photovoltaic panel that can power the reader for a full day's worth of reading after 4-5 hours spent sitting in the sun."

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Great by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2009-10-11 17:46 · Score: 5, Funny

Now all I need is a portable sun to read in bed.

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Book powered ebook by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-11 18:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Is it wrong to want an ebook with a little furnace to burn books as fuel?
Re:Two Words, Lithium Batteries by Big+Hairy+Ian · 2009-10-11 23:55 · Score: 4, Funny

minus the UV the windows filter.
Must be the Linux crowd complaining :)

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