iPhone 2.0: Solar-Powered Mobility

How many solar watches would it take to power an iPhone?

Solar energy is far from a new idea, but Apple (nasdaq: AAPL – news – people ) may be taking the technology to new limits. Many questions have been raised about the possibility–or probability–of Apple using solar energy to power portable devices such as its popular iPhones. It recently became known that employees at the computer, phone and software company have filed a patent to place solar cells on portable devices. (See ” Apple’s Solar Strategy“)

It’s not a new technology. Rudimentary findings of the potential to harness the sun’s powerful rays for conversion into electricity were first reported in the mid-1800s. The “photovoltaic effect” was discovered by then 19-year-old French physicist Edmund Becquerel in 1839. More —>

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