Practical off-the-grid phone charging is becoming a reality. Not so long ago, solar chargers were a better idea in theory than in reality. Typical devices would require as much as four times as long ...

When we covered the Solar Paper Kickstarter campaign last year, the team shot for the moon but ended up reaching the sun. At the close of funding, the solar charger project had raised an impressive ...

The folks at Solar Paper just launched one of the thinnest, most compact solar chargers on the market. The Yolk charger is a little big bigger than an iPhone 6 and folds out into two solar panels at 5 ...

Small solar chargers for your gadgets are nothing new, but the most modern batches are only vaguely similar to the first chargers on the market. Solar Paper is perhaps the best example of this — it is ...

Solar technology is getting better and better, with a new Kickstarter campaign having been started for "Solar Paper," which is touted as the world's smallest solar chargers. The chargers are available ...

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We’ve all heard about solar chargers and their benefits, but they haven’t taken off the way creators had planned. Fortunately the future looks promising, thanks to advanced technology allowing designs ...

Solar panels keep getting lighter and tinier—good news for rugged on-the-go types who can charge their devices on the trail with sun-fueled chargers. And this particular solar charger on Kickstarter ...

Solar chargers are appealing, but they can also be bulky and heavy. Not the case with Solar Paper, a new project seeking funds on Kickstarter to commercialize what sponsors claim is the thinnest and ...

A new manufacturing technique may allow for solar panels to be produced simply using nothing more than an ink-jet printer. The new technique, developed by MIT researchers, is a much gentler technology ...