Hyper-Intelligent Coconuts Demands Silence

MIT Media Lab researcher Tad Hirsh has designed electronic coconuts to be deployed as noise sensors in San Jose, California, an area which is subject to aircraft from San Jose International Airport, Oakland International Airport, and San Francisco International Airport...

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Solar Panel Cell Phones

HiTech Wealth Telecommunications has just begun selling the S116, the world’s first solar panel cell phone.

• A 1.3 mpx camera, and an MP3 player
• Charge the battery in any amount of light, including indoors (or even by candlelight),
• Battery life is 2.5 times longer
• An hour of direct sunlight will give users 40 extra minutes of talk time.

Currently only available in China HiTech Wealth will be releasing six more solar phones within the year and has promised 30 solar models before 2009.