Eco Factor: Portable electronics charger harnesses solar energy.
Solar chargers are both great for you and for the environment as they can give your devices an off-grid renewable recharge no matter where on Earth will you be camping. However, once gone bad, these chargers can be nothing more than a part of your camping gear that will never actually be used, at least not for harnessing renewable energy. Kodak’s solar charger is one such device that could never actually be used to harness solar energy.
The device comes with a built-in battery and solar panels, that harness the sun to provide a green recharge to your cellphone, but the news doesn’t just end here, as the device takes up 28 hours of sunlight to completely charge its onboard battery, after which it can get about 1.5 charges for a cellphone and about 200 digicam images.
Other options include USB charging, which too like the solar charging option isn’t quick as it still takes about 14 hours. With these specifications the device, which is definitely a waste of resources, wastes $40 from your pocket as well.
Via: Treehugger
