Solar-UMPC.com is a blog covering the topic of powering ultra-mobile and ultra-efficient personal computers through solar and natural energy sources.
Follow the blog to find out about related topics and my Solar UMPC tour which I have planned. I'll be taking a UMPC, a solar panel and a bike to south Germany and cycling down the Rhein for 7 days blogging and working only using the power of the sun!
Whats a UMPC?
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Whats a UMPC?
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About Me
Steve / Chippy is English, living in Germany and working full-time researching and promoting the UMPC and MID sector through his company, Carrypad.
Partner sites
Main tour sponsor:VIA Technologies
Energy adviser:
Select Solar
Tour UMPC supplier:
The Tablet Store
Other partners:
UMPCPortal.com
Many thanks to all the sponsors for their help in this project.
Previous Posts
- Unpacking the gadget bag!
- Finish line: 80 min's of battery life!
- Day 7 - Bonn to Koeln. Easy ride. No Sun
- We need more dylithium crystals captain.
- Day 6. No Sun. Lots of Biking.
- Mathematics, sunburn and how 1.2kw of energy gives...
- Goodnight from the campsite.
- A few photos from day 4
- Grab those rays.
- Berta the Blue Bakers Bike


1 Comments:
Haha. I found your blog while trying to use solar for my own bike trip. Alas, I didn't take any photos of my own solar panel, but it was much smaller anyway. I used the older version of the soldius, the one branded by vodaphone. It's cheap and was ok at charging my cell and especially my GPS dongle.
I went from The Hague to Copenhagen. There was not any sun for the second half of the trip, but I discovered that charging things overnight in campground bathrooms was actually adequate, even for an nokia n800.
Next time, I want a small, collapsible wind turbine. Solar is all good, but there was almost never a shortage of wind.
I really like your solar panel, though and I think I'll get one like it. Also, I totally see the value now of charging a battery and then charging devices from the battery. I completely drained my n800 one day by biking along a path with intermittent trees and shade. Start charging mode. Oops, no light, turn it off. No, start again. No off. And the battery just drains without getting the chance to add anything because of the software layer.
Anyway, your blog is cool. Also, it was really great to stumble across it right as I was thinking about doing the same thing.
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