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Transparent Solar Panel Enables First Solar-Powered Smartwatch

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday October 10 2017, @03:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the doesn't-recharge-in-the-basement dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Solar-powered watches are nothing new, but being more power-hungry beasts, solar-powered smartwatches are a different story. A San Francisco-based startup called LunaR now claims to have bridged the divide by developing a smartwatch that never needs to be plugged in for a recharge as it draws all the energy it needs from the sun.

The LunaR... includes sleep and activity tracking, along with integration with social media and messaging apps to bring notifications to the wrist through an embedded LED array.

At the heart of what the creators claim is the world's first solar-powered smartwatch is (unsurprisingly) a breakthrough in solar technology. With a clear solar panel layered over the watch face, it's claimed the LunaR can harvest energy from both natural and artificial light. So much so, that with as little as one hour of daily exposure to light, its 110-mAh lithium-polymer battery can apparently stay fully charged.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by rob_on_earth on Tuesday October 10 2017, @06:28AM (1 child)

    by rob_on_earth (5485) on Tuesday October 10 2017, @06:28AM (#579671) Homepage

    I saw a report on a Samsung solar powered watch but could not find it so here is Casio one from 2010

    http://newatlas.com/casio-green-pathfinder-pag110c-3-watch/14579/ [newatlas.com]

    GeatGear from NHK was doing a report on Samsung and talking about a revival of their solar powered watch , which I am sure came out before the Casio one.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday October 11 2017, @05:07AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday October 11 2017, @05:07AM (#580298) Journal

    First line of TFS:

    Solar-powered watches are nothing new, but being more power-hungry beasts, solar-powered smartwatches are a different story.

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