Solar-Powered MacBook Shows Up in Patent
Posted 03/25/2010 at 1:34pm
| by Seamus Bellamy
A new Apple Patent has come to light - literally.
The ever vigilant crew over at Patently Apple has dug up a patent filing that should be of interest to hardcore Mac road warriors and environmentalists alike. Cupertino has filed paperwork to protect their vision of solar panel designed to either attach to the backside of a MacBook's screen as a peripheral or to be integrated directly into the laptop's design.
The patent filing not only illustrates Apple's commitment to constant innovation, but also echos their engineer's fond memories of camping as children: If that solar panel doesn't look like one of those solar-powered hot dog cookers they used to make us build in the Boy Scouts, we'll eat our merit badge sash.
If Apple were to move forward with the the tech that the patent
outlines, it could go along way to quelling the complaints of those with
too much to do on their MacBooks and not power provided by the laptop's
internal battery.