Sharp announced it’s achievement of the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell. Unlike silicon-based solar cells, the most common type of solar cell in use today, Sharp’s new triple-junction compound solar cell utilizes photo-absorption layers made from compounds consisting of two or more elements such as indium and gallium.

Korean firm Zyrus introduces the Sun Drive, a pocket-sized USB solar charger. The device has a solar panel for receiving sunlight and is designed to …

If you are looking for a solar-power phone, you can consider Samsung’ Blue Earth or the ZTE Coral 200 Solar from Jamican carrier DigiCel.

ZTE’s Coral 200 Solar has a solar panel …

Samsung unveils the Blue Earth, a solor-powered mobile phone. The Blue Earth has solar panel on the back for generating power. It has a touchscreen display and a camera. Like Motorola’s …

Pure Modern offers Credit Card Solar Powered Calculator, a pocket calculator designed by Sam Hecht. In the size of a credit card, the Solar Credit Card Calculator can do simple math calculation. Priced at $6, you may want …

Battech offers the iPower SX, a solar charger that can charge almost any gadgets. The Battech iPower SX looks acutally looks like Devotec’s solar charger.

Eton offes the FR500 Solarlink that is a Solar-powered emergency Radio and phone charger. The Eton FR500 Solarlink is a AM/FM/Shortwave Radio with NOAA Weatherband, Flashlight, Siren. It can be used to charge your …

Sharp shows the world a 52-inch LED-backlit LCD TV that is solar-powered at the CEATEC Japan 2008. We can see the solar panel under the main display. This 52-inch is quite slim but Sharp did not provide much technical details.

Designed by Devang A. Shah and Mike Low, the eco-friendly SunTable, which utilize the solar power is now available. The SunTable is weather-resistant and you can place it in a sunny outdoor and it will store energy automatically.

It takes 4 hours to change the SunTable. It has …

Roberts Radio from the UK introduces the solarDAB, which is the world’s first solar-powered DAB radio. The solarDAB features a top-mounted solar panel and there is a level indicator on the diplay screen that shows the strength of the solar level being …