iUnika netbooks are dirt cheap, solar powered

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Spanish electronics company iUnika is showing four new netbooks including several solar powered models. That’s right. Netbooks with an actual, honest-to-goodness feature that sets them apart from the hundreds of other mini-laptops flooding the market right now.

The laptops aren’t exactly top of the line as far as netbooks go. They sport 400MHz MIPS processors, 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel displays and run Linux. But they also weigh just 700 grams (about 1.5 pounds) and cost between 130 and 160 Euros, which is about $177 to $218 US. And did I mention some models have solar panels on the back for charging on the go?

The solar models also feature plastic cases made of biodegradable starch and cellulose.


Posted on Thursday, May 14th, 2009, 5:54 pm by Brad
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  • John Morris
    Figures. Everyone in the marketing dept assumes anyone interested in the solar option is a frigin hippie. No I don't want the crappy rots when exposed to UV bioplastic but I might want the solar. Would want to see some numbers as to how much it would extend the battery life.
  • The plantbook, I like it.

    (insert hemp joke)
  • DougC3
    Its production was a joint effort.
  • DougC3
    In the southern US, the starch-based plastic could be a cockroach magnet, causing unwanted early biodegradation. It happens to wall paper with starch-based glue all the time. Going through some old things a couple of days ago, I ran across an ashtray made from a cow's horn (protein based;), which had been severely biodegraded in this manner :)

    But the other aspects are interesting.
  • LOL. A solar powered netbook that biodegrades in sun light!

    Those hippie types never quite think things through...
  • ricord
    The most important,the browser must be fast.
  • MonkeyKing1969
    I want petroleum plastic because....wait no I don't. If any of you actually watched these plastic cases being made in China you would BEG-ON-YOU-KNEES for a bio-plastic case.

    As long as it doesn't crack open in 5 years time that's fine. I don't care if the damn bio-plastic fades in five years that is meaningless as long as it works. Anything that makes our world less of a cess pit is a GOOD thing.
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