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Welcome Ralph Lauren to Solar
About twenty people wrote to us telling us about the new Ralph Lauren solar backpack. We appreciate new entrants to the scene as it tends to expand the visibility of the category. Here are a couple of things we like …
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Solar Chargers to Japan
If you work with a non-profit or other humanitarian group working in Japan, we can provide our range of solar chargers to you at our cost. Please contact us at sales@voltaicsystems.com. We have received a large number of orders of …
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Construction of Voltaic Solar Panels
Ever wondered about how a Voltaic solar panel is constructed? Here’s a short video showing the the composition of the panel and why its so strong.
Solar Panels for Wireless Sensors
The New York Times had an article about the increase in use of wireless sensors to monitor infrastructure like bridges and buildings. Not surprisingly, many of them are using small solar panels to power the systems. The economic advantages are …
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Treehugger Holiday Gift Guide
We’re quite pleased to see the Amp Solar Charger in Treehugger’s Green Gift Guide. Under $100 and compact, it fits easily in any bag or stocking. Perfect for the friend whose iPhone or Blackberry keeps running out of power. Personally, …
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Inhabitat Green Gift Guide
Inhabitat released its Green Gift Guide today. After an “Outdoorsman” selection from the Cult of Mac, we’re glad to spread it around by getting into the “Gadget Geek” section at Inhabitat for the Fuse Solar Charger. See the entire guide …
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Cult of Mac Gift Guide
The Gift Guides have started! Cult of Mac has released its Christmas gift guide for the guy in your life in four categories: treehugger, businessman, gadget geek and outdoorsman. Our OffGrid Solar Backpack made it into the Outdoorsman section along …
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Voltaic on cyclelicio.us
We were at the SF Bike Expo last Saturday in San Francisco. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to learn about our solar chargers and to Phil and the folks from RideSFO for hosting. Richard Masoner of cycleicio.us has some …
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Voltaic at SF Bike Expo
Voltaic will be showing our wares at the SF Bike Expo on Saturday, November 6th at the Cow Palace in Daly City. We’ll be displaying how the Fuse Solar Charger connects to other bags and bicycle racks and trying to …
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Interest in Solar Products a Political Predictor?
At a recent CleanLinks in event, many of the New Yorkers were lamenting the slow pace of solar installations in New York. They argued that New York City is grid constrained and that solar could eliminate or diminish the use …
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