Comments on: Make your own Solar Bag – part one

By: Wear me « Madison Boyds

Wear me « Madison Boyds — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:11:56 +0000

[...] device, I’d create a power system in the bag, which would likely get power from the sun (like this bag modification), or could plug into AC power to charge. That linked bag modification is for a setup that [...]

By: Laptop bags with solar power - Voltaic, Sunload, Reware, Solarmio, Briefcase, Generator, Business, Profolio, Attache, Germany' - talk2myShirt

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:03:44 +0000

[...] any way, solar charging bags are cool and always a conversation starter, whenever and wherever I go with mine. Bookmark to: Related posts: Voltaic Solar Laptop Bag introduce at [...]

By: Jen Ng

Jen Ng — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:25:46 +0000

Hi Eric!

We are considering featuring your solar-powered bag in our publication due out in December. Could you email me back if you’re interested and I can tell you more about it? Great publicity for you! We’re doing an “editor’s pick” page about DIY electric/non-electric projects.

Thanks,
Jen
jen@venuszine.com

By: Make your own Solar Bag | Hack N Mod

Make your own Solar Bag | Hack N Mod — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:04:34 +0000

[...] you how to make your own solar bag the easy way. Part one is about the integration of a solar panel in a [...]

By: steve

steve — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:07:59 +0000

Can anybody give me advice on laminating my floors quickly? I liked the article on laminating . it was informative

thanks
steve

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:13:50 +0000

Hi John,

For our modified Solar Bag we do not have a brand other than talk2myShirt

The bag we used (we bought 2 of them) is from Diesel. The Diesel badge was on the front which we took off and place the solar panel afterwards.

By: John

John — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:07:10 +0000

What is the name and brand of your bags? Do you have a source of the unmodified bag?

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:55:17 +0000

Hi Dane,

Thanks for this great tip, I am not an expert in electronics, just so much to survive and your pointer is for sure an improvement to our system. We keep on making bags and electronics, so the from you recommended MAX710 will be on our component list.
Increasing efficiency is very very much desired

By: Dane Kouttron

Dane Kouttron — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:58:20 +0000

Greetings,
well its an awesome project, i must admit. the drawback is the 7805. a 7805 is a linear regulator, so everything above ~5.6 is burned off as heat. check out the appnote below. maxim-ic makes a dc-dc converter chip which converts values above and below 5v to 5v! its called a step up/ step down converter. you would get more power to your device, and well it would work for voltages below 5v.

http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1742

Dane Kouttron
Rensselaer Polytechnic
http://www.dklabs.co.nr

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' + title + ' - ' + basename(imgurl) + '(' + w + 'x' + h +') — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:01:26 +0000

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