14 DAY TRIAL // Unless you own a magic hand crack, charging your portable electronics when there's no power source around can lead to real trouble. Here's a must have accessory that might get you off the hook. Picard Lederwaren, the German fashion bag designer, came up with this black wonder: an unlimited bag-power charger combo for laptops or other electronic devices.
This is not a new concept though. The Voltaic Backpack mobile power generator was the first to break new ground when it comes to associating "bag chargers" with solar power.
Picard's bag is made from black leather and looks much slicker than the Voltaic Backpack. So, if your job is to roam around stylish places, this is probably what you need. It's standard size and can be easily carried around using a handle or a shoulder-strap. The ports are concealed in the interior of the bag, so your laptop, phone, digital audio player or any other gadgets you may have on you are charged as you move from place to place. Sewed on the outside of the bag are lightweight water proof solar panels. Anyway, I wouldn't advise you to take a dive in a swimming pool with this, not that I speak from personal experience.
Just like the voltaic solar backpack, the Picard bag is a Li Ion battery pack stores any generated surplus of power, so it's presumably going to be a real boon even if you happen to buy it in the Monsoon season.
Anyway, go buy a hand crack or something. You probably won't get this since the device will be available for (cough) 700$ (350 UK pounds) from August 2007.
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