Why has nobody thought of this before?

Ah, mother sun: you give us maize, you give us warmth, and in the summer you give us just a little color, not too much, just maybe a little around the shoulders so we look like we went outside. Now you can charge our keyboards!

The $80 Logitech K750 is the first solar keyboard built of fully recyclable plastic. The device has a set of solar panels along the top edge and even includes a luxmeter to tell how well things are charging. It charges in sunlight and even under a standard bulb.

If you’re familiar with Logitech keyboards they usually last for months – if not years – on the same battery. This, however, will ensure that you don’t go dark in the midst of a marathon blogging session. It is also wireless.

Brilliant!!!

[Logitech via CrunchGear]

Tear Found On New Space Station Solar Array

Well it looks like I'm not the only one having a crappy ass day, as NASA has found a tear in their new Solar array that is to supply power to the space station. It is the second of two arrays the space shuttle Discovery was to install, with the first one unfurling without any problem. No word on what NASA plans to do about it, as they know that the station needs all the power that it can get from both arrays. That's not something that's easily replaced.

Man, that's got to suck.

[Engadget]