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A cell phone that gets a charge out of light

October 16th, 2009, 10:56 am · Post a Comment · posted by

Orange County Register reporter Ian Hamilton tells us about an Orange County company’s bright idea: a cell phone that recharges by soaking up light — any light, including the ambient light in a room. The company is about to ship out a “test order” to China. Read Hamilton’s story.

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