Solar-Powered Logitech Keyboard Appears on Amazon Mexico (tomshardware.com)
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- News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/1823204/solar-powered-logitech-keyboard-appears-on-amazon-mexico
- Source link: https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/solar-powered-logitech-keyboard-appears-on-amazon-mexico-mx-keys-s-look-alike-promises-up-to-10-years-of-power
> According to an early Amazon Mexico listing, Logitech is preparing to launch the Signature Slim Solar+, a wireless keyboard in every sense of the word. The Signature Slim Solar+ [1]features a solar panel , providing owners with a battery lasting up to 10 years.
[1] https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/solar-powered-logitech-keyboard-appears-on-amazon-mexico-mx-keys-s-look-alike-promises-up-to-10-years-of-power
Solving a problem that... (Score:1)
...doesn't exist.
Re: Solving a problem that... (Score:3)
They should add AI too.
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AI enhanced light tracking solar cells.
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Those same people would probably buy a solar powered keyboard and charge it with a 100 watt incandescent bulb while claiming how they're being environmentally conscious. It's the same mentality we saw during COVID with people wearing cloth masks they never washed while sitting at a traffic light alone in their cars.
How is this news? (Score:2)
The Logitech K750 is already solar and wireless and I've been using them for nearly a decade.
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if they discontinue the product and then bring it back when the news cycle has sufficiently buried it, then they can claim it's a new product and their shareholders will see how innovative they are.
I hope this means they will "reinvent" the K740 since I can't find anyone else making a backlit scissor-mechanism low profile keyboards. The Cherry Stream would be my most likely replacement if it had backlighting.
LED Lighting (Score:1)
I can't get my solar powered calculator to work with LED lighting, I doubt a keyboard will charge much.
Beach Gear (Score:2)
Hope it has a charging socket too. I think people don't realize that pulse-width modulated LED lights don't really provide enough useful light to charge anything, but maybe this is for road warriors who want to show off their Logi gear on the beach.
K760 (Score:2)
[1]https://www.parts-people.com/b... [parts-people.com]
I've had this one for EVER and it's still working perfectly. I don't think they make em anymore or I'd have 2.
[1] https://www.parts-people.com/blog/2012/06/15/logitech-solar-powered-wireless-bluetooth-keyboard-k760/
Solar powered electronics (Score:2)
I find it amusing when "solar powered X" can still make news headlines, when we've had things like [1]solar powered calculators for 45 years now [vintagecalculators.com]
[1] http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/sharp_el-8026.html
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"Better known as 318230."
Well, we're talking about calculators, so--
OEZBIE?
Non removable battery (Score:2)
Means no.
whats old is new again.. (Score:1)
this was a thing 20+ years ago and shockingly people realized you don't get a lot of sunlight in your cubical.
Re:whats old is new again.. (Score:4, Interesting)
I had one of these in my sub-basement recording studio for ..10 years? It worked flawlessly the whole time on the few dim incandescent bulbs, satanic candles, etc
It's still used as the remote keyboard when tracking drums from the other side of the room.
I tried to find another one for my second studio tracking station but they stopped making them. UNTIL NOW
Actually if the battery lasts around 10 years, that's about how long the one downstairs has been working flawlessly without ever needing charging.
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Yeah some low power stuff does work better than you'd think, I have a TV remote with a solar cell and thought "oh well, this is for the basement, good thing it can be charged with a cable, too" but the damn thing is somehow going after 5 years in a windowless room in the basement with LED lights when it is being used and dark otherwise.
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worked flawlessly the whole time on the few dim incandescent bulbs, satanic candles, etc
Satanic candles are unusually efficient light sources for solar panels, not everyone is burning those; check your privilege
Re: whats old is new again.. (Score:1)
It is challenging with florescent, nearly impossible with led. I'm guessing a primary cell of extremely low self discharge rate and the solar to supplement it. And a shorter than 10 year warranty
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I had this solar logitech slim 12 years ago. It kept itself charged off the ambient light from an overhead 60w bulb and my monitor's light output. Never had a power problem with it over many years.
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I have a very old Logitech "Solar" keyboard that has worked flawlessly for at least a decade or two on my desk with no direct sun.
I think the PV panels are of a different type optimized for low light since I've never run out of charge.