{"id":335148,"date":"2020-01-14T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=335148"},"modified":"2020-01-15T07:28:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T05:28:43","slug":"microsoft-surface-pro-8-could-have-a-built-in-solar-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/335148-microsoft-surface-pro-8-could-have-a-built-in-solar-panel.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Pro 8 could have a built-in solar panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Surface Pro 8 two-in-one laptop could include an integrated solar panel for charging, according to a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freepatentsonline.com\/10528083.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">patent<\/a><\/strong> filed by the company.<\/p>\n<p>The invention is titled \u201cMobile device cover with integrated solar panel\u201d and comprises layering the Surface Pro&#8217;s Type Cover with four small solar panel units.<\/p>\n<p>Placing the panels in this position allows for the use of the device while it charges.<\/p>\n<p>Users would be able to adjust the Type Cover at an optimal angle to the sun for the best possible charging efficiency.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Indoor charging<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft said that the device will be capable of charging from both the sun and closely-located artificial sources of light.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that more solar panels of different kinds could be employed in the design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConversely, a larger number of solar panels can also be used, rather than the four panels shown,&#8221; the patent reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The solar panels can be any of a variety of solar panels, including monocrystalline solar panels, polycrystalline solar panels, thin-film amorphous silicon solar panels, and\/or concentrated PV cell solar panels,&#8221; Microsoft added.<\/p>\n<p>The picture below shows the solar panel design outlined in Microsoft&#8217;s patent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-wiht-solar-panel-patent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-335160\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-wiht-solar-panel-patent-640x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-wiht-solar-panel-patent.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-wiht-solar-panel-patent-595x400.jpg 595w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-wiht-solar-panel-patent-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/335082-apple-working-on-pro-mode-to-boost-macbook-performance-report.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple working on \u201cPro Mode\u201d to boost MacBook performance \u2013 Report<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Surface Pro 8 two-in-one laptop could include an integrated solar panel for charging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":321706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[123,62620,467,62622,10426],"class_list":["post-335148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-surface-pro-8","tag-patents","tag-solar-charging","tag-solar-panels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335162,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335148\/revisions\/335162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}