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Originally Posted by Quoth
Never need to charge:
You'd need a special display where the black is actually transparency to the solar panel and text is white. See "The Mission's Talent".
You'd need about 1/10th of current power consumption.
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Well, I did say it was a dream device. I know it's not a realistic hope any time soon.
But as an alternative to a display with transparent black, there's also solar cells now that are partly transparent and absorb energy in low IR freqs or high UV freqs and pass most visible frequencies. That could be put over the display instead of under it.
And, more practically, I hardly ever charge my device on purpose. The time I spend side loading (while distracted reading email and these forums) is typically long enough.