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Romania-based engineering student Stephen Shepeleff has designed the Q-SOUND Bluetooth solar powered headphones. The solar cell across the top of the headband will recharge two removable rechargeable NiMH batteries with an electric capacity of 800mAh and operating voltage of 1.2Volts. A fully charged headset is able to run for up to 40 hours, running Bluetooth, an MP3 player, or other Bluetooth-enabled device.

Sharp’s Solar 936SH and 934SH phones will be available in Japan via SoftBank. The 934SH (pictured left) features a 3-inch external display that can display time, date, weather, news, and other information. The phone also has an 8MP camera, a waterproof shell, and a UV sensor. Meanwhile, the Solar Hybrid 936SH (pictured right) supports IPX7 water resistance, an 8MP camera, and a full wide VGA display. What makes the Sharp 936SH cool is that it has a big solar panel in the front that will provide you one minute of call time or two hours of standby per 10 minutes of charging. The Sharp Solar 936SH and 934SH will be released in June and August, respectively.

Spanish electronics company iUnika has recently rolled out four new netbooks including several solar powered models. These solar-powered models are perfect for those who like to use eco-friendly gadgets since they feature plastic cases made of biodegradable starch and cellulose. Weighing at only 700 grams (about 1.5 pounds), iUnika netbooks feature a 400MHz MIPS processor, a 7-inch (800 x 480) pixel LCD display and run on Linux operating system. You can buy these green netbooks for around $177 to $218 each.