If your patio steps are away from any source of light, it can make walking down them tricky for any clumsy relatives you might have visiting.  Thankfully there are these tiny lights that don’t require you to do any wiring to get them up and running.  Just hook them up and they’ll help you make your steps a little safer. They just sit in the very corner of your steps and during the day soak up a little sun.  Then at night they’ll kick on all on their own.  It only needs 2 hours of solar charging will keep it shining all night long.  Then when the sun comes up again, the light will kick on automatically.  You can purchase a set of 4 for $54

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Slim Accent Solar Light for tricky stairs

We know that times are pretty trying economically these days, and it is perfectly understandable if you’ve decided to tighten your belt for your entire household, and roped in the missus to help out in the everyday accounts. What better way to let your hard earned dollar go the extra mile than with the help of coupons for offers in various department stores?

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If you’re looking for something a little different as far as solar lights go you could pick up these Wild Grass Solar Garden Lights.  You can jam the stakes into the ground and make it appear as if you have random tufts of grass glowing in the dark.  If you have any extra gullible friends you could always convince them that the grass is a special variety that glows every single night.

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Wild Grass LED Lights

In case you thought that the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse with its record 26 hour flight was impressive, you might want to check out the QinetiQ Zephyr solar powered unmanned aircraft.

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Zephyr breaks record for solar-powered unmanned flight

Gardening is not a comfortable task.  Sure you can get a foam pad to prevent rocks from digging into your knees, but you’re still crouched over in the dirt with the sun blazing down on you.  It’s definitely worth all of that effort thanks to the finished product, but sometimes it might be nice to make the experience a little more enjoyable.  Thankfully one Australian inventor has created a device that creeps along the garden and lets you be far more comfortable.

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This is one of those camping gadgets that is interesting and if you could get used to the change, could be very handy.  It’s not something that’s really an option in an area lacking light, but if you have a whole lot of sunlight it’ll save you from having to carry around a constant supply of matches.  Plus, unlike matches if something liquid spills in with your camping gear, it can still be used. It’s made of stainless steel and is therefore very durable, so it can handle those harsh conditions.  Plus it can be used time and time again unlike other fire starters like lighter fluid.  The disk itself uses a parabolic mirror and the shape makes it so the light is focused in a small area.  That makes it so that it will catch anything on fire that is between the two prongs.  It can even be used for frivolous things like incense.  It’s pocket size and can be purchased for $19.95 from Solar Sphere

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I just heard this quote from my Source, and I really hope that it is true. If a mere 1% of the Sahara Desert were covered in solar panels, enough energy would be generated to power the entire world.

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Giant solar plant planned for the Sahara, to power Europe

Apparently 1.6 billion people still rely on kerosene lamps to give them light.  Which for those people the kerosene is expensive enough to suck up 5% of the family’s income.  Plus to make it worse the kerosene gives off noxious cancer-causing fumes.  Well Nokero is attempting to help out those dependent on kerosene and is offering an affordable light that relys upon renewable energy to help them save a whole lot of money.

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LED Bulb attempts to replace kerosene lamps

Instead of creating a car or some boring desktop item to demonstrate the usage of solar power, you should pick up a robot.  This particular robot is a kit that’ll let you or your children learn a little more about using solar power in a much more interesting way.  Plus after you’re all finished building the robot, you’ll have a fun little transforming robot. The robot can change into a scorpion, a tank and then just the normal robot mode.  After you’ve left the robot in the sun for a while to soak up some sun it’ll be able to move about to keep you entertained.  You won’t need much in the way of tools either for the 70 piece kit.  You’ll just need a screwdriver to assemble the whole thing.  The robot could be used for children 8 and up or you could leave it on your own desk for some entertainment while you’re bored at work.  You can purchase it for £12.99 or about $19.74 through I Want One Of Those

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Solar gadgets are usually a little more on the practical side.  This one doesn’t even serve a real purpose like the solar garden lights.  Instead, it’s purely decorative, but that’s plenty good enough.  It’s a great modern twist for those that enjoy stained glass hanging in their windows. When it is bright outside the lamp will shrink up and allow for sunlight to stream through it.  Then after dark it will bloom into a snowflake pattern and show off the LED lights.  Morning Glory was designed by Wendy Legro, who is graduating from The Netherland’s Design Academy of Eindhoven.  That sadly means that this hasn’t been created just yet for mass production.  At least so far it’s still a concept design, it’s possible it’ll eventually become more though. Source: Inhabitat Tech Cult – We cover the latest tech news, but always with a funny twist

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Morning Glory Solar Powered LED Flower