Look Ma, No Batteries! Hands On With Lenovo's Self-Charging Keyboard
Look Ma, No Batteries! Hands On With Lenovo's Self-Charging Keyboard
At CES 2025, we checked out Lenovo's new eco-friendly wireless keyboard, which ditches traditional batteries in favor of a photovoltaic panel.
Among the many laptops and desktops that Lenovo announced at CES 2025 is an intriguing peripheral: the Self-Charging Bluetooth Keyboard. This unique productivity keyboard ditches the traditional battery, instead utilizing solar and ambient light to charge and store energy.
The Lenovo Self-Charging Bluetooth Keyboard might seem like your run-of-the-mill keyboard, but it comes with a party trick that might just save you a buck in the long run. Using advanced photovoltaic technology and fast-charging supercapacitors, the keyboard actually harnesses ambient light to store energy, eliminating the need for disposable batteries.
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From an e-waste perspective not having a battery is really cool. The article doesn't mention this, but the plastic appears recycled too. I wonder how it types?