From Vanity Fair’s Green issue:

“A solar-paneled backpack is like a PalmPilot – until you finally get one, you don’t realize how badly you needed it. Thanks to inventor and founder Shayne McQuade now you can use the simple energy of the sun to run all your complicated electronic gadgets… “It’s perfect for skiing,” says Michelle Weingeist, one of the first lucky owners of the pack. “The cold weather usually kills my walkie-talkie and iPod batteries, but now I can just hook them up while on the slopes.” And, there’s another, unexpected perk. Weingeist says, “This backpack may be for the single girl what the puppy is for the single guy. It’s a dude magnet.” 

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