Retractable Solar-powered Umbrella Powerbrella That Charges Your Laptops, Mobile phones or iPods

Skyshades and Konarka Technologies teamed together to come up with a
solar-powered umbrella that should be good enough to provide shade and
to charge all your gadgets while enjoying a coffee at your favorite cafe
or a cocktail at the pool. Meant for outdoor use, on top of the
retractable umbrella there's a lightweight, flexible solar cell film
that captures the sun's light and turns it into energy.

With no wires but fitted with outlets to plug your electronic equipment
into, the Powerbrella has been tested last year at the Lake Highland
Preparatory School in Orlando, Florida. Apparently it's tough enough
to whitstand weather and powerful enough to be sent under hammer to
production lines. It should be shipping starting from July.