Tag Solar Energy

Flap Bag

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Some months ago, I acquired a Flap Bag at the PopTech conference made by Timbuk2. But mine was special — one of 100 prototypes for a solar-powered bag that will light a room, or charge a cellphone. Incorporating a special solar-sensitive fabric panel manufactured by Portable Light Project (Sheila Kennedy), it stores up to 8 votes of power. So it was a special treat to carry this bag to India and to give it to Harish Hande of Selco India. Flap, by the way, stands for Flexible Light And Power.