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Look Ma, No Batteries! Hands On With Lenovo's Self-Charging Keyboard (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 2 days ago by 01011@monero.town to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From a design perspective I like how the black variant has these keys that are just the right hue of green to remind us of those solar calculator screens. On the other hand Bluetooth is pretty finicky and is not available into UEFI setup, so meh. For peripherals as fundamental as keyboard & mouse, I much prefer a wireless 2.4GHz dongle connection.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Too bad full size usb ports have mostly disappeared from laptops, so Bluetooth is the only way. Unless they started making usb C dongles?

[–] skrlet13@feddit.cl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, USB C dondles, adapters and docks exist.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean you still need a dongle for the dongle?

[–] skrlet13@feddit.cl 1 points 1 day ago

I meant there's a variety 😅