AUO has a laptop that came straight out of left field: solar-powered laptop that has a touch-sensitive keyboard. This special laptop has two built-in solar panels.

Thanks to a molecule called fulvalene diruthenium, batteries may use the sun to provide energy, but not in the same way as solar power.

Back in 1990, inventor Lonnie Johnson (pictured) revolutionized America's suburbs when the first Super Soaker was sold. Now, Johnson could be ready to deliver another gift to the masses: an energy converter that could double the efficiency of solar power, and make it a truly viable source of renewable energy.

While it may look odd, the Wunda Weeder may be quite the boon for farmers who have to weed large fields &#8212 work that involves a lot of bending over. Instead, the Wunda Weeder keeps a farmer in a comfortable position, and is even self-propelled.