The Energizer Bunny is in my backpack!!!

So this is really cool... At the Hong Kong Electronics Fair they revealed this backpack that is coated with a dye-sensitized solar panel than can be used to recharge electronic devices inside your backpack while you travel. That is pretty freakin sweet, if you ask me. Dye-coated, semiconductor nanocrystals is the key to this backpack that never quits. The dye absorbs light, turning it into electrons, which is then sent to the semiconductor and out to a circuit. They note that these types of setups aren't the most efficient types of solar technology out there, but they are considerably cheaper to manufacture, and, here's a cool point, these "panels" can be applied to flexible surfaces, opening up a universe of applications for the on-the-go people. This is really cool, because the only limitation that people have faced in being connected on-the-go has been the battery life of their various electronic doo-das, and this allows people to have battery wherever there is sunlight. I think these devices should go right into survival applicaitons as soon as possible, because these things could ensure that stranded and marooned individuals may have the ability to contact help virtually all the time, making sure that rescue efforts don't give up or turn around because the cell phone they were using went dead.