A group of BYU engineering students wants to start a solar-cell revolution. Led by mechanical engineering professor John Salmon, the students hope to trigger energy change by installing solar cells in ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Students at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale have a solar-powered way to charge their electronic devices, just by sitting at a picnic table. The (Carbondale) Southern ...

PORTLAND -- You could call it the picnic table of the future. Mount Hood Community College has put in three state-of-the-art solar charging stations that are also outdoor tables. Now students at the ...

There are three tables - two on 12th Street and one on Liacouoras Walk. Officially dubbed the "solar doc," the solar-powered tables provide electricity to students off the grid. Solar panels on top of ...

Three solar-powered picnic tables have been installed at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs for students to charge their cell phones, laptops, music devices, cameras, electronic readers ...

Here's an innovation for device-carrying people on a college campus (which is basically everyone): a solar-and-battery-powered picnic shelter that provides both shade and power. The idea has been ...

A new picnic table in Prince Hall Park in west Orlando provides a step toward bridging the digital divide in a neighborhood where many residents lack broadband access. The bright orange table— with ...

<Maryville College now has some tech-savvy tables that use the charge from the sun to help charge electronics. Michigan-based Ener-Fusion installed two Solar Doks on campusFriday. The tables have ...

The University of Georgia took another tiny step into the solar age this semester - a solar-powered picnic table where students or workers can charge up their chargeable devices. Installed just before ...

For KayLee Jenkins, studying for her computer concepts class on the ampus last week was a little like a day at the park. Jenkins, an 18-year-old freshman, didn't have to worry about battery life for ...

South Fayette Township’s Morgan Park is the latest beneficiary of the Bridgeville-South Fayette Rotary Club. The club donated a $6,900 picnic table with a solar-powered charging station at Morgan Park ...