Bruce Sterling wrote a great review of the Voltaic Solar Backpack.  Pretty neat gizmo.  It’s a backpack with solar panels on the back that charge an internal battery, that in turn can be used to charge your cell phone/iPod/camera, etc.  I don’t know how well it would work here in the land where the sun is dim, but it’s a cool idea.  Energy self-sufficiency for one’s gizmos is a noble goal.