Illinois startup uses solar power to cha

Illinois startup uses solar power to charge your smartphone – We all know the sinking feeling as our phone battery blinks red and there’s not a phone charger or outlet in sight. Optivolt Labs, a startup founded by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students, wants to put an end to your low battery panic with a solar-powered battery built into a smartphone case. It’s called Particle. Essentially, it’s a dual smartphone case. There’s an inner case that clips around t… http://ow.ly/MowP50d4coT