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My neighbor recently picked up a couple of “solar” outdoor planters/urns at a discount center. What’s a solar urn? Turns out that each urn has about six tiny LEDs around its rim that are visible at nighttime, and each had a little external solar panel that could be plugged in to charge the urn’s batteries. Kinda cute, but a little weak in the “wow” solar factor. But, then again, the neighbor did pick them up at a steep discount. Now we get news of a “Solar Bric” being marketed that could either be another “solar” gewgaw like the urn or a landscaping alternative to the ubiquitous low-voltage lighting systems lining suburban patios everywhere. (more…)

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