Check this out: Brunton makes a solar-charged portable power plant that supposedly has enough juice to power or recharge a laptop. This brings a whole new meaning to the word “telecommute.” You can charge up the Brunton Solo 7.5 from any regular household outlet, or even better, with Brunton’s Solar Rolls or Solaris Foldable Solar Panel.

Think of the possibilities: movies on a portable DVD player by the campfire, web meetings from the middle of the forest or desert, endless music from an iPod. All the comforts of home.