MacRumors has discovered a new patent from Apple which involves the use of solar panel to power its portable devices. Just imagine, we wouldn’t have to keep our iPods, iPhones for charging as it can be done on the go.

Solar panels, however, take unnecessary space which makes it difficult to integrate it on the device. But Apple is supposedly worked out a solution for that too. They have placed the panels behind the LCD screen so that the look of the device does not change and also the light passes through the LCD.