Leslie Birch’s phone always ran out of battery when she made her monthly trips from Philadelphia to New York.
What’s a maker to do? Build a solar-paneled purse.
Birch, a Philly videographer and wearable-tech enthusiast, has a post on Adafruit explaining how she made it.
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