Lenovo's Latest Laptop Concept Has a Screen That Can Flip and Fold

Also interesting is the Smart ForcePad trackpad, which has a three-layer illuminated dashboard—you can cycle through these layers to access specific keys. One layer is the numeric keys, for example, and another layer is the media controls.

The whole machine is 16.9 inches thick, slightly more than a MacBook Pro. Sadly, Lenovo didn’t say if it’s considering to turn this concept into reality, though it did say this model is specifically powered by Intel’s Core Ultra 7 chip with 32 GB of RAM.

Yoga Solar PC

If your laptop tends to sit closed at your desk when you’re not using it, you might appreciate Lenovo’s next concept—the Yoga Solar PC. It has solar panels embedded on the lid and Lenovo says it delivers more than 24 percent solar energy conversion rate, which it claims is better than the industry average. That seems to track as EnergySage reports the current average is 21.4 percent.

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This means that when the Yoga Solar PC is sitting closed on a desk, it can juice itself up—no wires needed. It can recharge in ambient lighting, though you’ll get better results with natural light. Lenovo says its “Back Contact Cell” technology moves the mounting brackets and gridlines of the solar panel to the back, maximizing light absorption. This is also paired with the Dynamic Solar Tracking system, which supposedly measures the solar panels’ current and voltage to prioritize sending solar power to the system. Twenty minutes in the sun will net you up to one hour of video playback, and it can even generate some power in low light, sustaining the battery when the PC is idle.

This isn’t the world’s first solar-powered laptop—that would be the Samsung NC215S from 2011—but because Lenovo’s Yoga Solar PC is 15 millimeters thin, the company is going ahead and calling it the “world’s first ultraslim solar-powered PC.”

Magic Bay

Finally, we get to Lenovo’s accessory concepts. These accessories leverage the company’s modular Magic Bay ecosystem, which currently exists for ThinkBook laptops. Right now, you can attach various accessories like a webcam or a 4G hotspot to the Magic Bay, which is situated at the center top of the laptop’s lid.