@OMG! Ponies!: I don't know, I'll ride my bicycle (I have a trailer!) :P

bpapa9013

@Xavoc: Bjork is from Iceland.

GeekyNerdGuy

Thet's vhet zee Cleuntech Gruoop is repurteeng, besed oon deteeels ooff a recent €50 meelliun infestment intu Ikee's GreenTech foond, used tu feenunce-a reseerch intu cunsoomer suler punels, greee booeelding metereeels, elterneteefe-a leeght suoorces, itc. In zee seme-a vey thet Vel-Mert cun beseecelly fert oone-a neeght und veke-a up zee next murneeng hefeeng chunged zee fece-a ooff messeefe-a glubeleezed reteeel, Ikea mufeeng tu sell presoomebly effffurdeble-a suler geer fur iferydey users cuoold be-a a beeg poosh tu zee indoostry. Zeere's a reesun vhy yuoor Ikea is usooelly next tu a sheepping purtzeese-a Svedes mufe-a sereeuoos veeeght. Boot zee qooesshun is, vhet veell zeey be-a celled? SØLECKK? SOoNGLYÄSS? Heet zee neme-a generetur und let's feegoore-a thees oone-a oooot. [Cleuntech feea CNET]

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

I think they'll just call it Bjork.

Xavoc

I had one hell of a time just hanging a 4 piece mirror in my daughters room. I don't think I can handle the solar panels.

sir_pantsalot

@John Mahoney: Damn it. You made me spill my coffee. That's the first thing in the comments that has made me laugh out loud for days. Please change it! Please!

92BuickLeSabre

OH MAN, I HOPE SO!

MFlick

The best way for them to be environmental would be to stop selling cheap crap that people will throw away and fill landfills.

some_stupid_nut

@GeekyNerdGuy: I hear there's a massive underground solar movement starting in areas that don't allow solar panels on houses. Has yet to generate any electricity though...

Gann

@92BuickLeSabre: Maybe the headline should have just been "Ikea hurdddy gjurdddy yerrrdy Solar Panels yerddy guirdyyy"

John Mahoney

@Aoi: Fry's retail stores have sold large 4'x2' solar panels as well as solar panels for charging notebook computers for some time now. I always see them near the battery aisle.

chonnes

@Aoi: Most large packs (8x11") are at best 5 Watts. So for your on average 80 Wh battery pack, that is 16 hours in the sun...

Log1c

And the gas used by your SUV to get to the IKEA store? How does that fit in?

OMG! Ponies!

so then there will be 40 parts you have to put together that have no screws and it will break in 3 months

lilaliendog

@92BuickLeSabre: I liked it better before it was fixed.

92BuickLeSabre

I would love to finally have some cheap solar panels that I can use to power my various gadgets when I'm outside. How many would it take to power a laptop?

SUNSVINNII DÅII

Aoi

The only downside is that the Nazi HOAs around here won't let us put this stuff on our houses. I'm going to have to run for the damn board if I want to get one up at my place.

GeekyNerdGuy

Stupid name generator is blocked as "pornography" by the company firewall.

what types of names are you suggesting we call these things?

Geisrud

But if you put it together wrong, does it return power to the sun?

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

@unclewinkie: exactly.

Bos'un's Mate

I like the way you make fun of how Swedes talk right there in the headline.

(I'm going with ENFFIRORÖOF.)

92BuickLeSabre

wow

unclewinkie

The "Ø" character is from Denmark. The Swedish version "Ö" is far superior, clearly.

BoinK

@GeekyNerdGuy: Fine. They'll call it Bjorn Borg. Happy?!

OMG! Ponies!

@bpapa9013: I've been trying to work out a harness system to connect my 2 cats to a Radio Flyer wagon.

It's their food and litter - let them lug it.

OMG! Ponies!

@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity @92BuickLeSabre: I'll send this off to Giz Sweden right away with the aforementioned headline.

John Mahoney

@Geisrud: FREAKIN SWEET!

bpapa9013

@bpapa9013: And they make kick ass meatballs, unlike a certain Nazi Shirt selling conglomerate.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

"...In the same way that Wal-Mart can basically fart one night and wake up the next morning having changed the face of massive globalized retail..."

At least IKEA is doing something for the common good, rather than just fueling the race to the bottom, and contributing to US consumers expectation that products should be cheaper that is realistically good for the economy/environment. (and treating their employees like slaves, etc.)

Although I must continue to fault IKEA for making crap that doesn't last very long spurring further consumption via replacements...

bpapa9013

[addons.mozilla.org]

Geisrud

@OMG! Ponies!: That sound's like quite a challenge, I wouldn't expect that cats would make very good draft animals. Just get a dog, it'll clean up their leavings, just don't let it lick your face!

bpapa9013

@bpapa9013: I don't let my cats lick my face either. Because when they get bored, they lick each others' asses. Anyone who tells you cats are (a) smart or (b) clean doesn't have cats.

They are, however, excellent entertainment. Few things are funnier than a cat falling off of a bookshelf in the course of chasing its tail. In fact, cats chase their tails better than dogs because it's faster and they yowl when they catch it.

OMG! Ponies!

Ikarus: I like it!

strobefx

@GeekyNerdGuy: That's the beauty of it.

Xavoc

@OMG! Ponies!: Why, solar powered vehicles of course.

crayonwaxy

@John Mahoney: Brilliant. Then we can see if they are as sensitive as the Canadians and Brazilians!

(Don't forget to photoshop The Swedish Chef into the picture!)

92BuickLeSabre

@OMG! Ponies!: It's not so much they lick their own, or other's asses. It's that they're known carriers of disesases able to penetrate the blood/brain barrier.

Xavoc

@strobefx: Then again, it might not be wise to name solar panels after someone who took in too much sunlight and fell from a height because of it.

strobefx

@OMG! Ponies!:
"cats chase their tails better than dogs because it's faster and they yowl when they catch it."

I have to agree even though my cat has a tale to tell but only half a tail to tell it with - so we don't know why he lost the top half of it but we do know he can't catch it.

My Mom's psycho-cat, on the other hand had a long tail which he thought was sneaking up behind him to attack so right out of nowhere he would do a Taz on it. Freaky.
The vet suggested Vallium. My Mom said "Not my poor kitty".
The Vet said, "No, the Vallium is for you and we should "dock" the cat's tail".
Problem solved.

ANoel

@92BuickLeSabre: Needs more Bork bork bork!

Xavoc

Nu tycker jag att det här börjar urarta lite grann... den svenska kocken har verkligen förstört eran syn på oss svenskar och på hur vi pratar.

Translation: Now this i getting out of hand... the swedish chef really messed up your conception of us swedes and the way we speak.

Ps im totally gonna start speaking like him from now on...that was hilarious, prolly even more so for me who knows how close/off he is :P

Whisssper

SOLLARVIK FJLLÄTPAKK

MrBlonde29

@Gann: Apparently those people don't realize that the panels don't work UNDERGROUND. ;)

Actually, some areas have passed legislation similar to the small satellite dishing indicating that they can't be goverened by an HOA. I would think that any area with those limits would have to reconsider considering how big the green movement is now.

Layne

SQLGuru

@Whisssper: haha im really too tired for typing "conception" was of course supposed to be "perception"

Whisssper

@Xavoc: I have a fever, and the only cure is more Bjork bork.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

Integrating solar into your house power distro is a REALLY BIG DEAL. I don't see how even IKEA can make the safety hook-up hex-wrench easy.

AdmNaismith

@GeekyNerdGuy: By doing whatever you want with a damn good reason behind it, you break the hgemony of the HOA for everybody. Whats the HOA going to do, MAKE you buy power from somewhere?

AdmNaismith

@SQLGuru: Agreed. Nowadays, saying someone isn't "green" is just like saying they were "red" during the Communist scare. Just put up a sign or hand out flyers saying you're trying to reduce your carbon footprint, and the HOA refuse to care about the enviroment and people's children. As much as I hate and laugh at this whole "Green" craze, it does come in handy sometimes.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

BoinK: At least they have LEGO. AKEI?!

moveteam

Let's not forget their Bikini Team! Talk about solar energy!! Oiny goiny!!

@bpapa9013: "...fueling the race to the bottom, and contributing to US consumers expectation that products should be cheaper that is realistically good for the economy/environment. (and treating their employees like slaves, etc.)"

So typical and so wrong.

GadgetPlay

Maybe the solar panels will help offset the carbon footprint from their recent mass mailing of half-inch thick paper catalogs!

Tikitiki

sweet, but not looking forward to installing it myself

zed0

Well, considering some of their other stuff, it will probably be named: KRÄPPTÄSVTYC

Ashman

@Geisrud: yeah... it's blocked on my by "blog"

somehow gizmodo manages to get through, thankfully, otherwise I'd go crazy

kathartik

Imo the most kickas name would be:
Solcellen: Sol och våra

Hehe swedish for the con sun panel :P

wewer

@Gann: that's cutting edge! underground solar panels! imagine the possibilities!

krystar

I am guessing: Solbräda, but there is only so much you can trust an online translator.

twilight-arc