If you want to keep yourself occupied over the weekend while taking a step to go greener in your couch potato lifestyle, then might we suggest you check out the Solar TV Remote project? This DIY effort would mean you need not replace your remote control’s batteries – ever, assuming it gets enough sunlight of course. The project doesn’t require you to have a degree in rocket science, and chances are pretty good you already are in possession of all the tools and supplies required. Of course, this hack might just pique your interest to apply similar principles during its constructed to make other AA or AAA powered device solar-powered further down the road.