Simon Wilby | Simon Wilby Press

In December of 2009, Canadian Simon Wilby introduced his invention called The Smart One to the world from his corporate headquarters in sunny Barbados.

The Smart One is an aftermarket product for cellular phones that lets you charge your cellular phone from practically any light source, most notably, the sun. Simon Wilby designed the gadget to be discreet. It won’t get in the way of your normal cell phone usage and even improves battery performance by tripling your talk time on a single, full charge.

With a truly global outlook in terms, The Smart One is manufactured in China and reflects Simon Wilby’s desire to make clean, “green” energy a worldwide concern.

Choosing Barbados as a staging ground was no accident. Simon Wilby has been a frequent visitor to this Caribbean island nation since 2007 where he says, “The sun is always shining.”