The Potenco PCG1 pull-cord generator creates electricity for portable gadgets with far greater efficiency than hand-cranked devices. The PCG1 is the geek-chic version of a generator for the developing world. It weighs 14 ounces, has both an internal NiMh battery and a mini-USB output jack and can convert 2 minutes of effort into 40 minutes [...]
Portable fuel cell technology is getting extremely close to consumer production. Swedish firm myFC’s FuelCellPlatform will soon make it possible to provide cordless power anytime, anywhere, allowing you to use your mobile phone or portable PC without interruption.
Integrating their FuelCellSticker technology, the product is designed to produce highly-efficient, mobile power. This means that it can [...]
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The contemporary looking house pictured here is not a high-end green building full of high tech features. Rather, it is a prizewinning affordable housing design for South Africa that costs significantly less than a brand-new car. This is a building designed to provide affordable housing for very little cost: 50,000 South African rand [...]
The designers of the KDDI show us the future of the mobile devices. Their new concept has solar panels on the back so if your phone needs a recharge when you are at the center of the street, you just open the panels and wait a little while the phone charging the batteries. Good idea, [...]
The PC manufacturers realized that the future of the PC industry lies in the hand of the designers. In these days the customers wants a unique and stylish case when they buy a PC and that’s why Dell started the “Regeneration: International Green Computing Design Competition”. Luis Luna, a Mexican industrial designer created a marvelous [...]
Everyone can have a couple of clean water at any time when you are at home, but if you live in a desert or just want fresh water in a camping you will need this gadget. The Watermill makes clean water up to 12 l/day from the thin air! Yes, you just plug in to [...]
Sony Ericsson introduced their new eco concept called GreenHeart. The new mobile phone built from recycled plastic and using only 3,5 mW energy! It looks great and there’s a chance that this little baby is going to production in the near future!
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The new iPhone has new features, for example the handy GPS receiver, and smart developers take advantage of this innovation surprisingly fast! Carticipate is the first location-based mobile social network application for ride sharing, ride combining, and car pooling on a mobile platform — specifically, the iPhone. You can visit the official website or watch a demo video at Susty.tv This [...]
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Greenpeace released the guide they do yearly: the Guide to Greener Electronics. From this 1mb PDF document you’ll be able to learn more about mammoth companies and their products, and of course how “green” they are? The list is lead by Nokia, and seems like - a bit surprising at least for me - Nintendo is [...]
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A few days ago we wrote about an interesting idea: Vivien Muller designed a plant that’s leaves are solar cells and you could put the stylish gadget into your window to charge your batteries, phones, etc. Now it looks like in the near future this product will be available from japanese National Institute of Advanced [...]
