Archive for the ‘Green Tech’ Category
SOFT Rockers Combine Solar Panels
SOFT Rockers combine solar panels and moving furniture to charge your gadgets and also these curved, solar-panel-covered seats rotate on an axis to keep them facing the sun, generating additional energy from the rocking motion created when people climb inside. The teardrop-shaped charging stations were created by professor Sheila Kennedy and a team of students for the Festival of Art+Science+Technology (FAST)………….
IKEA Solvinden Solar-Powered Table Lamp
Green energy is slowly getting immersed in more and more homes. There are now quite a lot of devices for the home that offer the use of green energy like solar power. One of the more common ones are solar powered lamps like the new Solvinden Solar Powered Table Lamp.
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How Green is the iPhone [Infographic]
Folks over at Geekaphone have designed an infographic on Green iPhone, which reveals shocking and surprising information about the most popular phone in the world. Even though Apple is encouraging green technology in the manufacturing process, they still need to work hard on some of the aspects that are mentioned in following infographic.
Dell Green Desktop Studio Hybrid Eco Friendly
Dell has introduced a NEW Range of green desktop computers, The Studio Hybrid. It’s Dell’s smallest and most environmentally friendly consumer PC on the market. PC boasts an Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo processor and runs on Windows Vista. You can also get up to 4GB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM.
Samsung Reveals Eco-Friendly Smartphone
Samsung has come up with two eco friendly handsets, Samsung Replenish and Samsung Restore. The handset is a green device, which is claimed 27 percent post-consumer recycled plastics, also 3 percent recyclable of the phone. As mention, Samsung Restore eco-friendly smartphone was announced by Sprint almost a year ago.
Japanese Scientists Invent Solar-Powered Star Wars Robot
Japanese have a flair for inventing new things and are never bogged down by tough situations. Currently battling with the disaster caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami that wreaked havoc on the country on March 11. Two scientists of Hiroshima International University, Yosuke Kimura and Daisuke Goto, have defied all odds to develop a robot that runs on solar power.
Panasonic solar-powered table
Panasonic introduce solar table concept with wireless power transmission and will apparently be selling this stylish bit of tech-laden furniture by the end of this year or early next year.This solar-powered wireless charging table will let you charge your Qi-compliant devices simply by placing them on the table…………
Solar-Powered Cellphone With Pristine Finish
An elegant solar powered cell phone was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week naming as ‘Apollo’. It has Designed by Chinese cell phone manufacturer Umeox, this phone with a solar panel incorporated on its back side, is already being touted to be the world’s first Android-powered, mass produced, solar-powered cell phone.
Trials Of Renewable Energy In Highways
Renewable energy technologies are likely to become more important as other energy sources become depleted and the cost of power generation using fossil fuels rises. Renewable sources of energy have considerable potential for increasing security of supply although, in most cases, they require significant initial investment. Recognising the importance of developing renewable energy resources, the Highways Agency commissioned a preliminary scoping study in 2001 to explore available methods and assess the possibility of renewable energy generation being exploited within the highway network. This study recommended a positive response by Highways Agency in implementing full-scale trials of renewable energy generation.
Sunswift IV World’s Fastest Solar Car
Sunswift IV is known as IVy, though the pronunciation is a mystery and built by students at the University of New South Wales has broken the Guiness World Land-Speed record for a solar-powered vehicle.Sunswift IV has crushed the previous speed record with a run that topped out at 56.85 mph which set by the GM Sunraycer way back in 1987………
Hexound Solar-Powered Wireless Headphones
Hexound headphones designed by Zhong-Fa Lie are only a concept.Lie designed the Hexound headphones to be made up of three removable units. When these units are connected, they “fulfill their own roles as speakers and a foldable & portable solar energy collection device.” The headphone speakers, when detached, can be used in a stereo speaker mode, described as a standalone way to share music with others around you at a party.
Rainbow Created By Solar-Powered Machine, Developed By VCU Professor
Rainbow is a natural beauty. To see this beautiful special climate condition is needed and of course, that has to be natural in a sense, unless you are not like Michael Jones McKean who has created Rainbow artificially with a solar-powered machine. The Virginia Commonwealth University professor has been practicing this for years and ultimately, he is now successful.
Skinny Player – Body Heat Powered Music Player
Chih-Wei Wang and Shou-His Fu have designed a unique MP3 player. Called the “Skinny Player”, the music player is attached to the user’s skin in a similar way to a plaster.It is a lot simpler and thinner than the iPod Shuffle, incorporating storage, a battery, a play/stop button and speakers into a Band-Aid-like form factor.
Energy-Efficient Concept Vehicle Powered By a Hybrid Engine
Nikita Kalinin, a talented designer has recently unveiled its latest creation – the next-generation sports coupe dubbed Honda X-Track.The two-seater vehicle is powered by a hybrid engine and it can be used in 2 modes: street mode and track mode.
Fuel-Efficient Car Powered By a Hybrid Engine
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has unveiled a new hybrid car that is due to come on the market in 2012.Christened the e-Mobile hybrid car, the vehicle is the first in country, where motorists don’t often show much regard for the environment. The fuel-efficient vehicle is a joint venture between Mikhail Prokhorov’s financial holding company Onexim Group and car maker Yarovit.
