Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 1:43pm
PiSAT Solar's K-Light LED lantern may be just what you're looking for if you're the outdoor type. Only the size of a soda can and weighing in at just shy of a pound and a half, the 16-LED K-Light comes...
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Friday, April 24, 2009 - 12:13pm
Are you a sparkling-water person? Then you should know about SodaStream, a countertop gadget that carbonates water quickly and easily. While other home-based carbonators can be unwieldy or downright dangerous, this device is incredibly easy to use and requires no...
Friday, April 24, 2009 - 8:12am
The future is green. Concern for the environment isn't just a passing fad — it's going to inform all the major projects our civilization undertakes from now on. Tomorrow's building tools aren't just brick and mortar; they're solar cells and...
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 12:46pm
Here's a new green machine that coaxes microbes into farting, storing the resulting methane for later use. Because windmills and solar panels only work when the wind's blowing or the sun's shining, scientists are looking for the most efficient ways...
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 12:04pm
There's a lot of surface area on this planet that's ripe for solar panels. It's flat, it's got nothing blocking it from the sun, and it lets panels float on it. Yep, its the oceans. But big storms can screw...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 3:02pm
What better place than the Sunshine State for the world's first solar-powered city? Called Babcock Ranch, the 17,000-acres-large community will have its energy needs supplied by a $300 million, 75 megawatt solar-powered generator. The city will also integrate a Smart...
Monday, April 13, 2009 - 6:40am
A lot of energy in various kinds of motion is wasted. But that's why we invented automatic watches and regenerative brakes. It's also the gist behind this hot-looking rocking chair. Made by Czech design studio Novague, the chair, called Move...
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 1:11pm
How appropriate for Nikon to create green-friendly binoculars, a fave tool of birdwatchers. Birders care about the destruction of our planet, so they'll like that Nikon has taken all the toxic waste out of manufacturing these 10x25 Ecobin field glasses....
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 10:32am
Some mega-corporations talk big about going green, but their actions speak louder than their words and marketing. So say green fanatics Greenpeace in Version 11 of the Green Gadget Guide, smacking down HP, Dell, and Lenovo while beautifying Samsung, and...
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 10:14pm
As homeless populations in most major cities around the world increase, now is the time to begin creating sustainable housing solutions that defy convention. Dutch design group N55, in conjunction with the Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, created just such a...
