The Neuton CE 6 Mower is a rechargeable battery-powered lawn mower for the garden. Rather than using a petroleum-based fuel, the mower just uses batteries. A single charge of the 360kWh battery is enough to mow up to 15,000 sq. ft. or 1/3 acre of grass.
The is a simple solar-powered clock gadget that runs entirely on solar power in order to work. The clock comes with two sets of hands so that you can either wall-mount the clock or have it free-standing.
The is ideal if you’re out and about, but likely to need a shower in the middle of nowhere. The shower zips into a 45mm x 80mm x 140mm pouch and weighs just 120g, but when unfolded, it can hold up to 10 litres of water. You basically fill the shower up with water, leave...
I do love these odd eco gadgets. Well, perhaps love to hate. This solar-powered turntable will rotate up to 200g of junk using nothing but the sun’s energy. 200g is very little weight, so you couldn’t use it for a plant or anything.
The Nexus Drive Solar Pro is a solar-powered Bluetooth gadget that allows you to use your mobile phone safely and legally, but without needing to use batteries or the car charger to top up the handsfree kit battery. Two hours of bright sunlight will give you roughly an hours talk time on your mobile phone.
The Sensaris Bluetooth Device is a air quality and noise monitoring gadget that relays data back to a central server over the mobile phone networks. Using the Bluetooth functionality in your phone, it will relay air and noise conditions along with your current GPS location. All this data is then made available to people who...
For those who love eco toys, here’s a where you can make a dog, a boat, a moving plane, a car, a windmill and a desktop plane! Although the robot kit is aimed at kids, I’d be more than happy to have one of these on my office desk. Using just 25 parts and no...
Recently, the NoPoPo Batteries where released. The NoPoPo batteries use urine to provide battery power. The battery is made from carbon and magnesium, and uses urine (as well as other liquids like beer, sake and cola) as an electrolyte to generate an electrical current. Well now the Japan Trend Shop is offering a NoPoPo Urine...
If you don’t have any batteries, but you have plenty of soil, then you’ll like this . Using nothing but damp soil and 2 different metals, the current that’s created is enough to power a digital clock. The clock is designed as an educational eco toy, helping kids to learn a little about the chemistry...
Konarka Technologies have announced their Roll-up Solar Charger that uses ultra-thin solar panels to harness the sun’s energy. Although the product is still in development, there will be two variations of the charger. The first version will be a direct charger that charges up devices like mobile phones and MP3 players. The second version will...
