In the spirit of hand-powered eco gadgets, the GettaGrip Musclephone needs 40 seconds of squeezing time to give the internal battery a full charge.
December 24, 2008July 13, 2009
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Author: Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) (Daniel Harrison)
December 23, 2008December 18, 2008
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Sprout-Themed Edible Christmas Cards
An edible Christmas Card has been created by a Devon design company called Oxygen Creative. The card is made from potato starch paper and printed with food colouring rather than conventional ink.
December 22, 2008December 13, 2008
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Wine Bottle packaging transforms into a Lamp
Ciclus, a Spanish design company, were tasked with creating a gift with the theme of turning waste into resources. Their delivered concept was wine packaging that also doubled as a lamp.
December 19, 2008March 22, 2010
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Eco Tutor: Solar Heating for your Home
This guest article was kindly written by Ron Bean of The Green Chameleon. It’s a great introduction to domestic Solar Heating and how it all works. It’s that time of year again – time to break out the sweaters, winter coats and watch those winter heating bills go up every month. Chances are that along...
December 18, 2008July 13, 2010
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Energy Free Lighting – After-Lite
About a month ago, I was contacted by Tim LeMaster regarding the After-Lite product. The After-Lite is essentially a plastic-based disc that fits to the bottom of an energy-saving light bulb. When you have your lights on, the disc “charges up”. When you switch your lights off, the After-Lite disc carries on glowing, giving you...
December 18, 2008December 12, 2008
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Black & Decker Thermal Leak (Draught) Detector
The Black & Decker Thermal Leak and Draught Detector is a step into the eco-friendly gadget world by Black & Decker. Black & Decker are traditionally a power tools manufacturer, e.g. drills, screwdrivers, power-saws, etc. The Thermal Leak and Draught Detector uses a colour-coded light to indicate if it detects a difference in the surface...
December 17, 2008July 13, 2009
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Lighting for your Swimming Pool powered by water
If you’re lucky enough to have your own swimming pool, then you’ll have some pool lighting. These clever EcoLights, designed by Lysandre Follet are powered by a built-in turbine that powers the bright LEDs. This means you don’t need to worry about installing electricity in and around your pool.
December 16, 2008January 6, 2009
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Citrus-Powered Eco-Friendly Clock
If you don’t already have a solar powered or wind powered clock, then you might fancy this rather odd lemon powered clock. The clock exploits the lemon’s citric acid as well as the copper and zinc on the clock to generate enough current to power the clock for a week.
December 15, 2008July 13, 2009
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YoGen MAX Foot Powered Laptop Charger
Laptops are renown for having poor battery working times, and that’s where the YoGen MAX comes in useful. By exploiting foot power, you can charge devices that need a 50-60W power supply, such as laptops.
December 12, 2008January 6, 2009
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Low Power Sharp BDHP21H Blu-ray Disc Player
Sharp has released a new Blu-ray Disc player, being touted as energy saving, as well as HDMI support, Dolby True HD, a quick start of just 10 seconds. The BDHP21H disc player consumes 27Watts of power during operating, and 0.5 Watts of power on standby mode.