The Audioengine A5N Speaker System is a high-end music speaker product that allows you to listen to your music from your iPod, MP3 player, Airport Express, LCD TVs, DVD players, PDAs, laptops and more. What’s interesting about this product from an eco perspective is that it uses eco friendly technology, highly sustainable bamboo as part...
Lighting a large area with conventional lamps can be very costly to run in energy costs, in addition to installing the infrastructure and maintenance costs. However, with some careful planning, the use of green gadgets, such as solar powered LED bricks can be an attractive and practical technique for lighting pavements and other paved areas.
Do you have lots of accessories with your TV? For example, do you have a DVD player, a satellite receiver, a games console, a video player, a hifi, etc? May be you have all of the above? We all know that leaving gadgets on standby mode can be a significant waste of energy, and be...
As gadgets become cheaper, it’s becoming more and more common for gadgets to be fitted into our cars. For example, DVD players, games consoles, MP3 players, air conditioning and more. The chances of having a flat car battery are therefore quite high. When driving, a portion of your fuel is used to charge the car...
It seems as if the water-powered gadgets are becoming a bit of a trend. The water-powered green gadgets typically seem to be very low powered and use a small LCD screen. This new water powered calculator has a small re-fillable cartridge that will power the calculator for up to 3 months with just a few...
Philips have recently announced its 42″ 1080p resolution flat panel Eco TV, loaded with energy saving features and designed with the environment in mind. Using eco friendly technology, the Eco TV uses around 75 Watts, compared to other flat screen TVs which consume around 100W+. Philips has eliminated any lead from the product, and has...
With the majority of western homes having internet access these days, the majority of them will have “always on” broadband modem routers. Since these routers are on all day, every day, they are responsible for a surprising chunk of the energy costs. D-Link has announced that three of it’s new routers employ green ethernet technology...
If you live in a flat (apartment to our US friends), you might want to compost your food waste, but you don’t have a garden to compost the waste in. The NatureMill Pro is an indoor composting gadget that will efficiently breakdown your food leftovers into a useful and nitrogen rich composting soil.
Researchers at the Iowa State University have invented a green gadget, a solar-powered necktie, in the process of inventing fabric that integrates photovoltaic thin film cells both physically and aesthetically into wearable clothing. In terms of aesthetics, it’s a hard job, as solar cells are usually a distinct blue-ish colour and grid-pattern.
Every so often you find a really useful green gadget that does a little bit to helping you save energy and money. This interesting little helps your gas cooker to burn gas more efficiently. At the heart of the device is a catalytic alloy disc that heats up to 100 degrees centigrade. When the widget...
