The Hydra watering system is an easy to install and aesthetically pleasing garden irrigation gadget. The Hydra was designed as a solution to avoid home owners needing to dig up their garden to install a watering system. The Hydra uses a range of sensors to determine when to water the garden, saving up to 25%...
Category: Home Gadgets
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
100% Natural Memory Foam Pillows and Matresses
Memory Foam is a fantastic invention. If you’ve ever sat on a memory foam mattress, you’ll know what I mean. Essentially, your body sinks into the foam, which moulds to your body shape. The foam then completely supports your body in its natural posture. Essentia have patented a 100% natural variation of memory foam, which...
Indesit Eco-Friendly Washing Machines
Indesit have announced 2 new washing machines to join their Hotpoint lines, the Indesit Aquarius and Indesit Ultima. In addition to the common features such as water and energy efficient usage, these washing machines are actually constructed from recycled materials.
Solar Powered Patio Lighting – LED Umbrella Light
Chinavasion have released a solar powered LED lighting unit for your outdoor umbrella. The batteries in the light unit charge during the day, and at night you can switch on the LED lighting to illuminate underneath your existing patio umbrella.
Solar Powered Keyhole Light
If you’re stumbling home from work or from a night out, finding the keyhole can be tricky if it’s dark. If you don’t have external lighting to your home, then perhaps would would benefit from a . The eco gadget has an obvious benefit as giving you a small amount of illumination in a useful...