The first green credit card has been announced! Offered by Discover, it is the industry’s first biodegradable plastic credit card. The biodegradable PVC is designed when exposed to soil and moisture.
December 30, 2008July 13, 2009
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Category: Odd Gadgets
December 25, 2008December 18, 2008
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The Packaging Lamp – made from its own packaging
On the theme of using the packaging as part of the product, a designer by the name of David Gardener has created a packaging lamp. The packaging lamp houses all the parts you need to make a lamp from the packaging.
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 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 1, 2008July 13, 2009
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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...
November 26, 2008November 14, 2008
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Collapsible Solar-Powered Traffic Cone
Brando are at it again with another of their eco friendly gadgets, the Solar Powered Traffic Code. The collapsible traffic cone can easily be stored in the boot of your car without using up much space. When there’s an emergency, just pluck it out of your car, and pull the top of the cone upwards.
November 24, 2008July 13, 2009
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JVC Speakers with built-in Plant Pots
JVC have released an unusual product that combines speakers with plant pots! The speakers are made from eco-friendly plastic that are easily linked together, a bit like lego in a way.
November 6, 2008July 13, 2009
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Hand-powered Penguin Torch for the Kids
Sometimes these eco-friendly gadgets do end up being a little odd, however, this is a green gadget focussed firmly on the kids. This is a hand-powered torch in the shape of a penguin.
October 22, 2008November 13, 2008
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USB Flash Memory made from Wooden Sticks
Now this is something you don’t see every day. Flash Sticks are a great eco-friendly technology, USB flash memory sticks literally housed in a stick! The wood for these flash sticks are harvested from silver birch, collected from the woodlands in Berkshire, England.