Category: Solar Powered Gadgets

January 16, 2009February 3, 2009
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Solar Powered BlueTooth In-Car Handsfree Kit

The Nextar NXBT-001 and NXBT-002 denote the model names of a pair of BlueTooth handsfree kits for the car. The eco bit is that they are both solar powered rather than using the charging port of the car. The Nextar NXBT-001 offers 250 hours of standby time and 10 hours of talk time, whereas the...

January 13, 2009July 13, 2009
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Bicycle and Solar Energy Charger System

The PedalPower+ is a solar charger eco gadget that will charge up your MP3, camera and phone devices in just a few hours. The PedalPower+ uses a dynamo to convert the rotational energy from cycling into energy usable to charge up your gadgets. The V2 and V3 PedalPower+ versions also feature a solar panel, allowing...

January 8, 2009July 13, 2009
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Flexible Solar Panels roll into green AA batteries

A designer by the name of Wu Jian has come up with a concept for an eco-friendly battery gadget. The Soft Solar Battery is made of several layers of film, including a flexible battery and flexible solar panel. The battery is rolled out flat to charge up in the sun, the level of charge indicated...

January 7, 2009July 13, 2009
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Crank-Power Active Trax Audio Player

The Active Trax Audio Player eco-gadget is an amplifier and FM radio that can charge up using solar power, hand power (via the handle) and good ol’ AC mains power. Using a 3.5mm audio jack, you can play your iPod or any other MP3 music player that has a standard headphone socket.

January 6, 2009July 13, 2009
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Lyman Morse PowerCube – High-end Portable Solar Power

The boat builder specialists have used their marine expertise to develop the PowerCube. Working with a company called Reluminati, PowerCube has been designed as a solution for off-grid energy supply. Whilst the sun is shining, the PowerCube can supply 600 watts of power. As you can see from the photo above, the PowerCube is a...

December 31, 2008December 18, 2008
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Solar Panel Sun Glasses

The eco-designers are at it again, with these solar panel sunglasses from a pair of designers by the names of Hyun-Joong Kim and Kwang-Seok Jeong. The dye solar cells collect solar energy, and convert it into electricity. This electricity supply is fed to a small power jack at the back of the glasses.

December 5, 2008February 3, 2009
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Xantrex XPower Portable Solar Powerpack

Most solar powered battery packs are pretty small, designed for charging iPods, digital cameras and mobile phones. The XPower Portable Solar Powerpack packs a punch as it’s able to supply 400 Watts of power at either 12V or 120V AC.

December 3, 2008July 13, 2009
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Solar Powered Camera Bag

If you’re an amateur or professional photographer, you’ll know how quickly your digital SLR cameras eat through batteries. I imagine that you use rechargeable batteries, otherwise it would cost you a fortune in standard disposable batteries. The Solar Powered Camera Bag is an ideal eco gadget that will help keep your camera batteries fully charged....

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...