The s0ccket ball is a soccer/football that has been designed to take the energy of its movement and convert it into usable electrical energy.
April 16, 2010April 12, 2010
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Tag: Alternative Energy
January 14, 2010January 12, 2010
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Eco Friendly Mobile Phone By Daizi Zheng For Nokia
This conceptual mobile phone designed by Daizi Zheng aims to replace conventional mobile batteries with an eco friendly version. It was designed for Nokia as a phone battery that is cheaper to produce, uses less resources in its production and its life time of use, while also being able to be disposed of in an...
July 1, 2009June 25, 2009
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Dyson Energy Bracelet – Wrist Phone Charger
The Dyson Energy Bracelet is a pretty novel gadget that uses the thermoelectric effect to generate electricity to charge up your cell phone. Due to a difference in temperature between the surface of the skin and the ambient environment, a Peltier element converts that temperature difference into an electrical current, which is stored in a...
May 15, 2009July 13, 2009
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Swap And Go Green LPG Cylinders
If you use natural gas or low power gas for camping for BBQ stoves, then these funky low-pressure gas (LPG) cylinders are a simple way to use natural gas without the hassle of using normal cylinders. Rather than having to wait to get your cylinder refilled or checked, you literally just grab a new bottle...
May 6, 2009July 13, 2009
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Roll Charger – Battery Charging with Chinese Therapy Balls
The Chinese therapy balls have long been used in Chinese medicine as a way to stimulate acupuncture points in the hand and to loosen stiff joints. As someone who suffers from hand pain on occasion, I think that they’re a great way to improve mobility in your hands and fingers. A product designer by the...
April 10, 2009July 13, 2009
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Sunforce 12-Volt 400-Watt Wind Turbine Generator
If you ever thought about putting up a wind turbine in your garden, you might have been put off by the cost of them. Decent wind turbines easily cost in the thousands in most currencies. If you fancy playing around with a wind turbine, but can’t afford the thousands for a powerful turbine, then perhaps...
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.
August 8, 2008July 13, 2009
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Mini Wind Turbine Eco-Friendly Charger
If you want to exploit wind power, you’d normally need a monstrous wind turbine that would cost you thousands. Wind power is probably the most efficient of alternative energy sources for residential uses. Unfortunately, the cost of such a system along with the wind requirements precludes people from wanting to use it. However, this neat...
July 11, 2008July 13, 2009
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Shark & Tuna Inspired Power Generation
We’ve learnt a lot from nature, such as flight and medicine. Scientists in Australia have designed an innovative power generation system inspired by the shape of the tailfins of Tuna and Sharks. The currents on the ocean floor impose a force on the fin of the BioStream device. The to-and-fro motion of the fin is...