is a company who produce a range of eco-friendly scooters. The scooters are powered by electricity rather than petrol or diesel and are perfect for short journeys such as a trip to the shops.
August 9, 2010July 26, 2010
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Tag: Alternative Fuels
June 5, 2009July 13, 2009
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NoPoPo Urine Powered Mini Lantern
Recently, the NoPoPo Batteries where released. The NoPoPo batteries use urine to provide battery power. The battery is made from carbon and magnesium, and uses urine (as well as other liquids like beer, sake and cola) as an electrolyte to generate an electrical current. Well now the Japan Trend Shop is offering a NoPoPo Urine...
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...
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...
March 26, 2009July 13, 2009
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Chromasun Solar Powered Hybrid Air Conditioner
If it’s a really hot summer, there’s no doubt that having an air conditioner will make the hot evenings a lot more bearable. However, air conditioners do use an incredible amount of electricity. A new company called Chromasun has announced their plan to release a highly efficient air conditioner unit.
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 12, 2009July 13, 2009
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Engineer Builds World’s Fastest Electric Go-Kart
An engineer (read: big kid) has built an impressive go-kart that uses 6 Optima D34 (12V 55AH) batteries that allows the kart to reach speeds of up to 60 mph (100 kph). The kart is supposedly the fastest electric go-kart in the world, and therefore is a record-breaker. The batteries drive a S-33 motor and...
January 9, 2009July 13, 2009
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Shake Control – Motion-Powered TV Remote Control
A group of designers (Lee Sung Hoon, Kang Sooyeon, Cho Eun Bee, Lee Junehwa and Kim Jean) have come up with a novel re-design of the beloved TV remote control. Exploiting the energy generated by a moving magnet within a coil, the remote control is powered by simply shaking the remote control. There is no...
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 5, 2009July 13, 2009
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EcoSmart Zeta – Environmentally Friendly Open Fireplace
The EcoSmart Zeta fireplace is bizarre looking to say the least. Designed by John Dimopoulos, the director of a design and architects company in Sydney, the Zeta is named after the likeness of its shape and the Greek letter Zeta. Using stainless steel, wood and leather, the fire is completely portable and has no need...
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