Chevy's fuel efficient Cobalt is sipping gas a little more sparingly these days, thanks to some clever engineering and continued dedication to savi...
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Chevrolet, along with the rest of General Motors, is striving to make its vehicles more environmentally responsible in numerous ways, including in...
Luke Anderson | posted on August 28, 2008
We’ve all seen the solar gadgets which promise to provide juice to other electronics. However, these generally require you to be in good sunlight for hours on end just to work. While there are some people that might benifit from such a device, most of us aren’t outside that much every day. Another alternative approach to recharging gadgets is this M2E Power, which charges batteries using kinetic energy. …read full discussion
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Gareth Branwyn | posted on August 28, 2008
Ingenious evaporative cooler built to cool camel’s milk in Somalia. I love the use of corrugated galvanized iron sheets and sisal sack fabric to create the airflow and cooling system. …read full discussion
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Luke Anderson | posted on August 21, 2008
There’s no arguing that the world has slowly begun looking for “green” alternatives to everyday items. Most of us still don’t go too far out of our way to get everything made from natural or recycled components, but we still try to do our part when we can. Those that like to go the extra mile might enjoy this Woody Bamboo flash drive.
The drive comes in capacities of 128MB all the way up to 8GB. Aside from the essential components that comprise the electronics of the drive, the rest is made from bamboo, and includes a hemp-like string for carrying it around your neck. If you want, you can even get a fancy bamboo storage box. Right now they can only be ordered in large quantities, but you can get a logo stamped on them.
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Best of the Green Web | posted on August 21, 2008
Using nanorobots to build circuits is so last year’s fantasy. The latest technology of tomorrow uses viruses to construct everything from transistors to tiny batteries to solar cells. Researchers at MIT published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week describing how they’ve successfully created tiny batteries …read full discussion
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Gareth Branwyn | posted on August 4, 2008
Mister Jalopy of Dinosaurs and Robots points us to these cool collections of classic camping kerosene lamps and stoves. Having spent the better part of my youth hiking and camping, I fondly remember a lot of these models. …read full discussion
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Katie Fehrenbacher | posted on July 25, 2008
We’ve been waiting awhile for the coming revolution of both fuel cell-powered devices and those tiny computers called “ultra-mobile PCs.” Well, now we can wait a bit more for a gadget with both of those future-forward designs in one. This morning, fuel cell maker MTI Micro and Korean consumer electronics maker NeoSolar said they will be making a variety of consumer electronics powered by fuel cells — most notably, ultra-mobile PCs.
The companies aren’t revealing much, but they say the gadgets will be able to use MTI’s methanol-based fuel cell technology, Mobion, as chargers, embedded technology and as snap-on attachments. No word on when they’ll be available, but check out the gadget below:
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Andrew Liszewski | posted on July 23, 2008
There’s recently been a flood of new powerbars that are all designed to cut down on the amount of energy your electronics waste when they’re in standby mode. And while the CheckTap might seem like another drop in the bucket, it does bring some new ideas to the table. Its most unique feature is that it connects to your PC via USB and can be controlled or programmed using the included CheckManager software. The application allows you to set up schedules for when each socket is on or off, and provides feedback on how much energy you’re actually saving with your current configuration. It even features a virtual tree that grows at different rates depending on the CO2 emissions your setup has managed to reduce.
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Chris Morrison | posted on July 15, 2008
Covalent Solar, a startup being spun out by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has yet another idea for concentrating solar photovoltaics: Layered glass with organic dyes that let some wavelengths of light through, and trap others, channeling the light to solar cells at the perimeter of the “panel”. …read full discussion
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The Oracle | posted on July 14, 2008
A middle school student in GuangDong, China made a bike washing machine, not many details but ready for a re-make via Tim. …read full discussion
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Collin Cunningham | posted on July 11, 2008
The folks @ MIT are warming up to the idea of parabolic solar collectors, recently demonstrating this 12-foot dish of massive heating power - …read full discussion
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