I owe this 60-Second Earth gig to Steve Jobs. Without the iPod there’s no podcast. But our collective lust for iPod-like gadgets has some outsized impacts on the planet.
Give Jobs credit. When pushed by environmentalists, he unveiled less toxic products, eliminating nasties like arsenic and mercury. But, ultimately, each of these devices relies on substances such as coltan from warlord-ravaged Congo or illegally mined rare earths from China.
‘Go Green’ is the buzz word these days with companies and innovative designers across the world coming up with the ideas of gadgets that are powered by solar energy. These solar powered devices are totally emission free and they operate using solar energy. (more…)
Each one of us loves some or the other sort of music. Music is a continuously evolving industry and the way we listen to music has completely changed. We’re gradually moving into an era where music and music devices should be essentially green if these have to cater to the eco conscious masses.
Here we’ve listed some most amazing concept music players that will make sure we’re only listening to sustainable tunes:
Wind-up gadgets have become the hot favorite around the world. Now MP3 players, bike lights, LED torches and many other devices have been included in the expanding range of wind-up gadgets. Read on and find out more about the 10 best ecofriendly wind-up gadgets currently available.
In recent times, there are many discussions happening about green renewable energy sources and how they can be utilized at their maximized level. Well, solar powered gadgets belong to such a domain whose convenience and practicality can be enjoyed through our very own home appliances. Even beyond their functionality there is always that essence of sustainability that can only bode well for our future. So without further ado, let us check out 5 such home gadgets that run on solar energy. (more…)
Piezoelectricity is the electric charge which is generated in certain solid materials due to the application of pressure or mechanical stress. In the current epoch, where there are lot of conscious efforts and research directed toward finding an alternative of fast disappearing nonrenewable resources, the concept of piezoelectricty seems promising to deliver a substitute, to fuel the world of future.
There are times when you need a break from routine life – office, home, and the virtual world, which, of late, has become a major part of your insipid life. So, how about camping? It is something that everyone loves. Take a day out of your boring schedule and set out for camping. Equipments? Worried about a camera that would run down on battery, barbeque, lights that will go short of charge and similar things that might make camping a tedious affair? Don’t bother anymore. We bring to you a range of products that will not only make your camping fun, but also environment-friendly. How about that?
A lot of effort has been made to generate energy and electricity by human efforts. The motivation behind this technology is as we consume energy so we should also generate energy. Now, we have successfully designed and developed several pedal powered machines that can perform our day to day activities. Bicycle pedal and cranks have made notable contribution in generating energy that is purely ecofriendly allowing us to get rid of post carbon problems.
The pedal powered machines are designed largely to make use of bicycle generating energy by just cycling for few seconds. Here is a list of 10 fantastic machines that are powered and give the intended results with a pair of bicycle pedals.
For campers to go green can be a challenge especially for those who have never done it earlier. However it is still possible to go green while camping. Here are 10 green camping gadgets for eco friendly camps.
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has manufactured a tablet PC which costs Rs. 3000 and is completely Made in India in BEL’s plant in Bangalore. The amazing thing about this tablet is, it was designed, manufactured and 2000 sample tablets were shipped in just 4.5 months.
BEL’s tablet runs Android 2.2 and is solar powered for the power back up. The tablet will send the data back to the central server relying on the solar powered battery. Other specifications are not known but this tablet with the leather pouch, keyboard connected with a cable seems like a practical approach for low cost computing. Asus Transformer has a similar but much sexier approach a tablet.
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