Tag Archives: gadgets
Top 5 Weirdest Uses of Solar Power
Are you interested in solar gadgets? Well, here are a few bizarre uses of the renewable solar energy that would impress you greatly. Check them out: Solar Light Up Skull As the name suggests, this skull is powered by the solar energy and hence, there is no need of plugging it in or tossing in [...]
In Focus: Green Gadgets for the Home
As the harsh reality of global warming continues to strike fear and suffering on a frighteningly consistent basis in the form of natural disasters, it’s about time we acknowledge our role as the most intelligent species on the planet and play our part more seriously. Fortunately, putting your environmentally conscious intentions and strategies in line [...]
Eco-Friendly Tech: Making the Case for Businesses
Installing environmentally friendly products around the office is more than just a trend in businesses across the globe. It is a business tactic. The boom in Eco-friendly technology is occurring because business owners are seeing the potential savings in the overhead costs that are associated with running their business each day. From the light bulbs [...]
Did You Know? Smartphones Reduce Energy Usage
Smartphones are an increasingly ubiquitous aspect of modern life and research shows that they are decreasing the amount of energy used globally. This is the finding from Outlier, a research group that explores trends in how people use energy. As reported in Energy Manager Today smartphone sales volumes in 2012 were estimated at 717 million [...]
Eco Design at The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
The 2013 International CES show is the biggest trade show in the Americas and includes some of the newest eco-design and sustainable technologies. The show is organized by the Consumer Electronics Association and takes place in Las Vegas from January 8 to January 11. Last year 156,000 people attended CES 2012. The show is huge [...]
The Solar Powered M16
A few weeks ago I met a fellow blogger. However, instead of writing about solar energy, he writes a blog about guns called LooseRounds.com. Before he started writing this blog he served in the Marines. We started talking about solar energy and he told me how one of his friends had come up with a crude [...]
Will Future Cell Phones Save Flexible Solar?
Copper-indium-gallium-diselenide, also known as CIGS solar cells are enabling a new suite of flexible applications from solar roof tiles to consumer electronics such as Apple and Samsung smartphones. CIGS have the competitive advantage that they can be deposited on flexible substrates as opposed to conventional solar panels, which enables a variety of niche products. A [...]
FUTUREWATCH: What Comes After MEMS?
Over the last 50 years computing power has migrated from the mainframe, to the desktop, to the laptop, and now, with almost-equivalent computing capability, onto mobile devices, tablets, and smart phones. And tomorrow? If you were in Scottsdale, AZ in November for the now semi-annual MEMS Executive Congress, you would have heard about the latest [...]
The Solar Pocket Factory Concept Launched on KickStarter
A KickStarter project shows how solar panel factories could become a feature of any neighborhood, producing cheap solar panels for an age when these would become truly mass consumption items. Devised by inventors Shayne Frayne and Alex Hornstein, the duo has come up with a concept called “solar pocket factory” to produce cheaper small-scale panels [...]