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The Solar Globetrotter Kit keeps your gadgets charged
There are times that I would really love to have a solar bag, but they do lack a bit in versatility. First of all if the bag is something that won’t blend easily into different environments you’re going to end up using it less. Also, sometimes you aren’t going to be out and around much and might just want to pop it in the window, but the bag may be too large or awkward to stay in the window and charge up. With the Solar Globetrotter Kit, the solar panel can just attach to any bag, making it useful in a variety of situations.
Eco Gadgets
Solar Deck Lights keep you from tripping down the steps
If you’re worried about family slipping on the steps to your deck at night, these little lights can light the edges of each one. Then again they may end up stepping on the light itself and slipping anyway if they’re overly clumsy. These small lights attach to the step and are solar powered. Each disk shines light in four different directions. However, hopefully you aren’t one that likes to have parties on your deck at all hours of the night.
Eco Gadgets, Garden Gadgets, Home Gadgets
Solar Fairy Lights
Don’t you just love solar power? It not only is free, it doesn’t affect our environment negatively as well. The Solar Fairy Lights helps decorate your home without compromising on the environment.
Thanks to ultra bright LEDs, any outdoor space will be transformed into an enchanting grotto of twinkliness. The effect is utterly captivating. Use them to decorate branches, doorways, trellises, shrubs, parasols, statues of Bill Oddie – whatever. Squint and you could be in Neverland (fictional dream world, not Jacko’s gaff). There are six different modes to choose from, including constant, fast flash, slow flash, fast flicker, chasing and combo. There’s even a built-in automatic dusk sensor plus various timer settings so you can program your lights to switch off once you’ve gone to beddy byes.
Being solar powered, you get up to eight hours of continuous power based on a five hour charge, which is more than adequate unless your party lasts from the night until breakfast tomorrow. You can pick up the Solar Fairy Lights for £24.95 a set.
Eco Gadgets, PC Gadgets
ecobutton PC Energy Saving Device
Most of us leave the PC turn on even when we’re not using it, and this bad habit, when compounded by the fact that plenty of other people also do the same, would result in a massive waste of energy that indirectly affects the environment around us. The ecobutton aims to fight back by offering a friendly reminder whenever we’re going to leave our desks for a moment.
ecobutton is a discreet USB device that acts as a reminder and a prompt for you to press the ecobutton at every opportunity whenever your computer is going to be left idle, helping you save money and the environment. This could be from taking a phone call or break, to doing paperwork or going to lunch and meetings where otherwise the computer would normally be left on. When the ecobutton is pressed your computer enters energy saving ‘ecomode’ – that’s the most efficient, lowest power mode available, which actually draws only the same nominal power as when the computer and monitor are turned off! When you need to use the computer again, simply press any key to instantly return to where you left off. Easy!
Go on, do your bit for the world and soothe that conscience of yours with the £15.95 ecobutton, never mind the fact that you drive a Hummer to work.
Conceptual Gadgets, Eco Gadgets, Tech News
Boeing Skyhook is Retro-futuristic and awesome
I grew up near Seattle, Washington, and one of the biggest companies in the area is, of course, the Boeing Corporation. They have a testing field located outside the city that is almost as big as Sea-Tac Airport. The aviation giant recently announced the development of the Skyhook JHL-40.
The Skyhook is a terrific looking aircraft with eight engines. Four of them are vertical rotors that can give some extra lift, allowing the airship to lift 40 tons. The other four engines are directional propellers to control the precise movement of the Skyhook.
What I would give to live close to Boeing again as they develop this advanced airship. Not only is it a quantum leap over the Goodyear Blimp, but very environmentally friendly. The Skyhook has a reduced carbon footprint, and does not disturb the landscape like an airplane or helicopter.
Eco Gadgets, PC Gadgets, Solar Powered Gear
Buffalo Solar Powered Wireless Keyboard
Truth be told, your keyboard probably isn’t hogging a negligible amount of power from your monthly electric usage. These days keyboards rely solely on the power which your computer is already using anyway. But nevertheless, every bit counts with the modern sense of power conservation.
Buffalo Japan is soon to launch their new BSKBW01SB, a solar powered wireless keyboard. The keyboard will feature an adjustable solar panel right on the upper right portion of the gadget itself, sort of like a solar powered calculator.
Eco Gadgets, Solar Powered Gear, Vehicle Gadgets
New Prius to get solar panels
It goes without saying that the cost of living has just increased exponentially over the years, no thanks to inflation as well as rising energy costs. With oil surpassing the magical $100 a barrel mark and seemingly touching virtually new historical highs every day, it seems that the future economic picture is one of doom and gloom all over the world, never mind if you’re an economic giant or a dwarf at this point in time. Automaker Toyota wants to help us free ourselves from the addiction of oil when it comes to cars with their Prius, and they have done a commendable job in the past. Good thing they’re always forward thinking, which leads us to today’s story of new Prius models that will feature energy-catching solar panels on its roof. These new models are tipped to hit the streets come spring 2009.
Eco Gadgets
Japan gets the Floating bathtub disinfectant
At first when reading up on this product I thought it was brilliant. A water disinfectant to float in your bathtub, it’d be great for those that find it gross lying in their own muck. Personally, I really question how clean my bathtub really is. However, I soon discovered they weren’t exactly using this little floating bulb for that reason. You see, this is yet another creation straight from and for Japan. It’s meant so that after you’re finished soaking in the tub, you can then hop out and allow the next person to use the water.
