There’s no doubt about it. Carpooling with co-workers and friends is an efficient way of saving on fuel prices, while at the same time reducing the emissions level of an additional car on the road. But how about carpooling without the use of a car at all?

The Dogsled is a four-seater pedal vehicle which allows for you and three of your friends to travel together without the need for gas, electricity, or any other power source other than your own two legs (or eight legs in this case). This human-powered quadcycle is totally reliant on pedal power, so you probably won’t be travelling cross-country on this vehicle unless you’re looking for a hardy workout.

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Clothing which integrates solar power isn’t exactly breaking news. It has been done before and it’ll be done again. But frankly, we were yet to have seen such a cool integration of form and function such as with this Solar Powered Necktie.

Designed by researchers at Iowa State University, whom have been working on inventing an effective use of photovoltaic textiles, sort of stumbled across this tie creation as they were figuring out ways to apply thier new founded solar fabrics. The really cool thing about this Solar Tie is that the pattern used for the solar shells sort of looks like a cool pattern that would be used on a tie anyway, so it’s really not too obtrusive into everyday life.

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Reflecting today’s techno obsessed society, clothing maker Marks and Spencer in the “old country” have created a new line of school uniforms which have iPod/MP3 compatibility. I’m sure teachers will just LOVE that.

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Now this is one floor that will definitely make you want to walk on it over and over again. After all, it leaves not dirty footprints behind, but luminous once that helps hit a chord for those who have forgotten that each of us leave a carbon footprint that will adversely affect our environment.

The floor graces the entrance to the Spain Pavilion, “Comunitat Valenciana.” The 250 Square foot (25 square meter) floor system consists of over 1000 Sensacell HSI64-36-W interactive modules, each module contains capacitive sensors and a LED lighting system, the capacitive sensors allows the floor to detect and respond to visitors footsteps right through the 20 mm thick architectural glass that forms the surface of the floor. The floor will be available for viewing for the duration of the 2008 World Expo - June 14 through September 14, 2008.

It makes me wonder just how green the manufacturing process of this floor is, and the amount of juice required to power it shouldn’t exactly be environmentally friendly either.

Intel might have nearly taken over the whole world with their range of computer processors that pervade virtually every aspect of our lives, but that doesn’t mean they’re one mean corporate giant who doesn’t give two hoots about how the world’s environment is going to turn out. After all, they’d best preserve the world if they have their best interests at heart - assuming a huge amount of population gets wiped out due to some sort of global weather catastrophe, that would mean a huge chunk of their current and future customers performing a Houdini in an instant, which will definitely affect the company’s bottomline no matter which economic quarter they’re in then. Current computers will need to be fully turned on if they are to receive a phone call over the Internet, making these into impractical power guzzlers as a phone replacement, but Intel has just come up with a new component that allows a computer to go to sleep, “waking up” whenever there is an incoming call - a solution that helps save power and keep the earth green simultaneously, what’s there not to like.

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If you have a naturally heavy gas foot pressing against the pedal no matter what car you drive, chances are you’ve filled up your tank much more often than normal, law-abiding citizens do. The PLX Kiwi is here to help you save gas in this time of ever rising costs by displaying your current fuel consumption as you drive. In addition, there is a scorecard that lets you know whether you’re a responsible driver or not without putting the pedal to the metal unnecessarily. Priced at £299, I’m not too sure whether it will be worth it as constantly checking yourself and using some common sense will go a long way in helping you save on your mileage.

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Fashion and solar panels don’t exactly blend well.  A solar panel is of course important to keep your gadgets charged in an eco-friendly way.  However, most of the time you’re going to have to sacrifice your fashion sense to have a solar-powered bag.  There are a few good brands out there that do make an effort to keep their bags stylish, yet this is the first that features a smaller design that I’ve seen.  Most solar bags are larger totes or book bags.  Which those are nice for someone that is on the go so much that they have to carry around a lot of stuff.  Yet, something smaller like this would probably appeal to a great deal of women.

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The Bedol Water-Powered Clock offers a new way to power your clock without resulting in even more waste to pollute the environment. It also prides itself in being the first device from the company to fall under the “Green” product line.

The Bedol Water-Powered Clock, with its stylish circular design and bright attractive colors, makes it a fun, versatile and environmentally friendly product for everyday use. A dash of salt in the water is all that’s needed for the clock to harvest energy and operate. A great feature for holiday gift ideas, this stylish desktop clock will please the eco-conscious and gadget-savvy person on everyone’s gift list.

Hopefully when it ships to the customer, it won’t come in a really large box with plenty of empty space inside.