Everyone wants to go green these days as it is an added bonus whenever you try to market your product, and the Wind Up Radio 3-in-1 looks set to be a suitable candidate as it doesn’t require any batteries or wires, but just some muscle power. Targeting those who love to spend time outdoors, this rugged splashproof wind up radio will also come with an integrated torch and emergency siren.

With the Wind Up Radio you embark on your next big outdoor adventure free from bothersome batteries and the restrictions of the mains. An internal battery is powered through your winding and a simple 1-minute’s cranking is enough to deliver an impressive 1 hour of power. This sturdy wind up radio is ideally suited for the outdoors, being light but rugged, portable and splash proof. Plus this outdoor radio comes with an LED torch to help you navigate the campsite after dark and an emergency siren in case you get into any scrapes while you’re out and about. The aerial on this wind up radio is good quality and there’s even a headphone jack if you want to tune into your outdoor radio privately without disturbing fellow campers. Great idea, well crafted and solid – get yours today!

The Wind Up Radio 3-in-1 can be yours for £19.95. I find it pretty hard to swallow that a mere 60 seconds of cranking can offer up to an hour’s worth of juice, but has anyone else tried it out yet?

T-Mobile has announced that they will be offering a new Android-powered handset in due time to oust the aged G1 smartphone, and this time round it would be the T-Mobile myTouch 3G that will be taking over the baton. Just in case you were wondering the myTouch 3G is also known as the HTC Magic in other parts of the world, and the smartphone will come packaged in a sleek body alongside a contoured feel, boasting a wide range of new features which will surely make it a success compared to its rather muted predecessor. Alongside a full touchscreen display, you also get a virtual keyboard that helps you whip out text messages as well as emails in double quick time without getting bogged down by typos.

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While we’re still with Gateway and their release, why not take a look at what else they offer this time around? The company doesn’t just deal with desktops and notebooks you know, as they have recently unveiled their LCD monitor range known as the Gateway FHD Series, bringing high-definition LCD monitors right in front of you by offering the best in performance and design. Gateway aims to break new ground by featuring an edge-to-edge display, an elegant black bezel, metallic-silver highlights and an L-shaped stand with a brushed-aluminum finish. Other features include discreet touch-sensitive controls that will further augment the clean streamlined design, boasting touch sensitive controls that are easily sensed with the lightest touch – hopefully it won’t be too sensitive.

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We’ve taken a look at Gateway’s SX Series of desktops earlier, so let us check out what other machines does
Gateway has to offer the masses in their latest product push. Up next is the DX Series desktops which were carved out to be multimedia and entertainment powerhouses, and this time round users can choose between AMD or Intel Dual- or Quad-Core processors, depending on which side of the processor camp they’re on (we’re sure that budget also plays a role in this, although brand loyalty would be ranked higher in the scheme of things). Apart from that, users an also benefit from a highly customizable list of system specifications that will involve massive amounts of memory and gigantic hard drives, all crammed into a compact mini-tower that seems to cough up more power than one would actually expect.

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Gateway, the company that features cow patches as part of their corporate design might have been reduced to much less of what the company originally was back in its heydays, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t able to deliver a rock solid computer or notebook in this day and age. After all, being in the game long enough would surely give you enough insight to avoid past pitfalls while steering the company through to a better future. This time round, Gateway has released much smaller back-to-school desktop PCs that won’t skimp when it comes to performing power. According to Glenn Jystad, senior manager, desktop products, Gateway, “Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to desktop size, especially in a cramped dorm room. Our smaller models include more than enough capabilities and leading technologies for the vast majority of students and general consumers, and help save costs and space.”

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The Glastonbury Solar Concept Tent definitely qualifies as Coolest Gadgets material, as it has more gadgets on it than MacGyver’s knife. The U.K. company Orange has called the Glastonbury as “the tent of the future”, but this is one that I want to take “out on the rough” right now.

The tent has photovoltaic fabric, specially coated solar threads woven into the fabric. It can capture the rays of the sun and use them for some juice later. Yes, you don’t worry about your GPS or mobile phone going dead on your next camping trip. Not only that, the tent has a wireless control hub that keeps track of the energy generated and consumed. This hub has an LCD screen and even has a wireless Internet signal.

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In today’s age of Twitter and Facebook, nothing is private anymore. We’ve already reported on devices like Tweet-a-Watt, that displays a user’s power consumption online for all the world to see. I can only imagine that this leads to tweets like “nice job saving the planet, waster” or “everyone should be as green as you are”.

A company known as BodyTrace Inc, has allowed another secret of yours to go online: your weight. This is apparently for those who are serious about shedding pounds. I suppose there can be no greater motivation to diet than being the star of your own version of The Biggest Loser.

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