We like the idea of the corn based Samsung Reclaim M560 cell phone… but we love the idea of a cell phone with a huge solar panel on the back. It just makes sense. Why not use some of the cancer rays to charge your phone… right?
The huge bummer is that this inexpensive phone [...]
Eneloop (A Sanyo company) is typically known for rechargeable batteries for your gadgets. However, they have just come out with a portable case that has its own solar panels and batteries. You can charge the Eneloop Portable Solar device up and use it to charge laptops, cell phones, and other gadgets. Video after the [...]
Two of my favorite things… solar and water… have come together in a very cool and innovative product. The Solar-Breeze Pool Skimmer is basically a solar powered roomba for the surface of your pool… genius. Read on for cool details and video of the solar powered pool skimmer in action.
A group of French engineering students have crafted a helium filled 2.4-kilowatt solar blimp, dubbed the Sol’r. They would like their first long flight in the one man blimp to be across the English Channel.
The 22-meter-long blimp (about 72 feet) is made from nylon and polyurethane and covered front-to-back in semi-flexible solar cells. The great [...]
A supermarket in England is installing a parking lot that will generate power as cars drive by. The system works by a series of underground plates that, when driven over, create a rocking motion that powers generators. The generators create about 30KW of energy per hour. The supermarket plans on using the power to [...]
Philadelphia is installing 500 BigBelly solar powered trash compacting garbage cans… this move is expected to save the city around $12.9 million over the next 10 years.
The BigBelly trashcans only need to be emptied about 3 times per week instead of 19 times per week. The city will only need 8 workers, instead of [...]
Sunbathers in Japan will have another beach- or pool-friendly keitai (phone) to carry around this summer. Simply known as the Solar Phone SH002, a 10-minute exposure to direct sunlight will yield one minute of talktime or two hours of standby.
Of course, the mileage you get is dependent on factors like the intensity of [...]
The Taiwanese seem to like solar as much as me… but with slightly bigger budget. Taiwan’s newest stadium is 100% solar powered by a whopping 8,844 solar panels. The solar energy will be used to power the lights with 3,300 lux of lighting. When you look at the additional pictures… it is amazing… a [...]
“It looks like a house you’d order from Ikea. It sounds like a house designed by Apple. The I-House just might be the future — well, one future, anyway — of the housing market.
Clayton Homes, based in Maryville, Tenn., is one of America’s largest manufacturers of mobile homes and prefabricated housing. So when President [...]
Something caught my eye the other day when I was scouring the web for new ways to save the humanity utilizing nothing but the power of the Sun and the Wind. A certain MIT heavy, professor Donald Sadoway, was pitching the concept of a liquid metal battery. On the surface the idea is sound, [...]