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David Tonkinson’s Carbon Footprint Monitor Scans Electricity Usage
Posted in Eco Friendly, Electricity, Unique Gadget on 31 August 2008

co2_main David Tonkinsons Carbon Footprint Monitor Scans Electricity Usage

Ever wondered how you are contributing to global warming? Research indicates that it is the general public, more than the industries that contribute more to CO2 emissions into the air. Most of us refuse to use the public transportation and use our own cars. We also use a number of products like the AC, refrigerators, etc which contribute to CO2 emissions as well. If you are interested to know the kind of etching that you are making on the environment, you must check out David Tonkinson’s Carbon Footprint Monitor.

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Hydrogen Powered Charger Fucntional And Sustainable
Posted in Cell phones, Charger, Eco Friendly, Electricity, Unique Gadget on 29 August 2008

hydrogen Hydrogen Powered Charger Fucntional And Sustainable

Russia has given more to the technical field than we can imagine, perhaps the most for any single country. Russia is a country not just proud of its involvement in sports, tradition, culture, and history but also in developing green technology. The Hydrogen Powered Charger weighs just 180 grams and offers up to 5 charge cycles charging a totally run down phone within 10 minutes to a quarter of an hour.

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Solar Powered Tie Casts Doubts Over Functionality
Posted in Charger, Concept, Gadget, Unique Gadget, solar gadgets on 19 August 2008

solarnecktie Solar Powered Tie Casts Doubts Over Functionality

The buzzword these days has been sustainable energy and with that comes the solar part of the scheme. Solar energy is being used almost in every gadget and we have seen solar powered cars even! Now to make matter a little more complicated, we bring to you the solar powered tie! The solar powered tie comes with solar panels arranged in a grid, which makes the tie look a little better than a few strangely designed ties.

With this tie, you can go ahead and charge many of your electronic products. However, the problem with this solar powered tie is that if you stay in an office then you wouldn’t be getting all the solar energy you may need to charge the attached electronic gadgets. It is still in the concept stage, so we need not worry about the cost and release dates. However, even when the tie gets manufactured, don’t expect it to look like an Armani design or a tie that you liked at the Harrods’.

Via: OhGizmo