Tag Archive for 'earth-friendly'


Wednesday, Nov 12th 2008 by Shawn Brown

Flipswap, who claim to be the leading solution in electronics trade-ins, has announced that HGEN Partners, a leader in clean tech investing, is investing $14 million in a Series B financing round.  Flipswap provides a way for users to recycle their old handsets while getting credit toward the purchase of a new one.

Tuesday, Nov 11th 2008 by Chris Davies

Hitachi have announced a 500GB 2.5-inch hard-drive that combines optional Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) for hard-drive-level data security with environmentally-friendly features such as halogen-free design and the industry’s lowest read/write power specification.  In fact, Hitachi are so pleased with the 5K500.B that they’ve awarded it their new EcoTrac classification: the label describes devices that minimize [...]

Friday, Oct 17th 2008 by Chris Davies

DIY eco-power systems are growing in popularity, and most of them involve building some sort of wind turbine.  Fashioning your own photovoltaic solar panels is unlikely to be a feasible option, but a DIY wind turbine needn’t be too vast a challenge: that’s just what Mike Davis has done, breaking the whole system down into five key areas - generator, turbine [...]

Monday, Oct 6th 2008 by Chris Davies

Sharp have been demonstrating a solar-powered HDTV at CEATEC 2008, capable of operating solely from the power generated from sunlight.  The 52-inch set uses an LED backlight and other energy-efficiency technology so as to reduce it’s power requirements to just 220kWh; coincidentally, that’s the same amount as the solar panel generates.

Wednesday, Sep 17th 2008 by Chris Davies

Google has announced a partnership with General Electric (GE) which will see the two companies cooperate on policy and technology solutions around electricity generation, transmission and distribution.  The deal will see the development of a so-called “smart grid” that can prioritize energy efficiency, use of environmentally-friendly sources such as enhanced geothermal systems and support electric vehicles.

Tuesday, Sep 2nd 2008 by Chris Davies

HP have announced a new sustainable packaging bundle, to be sold exclusively through US retailer WalMart.  The deal consists of the company’s DV6929WM-B 15.4-inch notebook, based on a 2GHz AMD Turion X2 TL-60 Dual-Core Mobile CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 250GB 5,400rpm SATA hard-drive, bundled with a laptop bag made from recycled materials.  However it’s not [...]

Sunday, Aug 31st 2008 by Chris Davies

Responding to the constant criticisms of power-greedy standby modes on modern electronics, Grundig announced its Vision 6 ECO LCD TVs.  Not only has standby draw been shaved down to less than 0.1W, operating draw is much reduced too, at around 76W. That’s up to 48-percent less than comparable normal LCD TVs.

Thursday, Jul 31st 2008 by Abby McVay

It’s just about August which means many will be making their way back to school. For some, that means a bit of shopping and a new laptop bag. Well if you’re going to pick up a new one you might as well pick one up made out of recycled materials.

Monday, Jul 28th 2008 by Chris Davies

External hard-drive manufacturer Fabrik have announced what they’re calling “the world’s most energy-efficient, resource-conscious, Turbo USB 2.0 external storage and backup drive”, the SimpleTech [re]drive.  Basically a 500GB USB 2.0 hard-drive, Fabrik have used bamboo and recycled aluminum for the enclosure and coupled it with an EnergyStar compliant power adaptor.

Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 by Abby McVay

This isn’t the first water-powered clock to be sold, but it is a lot more attractive than some I have seen. The other one I wrote up over a year ago not only was cheap, but looked it.


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