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The Solar-Powered Razor

By Abby McVay on Friday, Feb 15th 2008 No Comments

solar powered razor Ever drive down the road and look over at the lane next to you and shriek in horror as you see a female putting on mascara as she drives down the highway at 70mph? Well, frankly boys are guilty of finishing up their morning rituals in the car as well and now they can do it in an environmentally friendly way. Now they can jet down the highway buzzing off those chin hairs while harnessing the power of the sun with this Solar-powered Razor.

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AMKAR E-6 6-seat all electric vehicle for sale

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Feb 14th 2008 No Comments

It’s kind of like an all electric van without sides, but adds in some nifty handicap accessibility such as the electronically deployed ramp you see. For rolling around town, or around the fairgrounds or around some even, it’s perfect, provide the weather is nice and you aren’t going too far.

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Strap Ya’s solar cellphone charger

By Abby McVay on Monday, Feb 11th 2008 No Comments

If you’re all about all that is solar for your gadgets, you might need something portable to keep your phone charged. Some of the larger panels work for cell phones too, but having a small charger with you at all times can be extremely convenient.

strap ya cell charger

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HYmini alternative power source

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Feb 4th 2008 5 Comments

We’ve all seen a considerable influx in solar-powered devices, but one source of power that hasn’t really been tapped for on the go use is wind power. The HYmini is here to change all that though.

HYmini

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Exhaust burger saves the world

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Jan 23rd 2008 No Comments

So in an effort to make use of those harmful exhaust fumes an Iranian design team came up with this concept. It’s a single burger grill that plugs into your exhaust and uses the heat from those gases to cook the burger.

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The Solar Powered Battery for the PSP

By Abby McVay on Monday, Jan 7th 2008 No Comments

I am always all about any gadget that utilizes solar power, but sometimes just using solar power isn’t enough. Occasionally you have to actually think the design through a bit. The PSP can now harness solar power through deal extreme, but not in the brightest way.

solar battery for the PSP

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The Water Powered Calculator seems slightly pointless

By Abby McVay on Friday, Dec 28th 2007 No Comments

If you tend to do your math in the basement or someplace where no sunlight could possibly shine into you might need an alternate form of energy. Now no one likes those pesky battery powered calculators, so here is a water powered one.

water powered calculator

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Sun Table forces you outside

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Dec 19th 2007 1 Comment

For those that enjoy the great outdoors while trying to work on their laptop, this solar table is just the way to save on that energy bill. Now anyone can take one look at my pasty white skin and know that it is highly unlikely that I’ll be toting my laptop out into the dreaded sunlight. However, I can appreciate the gesture of creating a table to make the world a greener place.

sun table

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Sony’s latest Green efforts turn out horrible

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Dec 14th 2007 1 Comment

Check out this camera, tell me it doesn’t look like a potted Wiimote with a donut on the end. This camera doesn’t have a flash, and LCD, or if I had to guess any modes other than the standard one.

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Street lights powered by human waste

By Abby McVay on Friday, Dec 14th 2007 No Comments

Street Lamp Pole thumb Finally, someone uses something that we have plenty of, because lets face it we are all full of shit. In a town in India they have started using the methane gas produced by the human waste to operate a generator.

The waste from an area housing complex collects in a sump, where the methane gas is then used to operate a generator. The biogas produces 3,000 watts of electricity daily, enough to keep the town going all through the night.

To see the entire process of how it all happens, just follow the link below. Now if only we could create a car that can run off of a tank full of cans and other random garbage.

Video: Human Waste Powers Streetlights [via national geographic]