Category Archives: Gadgets and Tech
Remember those days, years ago, when you’d carry your camera roll to a nearby photo shop and then wait weeks for those pictures to develop? Well, times have changed, with cameras today allowing previews of all the happy moments we snap. Shutterbugs everywhere, here’s an innovation that makes your picture taking a whole lot better! An instant cartridge printer! And this ones eco-friendly! The Instant Cartridge Printer as its simply called, was designed by Yuexun Chen, and comes in an eco-friendly packaging, which is part of the product. The printer is easily portable, and comes in different sizes, according to the size of the picture you need taken.
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Power strips for your electrical gadgets go energy efficient and eco-conscious with this PowerUSB bar. In our ever-degrading environment today, energy conservation is the need of the day. A world without power would mean apocalypse, and gadgets like these sure help save a whole lot of energy. The PowerUSB has a 6 foot USB cord that you can hook up to your PC. You can plug on all your devices to this one, including your phone and mp3 player, leave them to charge, and save up on energy, as the bar decides when to shut off power supply.
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USB Solar Charges powered by the sun aren’t new. We’ve seen quite a few before, like the Sun Drive USB Charger and U-Powered USB portable solar charger. Here’s yet another little USB charger to exploit the sun of its never ending energy for our benefit, the InoSmart ESx3000. This one has all the basic goodies that make it a piece worth buying, including a night light and LED flashlight, making night time use a bit easier. Measuring 3.66-inch by 2.48-inch by 1-inch the new InoSmart weighs just 6 ounces. Eight to ten hours of direct sunlight is all that’s required to charge up this little power-suckers battery.
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A year ago, Asus came up with the idea of giving their laptops a touch of green with bamboo cases. And that’s exactly what the company did, designing and producing the Bamboo Covered U6V Notebook. The company had hinted using bamboo for their notebooks in 2007 too with the EcoBook concept design. This was then followed by their oh-so-green U6Vmodel sporting a Core 2 Duo T9400, GeForce 9300M GS, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/, Blu-ray drive and HDMI Out and available in select countries. Asus are at it again, this time with the U Series Bamboo Collection at CES 2010. The company released two new models, the U43JC and U43F both sporting a 14″ LED-backlit screen.
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The God of batteries is here, combining together a few elements, and capable of storing more energy than any other battery that has ever surfaced the earth. This ultra-battery is basically created from xenon, some fluoride, and pressures similar to those found at the center of the Earth. In depth, the battery is made of material known as xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal primarily used to etch silicon conductors. This crystal was placed in a diamond anvil cell, a tiny device that measures only two inches by three inches that uses two tiny diamond anvils to produce incredibly high pressures in tiny, contained spaces. Sounds space-age, doesn’t it?
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This sure sound’s like a paradox, but IBM have recently developed and delivered a supercomputer, “cooled” by “hot” water to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). This never seen before technology opens doorways to a whole new age of computing, green and energy efficient unlike the previous generations. Using water at temperatures of up to 140 degrees, this cooling system, christened the Aquasar, consumes up to 40 percent less energy than a comparable air-cooled machine. Using the waste heat to provide warmth to the university building, the Aquasar helps wipe out the carbon footprint to a further extent.
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Give your teeth a spark of solar powered sunshine with this innovative toothbrush right out of Japan. Now early morning chores can be a mildly irritating event, especially the teeth-brushing part and scrubbing out all that disgusting plaque. Usually, that’s what we do first thing in the morning, and mostly, half asleep. Well, if you’ve had an early morning awakening and need help with your teeth, here’s an intelligent toothbrush that makes your job a lot easier. And the best part is it’s juiced by solar power! Which means no batteries, and no charging required here.
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So you couldn’t pick up some of those awesome discounted products from your local mall, just because your shopping cart was just too small to accommodate it all. Well, that’s something you wouldn’t need to suffer from in future, with the Z-Cart. Designed by Mete Mordag, the Z-Cart makes your shopping spree into a much pleasant and less-irritating affair. The Z-Cart is designed with different storage space for different types of items, segregating them and making shopping easier. And that’s not all. If your supermarket is large as a soccer field, this cart can be driven around to save the effort of walking around, using a rechargeable scooter motor.
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Solar powered battery chargers aren’t new, with more and more companies coming up with these handy little solar-energy-sucking devices that keep your devices all pepped up. We’ve stumbled across the Sun Drive USB Charger and the ones by Kodak before. Here’s yet another one, with a twist though, that makes it a lot more handy and useful than its peers. The Solar Mini Speaker Charger, as the name suggests, is a solar powered charger, and a speaker too. Carrying this little device in the outdoors will let you keep your devices charged up, and keep your self entertained too, all with the help of a little solar power.
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Casino Group is learning the ways of the sun, with a little help from SunPower Corp., having signed an agreement to supply an additional 20 megawatts of high-efficiency solar photovoltaic panels. Properties belonging to the Casino Group in mainland France will have their share of solar power with these solar panels being installed by the end of 2011. Under-utilized roof space and parking areas belonging to the Casino Group will play host to these solar panels, transforming into energy producing powerhouses. This will indirectly help the Casino Group reduce its carbon footprint and emission rate to quite an extent.
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