Dudes from the giant computer firms Samsung and Lenovo got together to showcase all their green initiatives that they are currently involved in. The focus was on the solid state – SSD drives. They are opted out more these days because they are faster than traditional hard drives, run cooler, are more shock proof and also require less power. Samsung’s entry Enterprise Solid State Drives boasted 38% less power than traditional server HDDs, while also being a lot faster than traditional HDDs. They also use this on their laptops and netbooks and require as little as 1/8th the power of traditional HDDs.
Apart from manufacturing and selling computer hardware and software, IBM also intends to roll out green technology solutions to cut CO2 emissions. The world’s largest computer company has partnered with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich for energy-aware computing. The outcome, dubbed as Aquasar, is a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly repurpose excess heat for the university buildings. Such an eco-system can reduce the carbon footprint by up to 85% and save up to 30 tons of CO2 per year. With an innovative water-cooling system and direct heat reuse, this new supercomputer will help to reduce overall energy consumption by 40%. Located at the ETH Zurich, it is planned to start operation in 2010. This is a three-year collaborative research in emission-free high performance computing.
The washing machine is probably the one thing that has brought about so much obesity in today’s world because washing clothes is a pain. And the amount of water that’s wasted? Not even a joke. But now you have the option of saving some of that water by uising as little as one cup water for your clothes through a new project done at University of Leeds in Britain. It uses less than 10 per cent of the water of conventional machines and 30 per cent less energy by
replacing most of the water with thousands of tiny reusable plastic beads to attract and absorb dirt under humid conditions. The washing machine will use just a little water and detergent to dampen the clothes, loose the stains and create water vapour that allows the beads to work. These beads can then be used up to a hundred times by storing it in a mesh in the machine’s drum.
Mobile phones are known to run out of battery at the most unlikely times. And it can be an absolute horror if they conk of during emergencies. The Dyson energy Bracelet is what you need if you are prone to situations like these. This magical bracelet uses the Seebeck effect to harness energy and power your phone. It combines the principles of the Seebeck effect, the Peltier effect and the Thomson effect to convert the temperature differences between the surface of the skin and ambient air to electricity, which is then stored in a battery. The bracelet can be connected to the phone using a micro-USB port to charge your phone during emergencies. Who would’ve thought your wrist was capable of such a thing!
So the next time you want to have a party but hate the sight of speakers, then you may want to get yourself this one. These are speakers that are transparent but with the same effect as huge speakers. The FH001 Fergusson Hill stereo speaker is a horn speaker made of clear acrylic, and its ultrahigh efficiency design allows it to play loud with as little as 3 to 50 watts. This is hence green speakers as it also works well with the small and power-efficient amplifiers. Most of the sound comes from one driver in the apex of the horn. It also has a spherical sub woofer which comes with a 24 inch
acrylic sphere fitted with a 12-inch woofer.
From the land of rising sun, Acer spins out two eco-friendly LCD monitors for eco-geeks. Christened as Acer V193WBbmd and Acer V223WBbmd, the duo sport energy efficient displays which in turn help to reduce the power consumption by 36%. Other tech specs include 5ms response time, 10,000:1 contrast ratio, and 300cd/m2 brightness. Priced at $185, the 19″ Acer V193WBbmd provides 1,440 × 900 resolution, while the $236 22″ Acer V223WBbmd offers higher 1,680 × 1,050 resolution. Time to swap your power-guzzling monitors for these money-n-energy saving LCDs.
Flashlights certainly rule over the yester-years’ torches and bulbs. The latest to throw light on this gadget’s dependability is Light for Life UC3.400. Coming from Ivus Energy Innovations, this green powerful flashlight is fitted with an exclusive Flashpoint Power technology. This helps to eliminate the need of the batteries and integrates seamlessly with purely ultracapacitor energy storage systems. Based on the same principle akin to the flash in cameras, the ultracapacitors quickly load energy, and then quickly unload it. Capable of recharging in 90 seconds, such a system results in a flash of 90 lumens for 90 minutes per charge. This go-anywhere, anytime light will always be ready, no matter how long it’s been between uses. The 50,000-hour LEDs don’t need to be replaced so calculating that in actual figures it can be recharged once a day for 135 years. An ideal thing to inherit…at least for some!
Can you imagine the smartness there is in this world? Its brilliant. There is no wonder than the human race has reached this far within just less than a century! They have found a solution for almost everything! Here’s the latest. In answer to concerns over looking like a pig in sty after cycling to work, two dudes or business partners namely Tim Ceolin (Masters in Architecture student) and Mark Rossiter (business graduate) established Penny Farthings Pushbikes to design and develop bike parking stations with a Green Pod which is a solar-powered bike storage unit that also sports change rooms, showers, a self-cleaning device and use of recycled water.
The green bug has reached the bedside. If you are one bitten by the bug then this will be a must buy. It is the Magic Cube. It is a combination of a lamp, alarm clock, radio and a charger. What is the green factor, is that it has a solar panel at its bottom to soak all the sun energy. At the top of the cube an indicator tells you how much energy is left for you to use until you need to recharge again. So this little device is a must-have even for people who aren’t very green conscious as it looks trendy and is really useful AND it is a multi user.
Remember a while back we mentioned how it would be possible for iPhone users to calculate their carbon footprints? San Francisco has come up with the “EcoFinder” iPhone application to help residents recycle and
dispose of materials. Do you know, according to reports this city leads the list in recycling in the state. Residents can now find out where to recycle or properly dispose of materials using this convenient, location-based mobile application. Instead of dumping old electronics or furniture on the sidewalk, the EcoFinder iPhone app tells you where these materials should go, based on your location.
[Cleantechnica]
