Category Archives: Gadgets and Tech
Most of us dread the thought of running out of battery when we are traveling without a charger. And sometimes carrying all the chargers for your phone, camera, iPod and the other devices can simply increase your load when you want to travel light. The USB Solar Charging 4-Port Hub is the solution to this problem. It’s a solar charger, which can be charged through direct sunlight or through AC power supply. It includes six mobile phone connectors to charge any known mobile phone model and also a USB interfacing for digital products. It is a light, portable, eco-friendly and convenient option to carry along while traveling and use in remote places where there is no power supply. The USB Solar Charging 4-Port Hub is available at $20 and now you charge your phone, camera and iPod anywhere you want!
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The thing with technology is that they are too soon and too much. You buy one brand new laptop or desktop today, tomorrow they launch another stunning version and you sit whining in the dark. And it is one vicious circle over and over and over again. Like a crazy loop. Well, LOOP will change that a bit. Now instead of buying and throwing you can rent and recycle. Designer Jocko Chan designed a computer for Dell who has come up with an idea. He has come up with the LOOP, where a system is ordered online and delivered directly to your home. You can rent for upgrades for a limited period of time with some additional charge. In case of repair and enhancements the company staff will only do those for you.
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Leading a gadget-free lifestyle can earn you a status of hermit along with a green crown too. In this age, who can do without the most essential cell phone…..not even today’s so called saints or god’s messengers? Hence I have decided to list down a few green features of the aptly dubbed god-phone, that is the iPhone. It is known that the new iPhone 3G S is greener than it predecessor. Free of many toxic chemicals, the iPhone boasts of a mercury free LCD and PVC free system. The head phones and the handset is also PVC free. It also packs bromine-free printed circuit boards too. Shipped in smaller packing, most of the packaging is shaped out of post-consumer recycled fiberboard and biobased materials. Touted to be the fastest, most powerful iPhone, this new iPhone 3G S is green too!
[Apple]
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Sony has announced plans to introduce six different models of button batteries that contain no mercury. The company, which is not known to be particularly environment friendly, has said that it is the first one to have found a way to mix absorbent raw material into the cathode, thus removing the need for mercury in its batteries. Sony uses Mercury, which a toxic element both for humans and the environment, at the rate of 470kg per 340I every year. Therefore, the introduction of the new batteries, which would be sold only in Japan for now, is indeed good news. Sony also plans to revamp its entire range of line-up of alkaline button batteries to go the eco-friendly way.
[Dintz]
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Sharp Corp has announced that it is entering the residential lighting market with LED lamps.This range of LED lights consumes less power and will certainly help cut down on the heavy bills every month. The product is expected to bring LED lighting into every residence. Nineeco-friendly models of the LED lamps would be first introduced in July in Japan. Sharp hopes to deliver LED lights to an increasingly inclusive market along with the release of commercial versions last
year.
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Samsung India has introduced the world’s first solar powered cellphone in one of the largest growing cellphone markets in the world – India. The Solar Guru can be charged anywhere where the sun is shining and are excellent in far flung area where there is no consistent power or no power at all. The phone will be launched in the market by the middle of June at a price of Rs 2799 (US$ 56). The phone has been developed with keeping in minds, the consumer insights where a rural user can stay connected with his family with an affordable phone which withstands harsh rural environment and serves as an alternative to landlines where electricity is a challenge.
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Looks like Nokia is planning to make solar energy redundant by making cellphones that can be powered by radio waves. A prototype radio wave-powered cell phone is already in development at the Nokia Research Centre where it will be able to harvest 50 milliwatts of power which is enough to charge a switched off phone. If this technology works, then it could be used for a variety of appliances like MP3 players and other electrical devices that use around 100 milliwatts of power. Nokia plans to release the technology in three to five years probably as an add-on to solar powered cellphones.
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EarthTronics has unveiled the Honeywell Wind Turbine, an innovative wind energy system for home and business owners that has a higher performance output and lower installed cost per kilowatt than any other unit on the market. It will also help reduce home bills by 18 per cent. The turbine will generate energy from its gearless Blade Tip Power System that eliminates mechanical resistance and drag. This technology allows the turbine to generate power in wind speeds as low as 2 miles per hour and as high 45 miles per hour, without the typical noise associated with wind turbines. The Blade Tip Power System also provides greater efficiency at reduced cost.
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The thing about our daily mundane lives is that it is filled with more than 5 hours of watching television. So if you are guilty of messing the environment and genuinely worried about your TV watching habits, then this will appeal to you. It is the new 21.6” LCD monitor from I-O Data also known as LCD-AD221EB-A. It has the normal contrast ratio of 1000:1 with a 300cd/m2 brightness and features a unique Eco mode that dims the LCD brightness in order to achieve a 26.8W consumption instead of the usual 50W. There is no HDMI port but gives the usual DVI-D HDCP and D-Sub port.
[Akihabaranews]
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GE has been going taking giant leaps in going green these days. Recently they opened a technology centre and office in Bahrain to offer services and green initiatives to companies and businesses. The company will be launching the world’s first Energy Star water heater called GE Hybrid Electric Water Heater late this year when you will be able to get hot water using just half the energy.
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