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Leading computer hardware products and solutions manufacturer MSI has launched a new desktop PC, Wind Nettop CS120 with WiFi, slot-in DVD rewriter and Energy Star certificate. It is equipped with the latest Intel 1.6GHz Atom 230 processor, a 160GB SATA hard disk drive and 1GB of DDR2 SODIMM memory which is up-gradable to 2 GB. It is also a space and energy saving portal for home and business users and can run full operating speed at 35W, saving up to 90 per cent electricity. It also boasts the ENERGY STAR qualifications. The Wind Nettop CS120 also supports 7.1-channel High Definition sound output.
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Panasonic will launch a high-priced garbage-processing machine which makes use of a special platinum-palladium catalyst. The Panasonic RISAIKURA MS-N53 recycler can hold up to 2kg of organic garbage, such as food scraps, which it then mixes up and breaks down into compost with the assistance of heat and the platinum- palladium catalyst. The end result is compost that can be used on your garden, with Panasonic claiming it is better than store-bought fertilizer. Panasonic RISAIKURA MS-N53 recycler has a number of different settings relating to what extent the garbage is dried out – between three and six hours. Users can select the shorter option if they intend to create compost with more protein to help the fertilisation of plants and vegetables, while the longer option suits long-term fertilization of trees.
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Beat the heat with a cool green dollop of ice-cream! And when I write green, it doesn’t imply to the color or flavor but the earth-friendly process behind churning out that yummy dollop. NitroCream has introduced a new luxury range called the N2-G4 Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Machine. This eco-friendly and unique hand-crafted ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt and sorbet machine is available in two options – the standard N2-G4 or a fully customized model. This ‘cool’ machine operates using liquid nitrogen, an abundant, inert, odorless, tasteless and automatically recyclable resource that comprises 78 percent of the atmosphere. Its features include great looks, quick production, easy to clean, lightweight and portable (below 20 inches wide and weighs less than 90 pounds) and finally, and most importantly, an energy-server with 110 V and not 220 V.
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After babies, children, husband and the pets screaming or whining for food, now even the plants in your house will ask out for food. In a slightly different way – the Mon Pot way. This is a pot for flowers or plants that will let you know when you need to water it. The pot made out of bioplastics (plastics derived from renewable biomass) is mounted on a base that can be rotated to any of three indicators – for a day, a week or two weeks. When it needs water, it rotates to regain its original position and this way you will know that its time to feed it again. Also the marks of time indicator are made of small solar cell, enough to power an LED.
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Architect MOSS SUND and industrial designers figlforty have introduced the CISTA Rainwater Harvesting System which is designed for urban environments. This includes an eight-foot stainless steel column that stores rain water within a vertical planted frame, allowing conserving water and increasing green space. It can collect 100 gallons of water at a time creating enough water pressure to operate a soaker hose housed in a storage compartment at the base of the unit. At the base, a climber is planted which grows up through out the frame. An LED indicator tells when the water level is high enough which helps the system expand a bit more horizontally or vertically.
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Hydro from the Sony Ericsson forum Esato Board has introduced a 100 per cent green phone concept. No details have been given on this but that it is going to be the kind of phone that environmentalists and green globe lovers are going to admire and most definitely possess. The new Sony Ericsson N1 with the N standing for nature (was the too obvious?). What could possibly make this a 100 per cent green phone? Solar chargers, green microchips, recyclable phone cover, solar charged lights replacing LEDs? These are guesses from the novice’s brain as it is interesting.
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We have seen dozens of solar powered gadgets but here is one that will wake you with the goodness of sun! Blending green function along with avant-garde appearance, Klaus Rosburg’s MIR is actually a solar powered Radio Alarm Clock. Fitted with two rotating solar wings, akin to the ones that we see on space stations, this conceptual alarm is designed to stir you out of your dreams by feeding on sun rays. Guess we will need to place it close a window so that it can soak solar energy to function even when the sun shies away. Since its still a concept, the designer can tweak it such that one solar charge can render days or rather months of solar powered wake-up times!
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Constant communication is vital these days and so is the need to be eco-friendly what with the global warming and all that. Hence, it is only natural that people from businesses least expected to sprout out into the open with products very unlike them, it is no big surprise. Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin is coming up with a mobile phone that will run on the same mechanics of a watch – the kinetic energy engine. We don’t know more about this but it seems the launch will be made at Baselworld between March 26 and April 2. Ulysse Nardin has partnered with SCI Innovations and will call the hybrid smart phone Chairman. At least you be sure that it will give the right time if nothing else.
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ASUS has introduced a few interesting lines at the CeBIT. Of the more prominent is the EzLink series which is an all-new Wireless LCD Monitor that can be connected via the Wireless Host Controller Interface (WHCI) or USB Host Wire Adapter (HWA). This incorporates the Color Shine to reduce the glare and enrich colour density. The other green line is the VH192C and VH196 which can save around 20 per cent power.
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Furniture guru Ikea has come up with a concept – the solar-powered garden lights. This includes lights kept placed out in the garden to collect the sun’s energy all day long and this in turn can be used for their rechargeable batteries. At night, these lights turn on with all the energy it saved from the day. The lights used are LED which consume 70 per cent less energy than conventional garden lights and lasts four times longer.
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