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Battery Wizard recharges Rechargeable and Non-Rechargeable Batteries
A specialised battery charger that will charge up both rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries! (read more...) |
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Recycled Circuit Board Coasters
Stylish drinks coasters made from recycled PCBs. (read more...) |
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Garden Solar Insect Zappers
Solar powered UV insect and fly killing lamps for the garden. (read more...) |
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Solar Powered Glowing Plant Pot
A plant pot with a difference. The pot charges during the day and emits a gentle glow in the evening! (read more...) |
Well the summer is definitely upon us in Europe, so if you’re having a garden party this year, you’ll love these quaint Oriental-style Solar Garden Lanterns. The lanterns come as a pack of 3 white and 3 red lanterns, which light up using bright LEDs. The white lanterns have special colour-changing LEDs that cycle through a whole rainbow of colours.
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The Dyson Energy Bracelet is a pretty novel gadget that uses the thermoelectric effect to generate electricity to charge up your cell phone. Due to a difference in temperature between the surface of the skin and the ambient environment, a Peltier element converts that temperature difference into an electrical current, which is stored in a battery on the wrist strap.
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A bidet is a bathroom device that is used to clean yourself once you’ve just been to the loo. Bidets are not particularly common in some parts of Europe and North America, although they are commonly found in Southern Europe, some Latin American countries, as well as some African and Asian countries. Essentially its about using water to clean yourself rather than using toilet paper. You then dry yourself using paper toils, or even better, a towel.
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For us tinkerers, there’s nothing more satisfying than making your own gadgets, especially if you’re making eco-friendly gadgets. The DIY Solar Powered Boombox is a relatively simple speaker and amplifier unit that cost just $75 to make! The system is neatly housed using plywood, creating a very portable and very usable music system. Just plug in your MP3 player, and off you go.
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Typically when you see a low power PC, you’ll see really low power usage, but then a pretty low specification in terms of raw processing power. That’s all fine and good, except when you’re trying to do something that requires a little more power. The Maingear Pulse is touted as the world’s greenest gaming PC, consuming 40% less power compared to conventional gaming systems.
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If you concious of the environment and you want to get fit, the EcoMill is an eco-friendly gym treadmill which uses the energy generated from your running to charge an internal battery. The internal battery is then used to power the treadmill display and the elevation system. The EcoMill is a great alternative to conventional Treadmills that use electricity to drive the treadmill motor.
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The D-Link Green DGS-2208 Network Switch is a 8 port gigabit network switch that saves energy compared to other network switches. The switch automatically detects which network ports are connected to an active system (e.g. a computer that’s switched on compared to a computer that’s switched off or in standby), and only provides power to the ports that are active. Additionally the switch can vary the amount of power usage depending on the length of wire between the switch and another device on the network.
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If you’re keen to start playing around with solar panels, but don’t really know where to start when it comes to charge regulators, invertors and batteries, then the 7Ah Portable Solar Power Pack is pretty useful. The power pack includes a 7Ah lead acid battery, and you just connect any 12V solar panel to charge the internal battery. The power pack includes the right electronics to handle the correct charging current, making it really easy to get started.
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If you’re on the beach or out and about in your car, trying to change clothes without revealing yourself to the world is pretty hard work. The Guide Gear Popup Solar Shower Shelter is a simply a tall vertical tent that quickly unfolds into a portable and private changing room. If you’re out camping, then the shelter works equally well as a portable shower cubicle, as it comes with its own 5-gallon PVC Solar Shower.
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To do their job, fridges and freezers need to be powered on constantly. If you have an unreliable power source, or you’re in a remote location, you’re going to have issues if you have food that need to be kept cool. Industrial Insulation Systems has a solution, which is basically a solar-powered refrigerator kit.
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