Lighty, the Smart Robotic Projector That’s Greener Than a TV
Electronic junk is renowned nowadays for being one of the worst pollution sources ever. People don't recycle their old phones, TVs, radios and so...
uRadMonitor – The Networked Radiation Detector Every Home Should Have
An EU-based software and hardware designer with a passion for nuclear physics has invented a background radiation detector for the little guy - inexpensive, easy to use,...
Third World Country Inspires Air Conditioning Redesign
Evaporative cooling was the brainchild of Ron Judkoff, a Peace Corp volunteer working in Senegal in the 1970s. Judkoff is now the director of...
Cyclus: A Spring-Powered Phone Charger by Japanese Designer
An idea by designer Satoshi Yanagisawa is using a spring, some gears and a small motor to produce about 3 watts of electricity. The 6-volt energy generator is hand-cranked, and its energy lasts for 30 minutes.
ZTE Coral 200: The $40 Eco-Friendly Solar Powered Phone
Until now many of us know about Samsung's environment friendly phone, Blue Earth. It is made of recycled plastic, and the difference between it and other devices is that it can recharge itself, as it is equipped with solar panels.
MIT Student Builds Electricity-Free Cooling Technology
Evaptainers is a portable cooling system, which runs solely on water and sunlight- no electricity or toxic chemicals needed.
Keeping things cool is often considered kind of a...
Next-Generation Smart Devices Will Use Owner as Energy Source
The next-generation mobile and portable electronic devices will use their owners as an energy resource using Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs). Along with human movements, TENGs...
ESL Light Bulbs: Greener Than CFL, Cheaper Than LEDs
Residential Lighting has invented a new type of light bulb, that claims green gains, even more green than the CFLs. The new technology is called ESL (electro-stimulated luminescence). The technology was patented in June by a startup company called Vu1.
Self-Disassembling Circuit Board Paves the Way for Reusable and Recyclable Computer Parts
A printed circuit board that falls apart when submerged in hot water has been created by researchers at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL)....
New Pyroelectric Device Transforms Heat into Electricity With 30% Efficiency
Thermoelectric devices transform waste heat into electricity and can one day provide increased efficiency for everything from small gadgets to power plants. Scott Hunter, working at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) hopes his new heat-recovering invention will scavenge lost heat with an efficiency of up to 30 percent.
