laptop Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:01:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Have Your Cake and Charge It Too: A Pedal-Powered Laptop Desk https://www.greenoptimistic.com/pedal-powered-laptop-desk-20131111/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/pedal-powered-laptop-desk-20131111/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:01:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43292 Even with all the benefits of modern, everyday technology, it is certainly not making us any healthier. In fact, your heart really hates your laptop, and the sedentary lifestyle that commonly comes with it. But a new product attempts to find a middle ground between office work and that active lifestyle which almost everyone wants, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/pedal-powered-laptop-desk-20131111/feed/ 0 43292 Fuel Cell Laptop Battery from Russia https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-laptop-battery-from-russia-20080428/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-laptop-battery-from-russia-20080428/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:34:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=312 The Russian scientists invented a laptop battery that lasts 10 hours on a consumption of 20W. The battery represents in fact a fuel cell created using nanotechnologies. According to the scientists led by Lev Trusov, by the end of 2009 fuel cells will be launched into production with 10 thousand monthly units. The project has […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-laptop-battery-from-russia-20080428/feed/ 2 260 Nano Fibers Will Power Your iPod https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nano-fibers-will-power-your-ipod-20080217/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nano-fibers-will-power-your-ipod-20080217/#respond Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:18:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/17/nano-fibers-will-power-your-ipod/ Have your ever seen those self-powered mechanical watches, those who charge themselves from your hand’s movement? They have one half of a heavier metal disc spinning around an axis. That movement rotates some wheels, who finally rotate the watch spring. However, that is not our article’s subject. Our article talks about some newer discovery: some […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nano-fibers-will-power-your-ipod-20080217/feed/ 0 185 Nuclear Battery in Your Laptop https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-battery-in-your-laptop-20080208/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-battery-in-your-laptop-20080208/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:24:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/08/nuclear-battery-in-your-laptop/ The US Airforce is said to have invented a battery lasting 30 years(!). It is made from some very weak radioactive material (it’s still enough to power a laptop) for that time. The news has been spread by www.nextenergynews.com and I don’t know if to believe it or not. It has not yet been published […]

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