Seeing the picture below you will maybe say “I would never use those flip flops, they are awful”, true, but they generate enough energy to power your iPod while running, or your mobile phone while walking down the street.
How do they work?
Pipes are connected to a small turbine. Each step you take, water is pumped [...]
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Throughout time we have seen many solar gadgets that help energize our daily life.
A group of researchers from Iowa State University have created a tie using the new solar fabrics. The good thing about this is that solar panels are arranged to have a visually appealing design.
They have a small bag in the back where [...]
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Here is a great design concept just in time for summer, when the meetings are held outdoors and want to take your music with you. Salokannel Pekka The Finnish designer created the Gram speakers that are portable and solar-powered well, which allow you to put your music indoors and outdoors without the need for electricity.
The [...]
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A large series of concept products appear every day in order to hit the nail with the current needs and find a generous investor willing to make what the creativity of a designer or engineer has designed in theory. The truth is that all the conditions presented to the market while others either due to [...]
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This interesting hybrid flashlight is a device that makes solar lanterns much more reliable. The solar panel is integrated into the handle; it uses both sunlight and indoor light to charge. But it has also some interesting tricks that make it ideal for emergencies or when you’re camping.
This solar charger provides approximately 10 hours of [...]
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Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation Labs has announced that they have developed the most efficient solar energy technology in the world. Although only in the state of a prototype SEHC has developed ways to concentrate sunlight to levels 5,000 times greater than it would normally fall on the Earth’s surface.
By focusing the light through a tube [...]
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As energy prices increase the world is seeking out new ways of bring electricity to the public. And solar power is a big contributor to these new ideas.
Solar power has taken off in the ideas worldwide to utilize the sun as much as possible. From children’s playgrounds, to trees, and even to lily pads, the [...]
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For music-lovers, DAB Radios are great, they deliver crystal-clear sound without the usual background hiss that you get with analogue. However, high quality audio comes at an environmental price, since DAB radios guzzle far more energy than old-school receivers.
UK company Roberts, which has just launched SolarDAB, the first ever solar-powered DAB radio. The unit comes [...]
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Worrying that the battery in your mobile phone, iPod or BlackBerry will run out at an inconvenient moment could soon be a thing of the past, according to one of the UK’s leading solar cell manufacturers.
Speaking to BusinessGreen.com, Bob Hertzberg, chairman and founder of G24 Innovations (G24i), said that improvements in battery life and lightweight [...]
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Using sheets of glass covered with organic dyes, scientists have devised an efficient and practical solar power device that they believe can help make this clean, renewable energy source more affordable.
Experts eager for energy sources that do not involve the burning of fossil fuels often point to the promise of solar energy — harnessing sunlight [...]
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