Category: Energy & Efficiency
Best Buy UK stores to stock electric cars, bikes and scooters – Gallery
Best Buy, the massive US tech retailer, are opening stores in the UK this week, with the first opening in Lakeside on the 30th April. But it's not just hard-drives and gadgets for sale; Best Buy UK are set to…
Research shows a whopping 68 million unused mobile phones in the UK
New research from SellMyMobile.com has revealed that Britain is sitting on a mountain of as many as 68 million unused or unwanted mobile phones. A sample study of 1,332 past and present mobile owners showed that two thirds (65%) of…
Duracell Batteries Rechargeable Accu range – Review
Name: Rechargeable Accu range – StayCharged Cells, Instant Charger, Fast 1 Hour Charger and Easy Charger (Duracell) Type: Rechargeable batteries, battery chargers and portable USB power Prices: Instant Charger – £34.99, Fast 1 Hour Charger – £29.99, Easy Charger -…
Energy-efficient lightbulbs causing TV channel change chaos … sort of
Got a TV that's been acting a little erratically recently? Try checking any nearby energy-efficient lightbulbs, as some are reporting that they are causing their TVs to change channel and switch themselves off seemingly at random. Take the case of…
Nokia looking to patent self-recharging phone batteries
Nokia are looking to file a patent for a mechanism that would allow phone batteries to recharge themselves when out and about by collecting the kinetic energy generated by movement. It'd work like this: the heavier components within a phone…
Puma health and fitness orientated solar-cell phone leaked
Puma and Sagem are looking to reveal a health-conscious mobile phone at next week's Mobile World Congress, it has has been revealed. By looking through the source code to the phone's teaser site, Mobile Crunch have unearthed a few interesting…
Sony Ericsson launch the Aspen business mobile
Sony Ericsson have today announced the launch of their Aspen business mobile, the latest eco-friendly addition to their GreenHeart portfolio. Billed as the "business phone with a conscience", the Aspen features both a 2,4 inch touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard,…
Turbine City concept – Gallery
It gets pretty windy in Norway apparently. Well, windy enough for On Office's idea for a city built within wind turbines not to sound completely ludicrous anyway. The concept here is that with turbines growing in size to accommodate our…
Acer ready new green-friendly, Greenpeace-approved Timeline range
Acer's new Timeline range of laptops are so green-friendly that even Greenpeace have given the gear their thumbs up. The Aspire 3811TZ and 3811TZG are both made without the use of PVC and BFRs (brominated flame retardants), making them much…
RCA Airnergy charges gadget batteries with wi-fi signals
Thanks to all the new wireless charging systems on their way to market, the shock-horror moment of being out and about and then having your mobile's battery die mid-way through a call may be a thing of the past. Of…
