Category: Energy systems
Make your expensive architect-designed house look RUBBISH with a LEGO radiator
Sarah Beeny would not be impressed. This could take tens of thousands off the value of your home. The terms & conditions of your mortgage would be voided. You’d be out on the street for Christmas. If you let your children be in charge of your internal design decisions, you get what you deserve.
This is a concept radiator (or at least a concept image of a concept radiator) by Italian firm Sciroccoh, made out of component pieces that resemble LEGO. It’s not particularly clever, as all the illustrator has done here is take an existing thing – in this case a household radiator – then imagine what it would look like if it was made out of LEGO…
Shiny Video: Philips Simplicity – Blossom Light
I may be using the Philips Simplicity event for a bit of a laugh but our Susi from Shiny Shiny is actually over there in Moscow and has found a rather nice, clever and pretty looking eco-gadget in the form of the Light Blossom. I’ll allow her to explain.
VIDEO: Energy & Efficiency, episode 3
This week, I take a look at fires in the house. Not as dangerous as you may initially think, plus burning wood is a superb environmentally sound and low-cost solution to home heating.
It’s also great fun if you draw effigies of your enemies on the logs, then watch them BURN.
CONCLUSION: Everyone should buy fires for the home. Watching wood effigies…
VIDEO: Energy & Efficiency, Episode 2
Today, I’m looking at renewable energy sources, with this video review of a wind-up torch. Is it a good idea? Does it work? Is manual electricity generation a viable alternative to traditional plugs, bulbs and power leads? Let’s find out!
I apologise for the poor sound quality.
In summary, wind-up torches work, but require constant winding. There is an additional energy saving to be found…
Uniross High Speed Charger takes battery recharging time down to a STUNNING 15 minutes!
The battery-charging scene continues to amaze with its innovation. It is surely the most technologically advanced area of science today. Forget the Large Hadron Collider – it’s the battery world that should be creating the headlines right now!
The latest RED HOT battery development comes from renowned rechargeable expert Uniross, which has today announced the High Speed Charger, a device capable of – brace yourselves! – fully recharging batteries in an unbelievable 15 minutes. And that’s not just one or two batteries…
Baylis Eco MP3 player is a wind-up
No really, you have to wind it up. The new MP3 player from Trevor Baylis, powered entirely by renewable energy (i.e. crazy winding action) has finally arrived, allowing you to take your music anywhere without the need for batteries…
Shiny Video Review: Roberts solarDAB radio
As I say, you’re looking at £79.99 for the Roberts solarDAB…
ENERGY MONITORING WEEK: The Eco-Eye Elite
Let this be a lesson to me. Never trust elderly neighbours. When I moved into my new flat a few weeks back, the my neighbour was all sweetness and light. She let us into the electricity meter box, so that we could get a reading to tell our supplier. She also revealed that she’s the only person in the entire universe with a key to the electricity box. No problem. I won’t need to get in there again for a long time….
GREEN CHALLENGE: Energy monitoring week
Tech Digest and Hippyshopper will be teaming up next week to find out the ugly truth of exactly how much power we’re consuming on a daily basis. Thanks to the brains behind the operation – the wonderful Abi – and our friends at Ethical Superstore, four bloggers here at Shiny Towers have been equipped with energy monitors to measure our greedy, tech-crazed energy consumptions…
EcoDigital Audioengine A5N bamboo speaker system – sustainability & sound
I’ve never thought of myself as an eco-enemy when it comes to home audio but the EcoDigital Audioengine A5N bamboo speaker system has triggered new pangs of social guilt for me.
Fortunately, Bamboo has two properties that makes it rather good as speaker material.
