Category: Energy systems
CES 2008: HydroPak turns water into power for your gadgets (kind of)
Okay, so I have oversimplified that as only an unscientific idjut could. Basically, HydroPak is a ‘portable power generator’ that uses a combination of fuel cells and water-activated cartridges. It’s the work of two companies: Millennium Cell and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies.
All aboard Tindo, the Australian solar-powered bus!
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We've seen more solar-powered and hybrid cars this year than reported 'iPhone Killers', but solar-powered buses? Not until today!
Tindo the solar-powered electric bus made its debut in Adelaide, Australia last week, joining the ranks of fellow public transport buses offering…
Sony shows off Odo Twirl 'N Take camera prototype which generates its own electricity
My, how our Hippyshopper editor Abi must be positively green with envy right now she wasn’t able to spy this Sony eco-friendly digital camera this week at the Eco-Products 2007 Eco Style Fair over in Japan.
Not exactly known for their green initiatives, Sony showed off a digital camera prototype which generates…
Fujitsu Siemens claims 25% of Brits will have a green Christmas this year. Hands up?
Sent through on the interwires today was a hopeful little story about how 25% of us British folk are going to attempt a green tech Christmas.
It’s actually come via Fujitsu Siemens Computers, who has recently made concerted efforts to become ‘eco-friendly’, with examples such as their Scaleo PC Green Edition laptop impressing those with environmentally-friendly consciences. Get the drift? Fujitsu…
Rugged leather Logan satchels from Noon Solar are tech-forward, too
It’s been an age since we last featured a bag of some description here on Tech Digest, which is odd, considering the amount of kit the average reader must card around with them, so bags are sorely needed!
Especially when they’re techie in their own right. These Noon Solar bags are, as you can guess from their name, solar-powered, and can…
Toshiba aims on saving the environment with their Carbon Zero offset scheme
A few weeks back I criticised Sony for donating just 1% of the profits made on their Vaio FZ Graphic Splash Eco Edition laptops to green charities, of which I got lampooned by a reader for doing so. He probably thought I am a Microsoft/Toshiba/HD-DVD fangirl, which is obviously why I spoke negatively of Sony (typical Sony fanboy mentality).
Well, admittedly I am the aforementioned fangirl, but had it been any company, I still would’ve pulled them up on being stingy. And I’m going to prove so, by slagging Toshiba off for just the same reasons.
From today, Tosh is now offering customers the option to offset the carbon dioxide produced when making their laptops, by asking for £1.18 which will go…
Shiny Video Review: Oliver Heath EcoCentric Crystal LED Lights
Christmas must be the most environmentally-unfriendly time of the year, but luckily Oliver Heath has designed some…
VentureOne three-wheeler hybrid car available in 2009
Hybrid cars are getting a huge look-in at the moment on Tech Digest, and with environmentalism becoming bigger and more important in technology with every passing year, expect to see more of them.
This VentureOne hybrid car comes from Venture Vehicles, and whilst it’s still the same size of a Mini Cooper, it only has three-wheels and is completely environmentally-green. Able to squeeze in two passengers…
Save money and trees with Toshiba's eco-friendly toilet. Yes, really
Toshiba? Developing eco-friendly toilets? Now that’s under the dictionary definition of ‘WTF’.
With an annual power consumption reduced by 55% compared to similar toilets, the bidet-style model from ol’ Tosh manages to be eco-friendly by instantly warming water for the bidet-functions rather than constantly keeping it warm like most bidets. Added to that, the heat loss isn’t as evident in Toshiba’s toilet…
Shiny Video Preview: Stuff Show, Trevor Baylis eco-friendly wind-up media player
Alex and Zara were down at the Stuff and What Hi-Fi show in London today, where they took a look at Trevor Baylis’s…
