March 5th, 2010
Toshiba manufactures many appliances and consumer durable – its eco-friendly hi-tech toilet seat cum bidet is only one of them. In the form of a toilet seat with a water dispenser, the bidet uses 55 percent less power than other similar devices, heating the water only when required.
The unique design of the toilet seat is also designed to prevent heat loss. It comes with a variable fan to eliminate fan, so it deodorizes at the same time. The SCS-S510 model by Toshiba comes with an automatic opening and closing lid.
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March 5th, 2010
Everybody generates kinetic energy when they move. Usually this energy is just wasted energy. But now inventors are looking at ways that this energy can be utilized. What better way than to recharge your gadgets?
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March 2nd, 2010
There are many places in the developed and developing world where water is not safe to drink. In fact, many travel guides tell you only to drink bottled water to be safe. Even at home, many people, when they travel locally, simply buy bottled water for health reasons. As such, the Bobble is an environmentally friendly solution to the large carbon footprint left by using bottled water.
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February 21st, 2010
In an exciting development in the medical field, Steve Collins and Arthur Duo developed a foot prosthetic which actually uses energy which is otherwise lost. People, who have physical problems with the ankle, need to wear an artificial foot, which is quite heavy.
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February 18th, 2010
Children (and sometimes adults, too) love playing with cars from a young age. Whether the cars are simple wheeled ones, or ones they can sit in and drive or remote controlled ones, kids have an affinity for cars of all types.
Horizon Fuel Technology has built a hydrogen powered car which works on water. It is transparent so everything is visible. It uses lightweight, compact PEM fuel cells which convert hydrogen got from water into electrical energy to power the car.
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February 18th, 2010
Apple recently launched its new offering, the iPad. This tablet pc is small and light, and very portable. It is environmentally friendly, being free of arsenic, BFR, mercury and PVR. It is also highly recyclable. It weighs just 1.5 pounds, has a 9.7 inch display, and is .5 inches thin. It has a 10 hour battery life which means that it uses less electricity. The iPad’s 30-day standby battery life means that it rarely needs to be plugged in at night, too.
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February 16th, 2010
If you love going in the great outdoors, often there may be places where you just wish you could have a shower. All outdoor places don’t have shower facilities and while you might want to jump into the nearest river or lake to clean up, you will have to endure the water temperature. This eco-friendly solar shower is portable and easy to fold or roll up when empty and you can carry it in your backpack as well.
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February 15th, 2010
A computer user also uses a printer. And printers use ink cartridges. Now once the ink in the cartridges is over, the cartridges are thrown away. Even though some refilling kits are available, most manufacturers will always recommend using their own products and not refilling the cartridges.
Now Dell has launched its NextLife ink cartridges which can be used with many different leading printers. These cartridges have been remanufactured. According to Dell as many as 400 million cartridges end up in landfills and if only one percent are remanufactured then the environmental (carbon) savings would be the equivalent of planting 15,000 new trees.
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February 14th, 2010
If you travel a lot whether it is in the great outdoors or are a global traveler, you will be aware that all water is not safe for drinking. It may great to have water from a bubbling brook or stream, but you do not know how clean the water and what kind of consequences you may have to face afterwards.
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February 13th, 2010
There are many enclosed spaces which can do with an exhaust or a ventilating system which keeps the air fresh. Solar Sphere manufactures many solar powered products and the SunVent is a ventilating system which is designed for use in RVs, boats, mobile homes, vans, sheds, dog houses and more.
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