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The Solar Vest Charger

by David Allen on July 1st, 2009
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This is the answer to every traveller’s prayers, just plug your gadgets in and go about your normal walking around, the sun will do the rest for you. The maker even reckons that the solar vest will charge the battery up on your laptop, now that is cool by anyone’s standards. Primary Function: Solar Battery + Charger Vest for Portable Electronics Solar Charger Specifications: ...

Home DIY - How to Build a Solar Water Heater!

by max on June 20th, 2009
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Do you happen to live in hot-summer country such as Arizona? Well, there’s a great guide on how to build your own solar water heater, filled with over 80+ pages of details on how to do this. Also, there’s a DIY Solar Water Heater guide you can buy, which might be well worth it since this isn’t exactly the safest DIY ever. ...

Solar DIY - How to Build a Solar Cooling System for the Summer!

by max on June 12th, 2009
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Solar systems have been appearing everywhere these days including the new Prius which practically cools itself while parked out in the sun. Well, this technology isn’t so hard to understand or apply, simply get some solar panels and hook it up to a cooling device. Okay, maybe it’s not that easy but here’s a great DIY that shows you how to do that. This instructable wi ...

Cool wind up and solar radio

by David Allen on June 5th, 2009
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This is one of those radios that is great in emergencies, when the user is out camping or something similar. The Kirkland radio uses a winder to charge up the battery, one minute of winding gives you half an hour of radio time, or the solar panel will also run the radio too. Features: Powered by the sun’s rays it will play for seven hours when fully charged Alternatively, us ...

Outdoor Lighting - Pack of 3 Solar Lights!

by max on May 29th, 2009
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Here’s an awesome deal of pack of 3 outdoor solar lights, all of these run on a single photovoltaic solar cell, great for keeping your outdoors bright without use of any household electricity but with solar power. These are great for continuous lighting through the night for a dark driveway or yard area. Be sure to position the multi-angle floodlight trio in direct sunlight through ...

Protect yourself from the sun

by David Allen on May 26th, 2009
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Getting out in the sun may be great, but it should be taken in small doses. However, how are we supposed to know the strength of the sun and how long we can reasonably stay out in it? It has always been a hit and miss affair and therefore we have been taking chance with being burnt. But now there is this device from Oregon, it works out everything for you, how easy is that? Produc ...

iPhone Hack - How to Make a Solar iPhone Charger!

by max on May 7th, 2009
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Have an iPhone or iPod? Well, a lot of you do and if you wanted to get a solar charger for it, here’s how to make your very own from scratch. I wanted a charger for my iPodTouch and the MintyBoost was definitely my first choice. I wanted to take it a bit further and make it not only rechargeable but also solar powered. The other issue is that the iPhone and iPodTouch have large b ...

Solar DIY - How to Make a Solar Powered Roof Gutter Water Barrel!

by max on May 6th, 2009
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Here in California, it’s freakin’ sunny as hell during the summer and in the winter, it rains like a mothufooko. Anyways, I’ve been working on my friend’s lawn and they have no lawn sprinkler nor do they want to spend the money on it. Every summer, that lawn gets dried up like crazy and I’ve always thought there’s gotta be a good way to re-use the ...

Solar panels are cool

by David Allen on May 6th, 2009
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It is cool to have solar panels these days on matter what size they are it shows that you care about the planet and are willing to put your hand in your pocket to prove it. Therefore, what does that say about someone who buys jewellery that is mainly made up of small solar panels they must be ultra cool. That is exactly what designer Mae Yokoyama feels and why she has designed thi ...

#EcoMonday Solar DIY - How to Make a Solar Cell!

by max on May 4th, 2009
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As you know, it’s #EcoMonday, as Max Gladwell has started a new eco trend on Twitter, here’s how to make a solar cell for those of you who want to make your own using parts you can find at the local hardware store. Here is a low power low efficiency photovoltaic cell that you can make you own in the kitchen with materials from the hardware store. This cell is made from cuprou ...