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Water Leak Spotter/Detector!

max — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:26:05 +0000

Can you think of how much water the world can save if every energy company such as PG&E here in the U.S. used these water leak spotters powered by a single 3V lithium battery? Probably gigatons! – via keetsa

Here is something that should be useful for bathrooms in our homes. The toilet is known to be one of the causes for wasted water and the one which escalates our water bill. This could be due to leaks or some defect. But now, all you have to do is attach this device called the H2Orb from AquaOne Technologies.

Simply attach it directly to the water valve behind the toilet and when it spots a leak, it shuts off the water and alerts the user of the leak with an alarm and icon via the featured LCD screen. The whole system operates on a single 3V lithium coin cell battery.

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Water Leak Spotter/Detector!

Table DIY – How to Make a Table Out of Recycled Wood!

max — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:20:44 +0000

Here’s a great way to make a table using recycled wood. When I get a big house, I will certainly make one myself. (and upload me doing so on YouTube)

The results on this table are rather magnificent, I didn’t know you could do that with old wood.

There’s a lot of wood out in the world free for the taking — in dumpsters, back alleys, vacant lots, abandoned buildings, recycling yards, and architectural salvage centers. Most wood, if free from rot, is just as strong, durable, and good to use as new wood, once you sand off the weathering. This table was made from all salvaged wood — both dimensional lumber and plywood, mostly taken from decaying buildings in and around Hale County, Alabama

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Table DIY – How to Make a Table Out of Recycled Wood!

Recycle DIY – How to Recycle Tin Cans as Pencil Holders using Grout and Creativity!

max — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:53:57 +0000

I really love it when people make things like this out of stuff that would go into your recycling bin, a pencil holder made using old tin cans and grout! Brilliant! Keep up the great work and reduce our carbon footprint!

We all use some canned foods from time to time. And we all probably use empty cans for one purpose or another. This instructable shows how to decorate cans to be used as organizers for pencils, pens, paint brushes, etc. It’s a simple thing to do, and children would especially have fun making their creations.

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Recycle DIY – How to Recycle Tin Cans as Pencil Holders using Grout and Creativity!

Re-use DIY – How to Make Recycled Wallpaper!

max — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:56:52 +0000

I remember when I lived in South Korea for a year couple years back, there used to be a bunch of bars where the walls were pasted with DIY newspaper wallpapers. Of course, they looks sorta nicer, it wasn’t just pasted randomly but looks “clean”.

I think this is a great way to make any room in your home “vintage”. Even better, you might be able to make a wallpaper out of all your old photos somehow, that would be more awesome than your digital frame that’s pushing out only 1 image per second.

you can make wallpaper out of anything from newspapers and magazines to color copies by applying them to the wall with polyurethane (one coat underneath and one on top to seal the paper).

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Video Tour of Exploratorium in San Francisco!

max — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:59:02 +0000

The other day, I did a shoot with my new Canon 7D DSLR at Exploratorium in San Francisco, there’s a ton of interesting science and technology stuff you can play with.

For those of you who live outside California, you can enjoy my short clip here. There’s some really cool stuff like the man-made hurricane, I like the most…

My video skills are improving slowly. Until I get a faster computer to render these HD videos, these will be the best I can do… well, improving.

(Shot with Canon 7D and 28-135mm in 1080P 24p mode)

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Video Tour of Exploratorium in San Francisco!

Eco Friendly and Green Laptop Bags!

max — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:08:14 +0000

Cool eco-friendly and green laptops bags!

For those of you looking for eco-friendly/green alternatives to laptop sleeves, you might be interested in these eco laptop sleeves from Badget Bag. Of course, don’t forget, you can probably make one yourself too with duct tape or even newspaper.

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Eco Friendly and Green Laptop Bags!

Where buses go to die

David Allen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:08 +0000

Making the most of the materials that we have is an important thing these days, so when designer Christopher Fennell came up with his design for a bus shelter nobody should have been surprised to see what it was made from.

This is a cool idea, but you have to think that this sort of work would not go down well in all neighbourhoods.

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Where buses go to die

Recycle DIY – How to Convert a Broken Gate into Outdoor Table!

max — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:50:20 +0000

Perhaps recycling has not been done often enough in our world, especially those who have to constantly fix their house and throw away broken things.

Well, if your house gate ever breaks and you can use it anymore, you might want to consider converting it into an outdoor table. As seen in the above pics, the steps don’t seem too complicated, simply get 4 legs on it.

The gates at the side of our house succumbed to a big wind storm recently. The cause was ground rot on the posts, but that meant that most of the wood was still in pretty good condition despite being over thirty years old. Instead of throwing it out my wife suggested recycling it to make an outdoor table.

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Recycle DIY – How to Convert a Broken Gate into Outdoor Table!

Bamboo Keyboard and Mouse!

max — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:23:35 +0000

Bamboo has been always one of my favorite sustainable materials for goods. My love for bamboo started when I used to catch dragonflies in Korea with a dragonfly catching net (which basically looks like a fishing rod with a net at the end) that was made from bamboo.

Anyways, here’s a Chinese company that’s making some great bamboo keyboards and mice. Perhaps whoever starts importing these into the States would make some big dollars.

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Bamboo Keyboard and Mouse!

UK Residents now can read their Electricity Usage in Real Time using Google PowerMeter!

max — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:38:13 +0000

Google has just announced that every UK resident can now read their electricity and other energy usage in real-time using Google’s Powermeter.

Since yesterday, every resident in the United Kingdom can now watch how much energy they use on a daily basis using Google’s PowerMeter.

Google (GOOG) has announced the launch of PowerMeter with UK’s only energy supplier first-utility.

For one, this allows every UK resident to be aware of exactly how much energy they are using provided in real-time via PowerMeter and hopefully, save energy over months to come.

According to Mark Daeche, first:utility’s CEO, “At the end of the day, if you can’t measure and view your energy use, it’s very difficult to make savings.”

Kinetic Energy Powered DIY Clothing!

max — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:57:13 +0000

Who said fashion and smart electronics don’t mix well together?

Check out this awesome women’s garment that lights up when some kinetic energy is applied. Brilliant.

I can see in about 5 to 10 years when all fashion designers in New York start using more cool things like this. Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here, we’ll just wait.

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Kinetic Energy Powered DIY Clothing!

Water Powered Flashlight!

max — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:02:59 +0000

Back in 2007, we posted a video from MIT showing that water could possibly be used to power batteries. Well, within months, a Japanese company NoPoPo came up with water-powered batteries that can even use your own pee to power them.

Now, this water-powered flashlight is available, all powered using NoPoPo water-powered batteries, way too cool. I suggest you to get one for emergencies. This flashlight lasts virtually forever!

The NoPoPo Mini Lantern is pure craziness: a lamp powered with nothing but water! Simple to use, rechargable almost anywhere, and lasting up to ten years without losing charge, the NoPoPo is a perfect addition to any emergency kit, camping gear, survival set, and more. The versatile mini lantern can be used as either a flashlight or a unidirectional lantern; just slide the cover up to change modes.

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Water Powered Flashlight!

Solar Car Racing Taking Off in Australia!

max — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:55:52 +0000

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Solar car racing is happening in Australia, I think this would be a great movement towards future commercial solar cars. I don’t think we are that far away especially with the number of hybrid cars out there already with Prius already applying some solar panels. I would love to own a solar race car one day.

SYDNEY — A 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across Australia’s desert heartland began in the northern city of Darwin Sunday, organisers said.

The cars left Darwin in hot and humid weather at about 8:30 am (2300 GMT Saturday) on the journey that is expected to end mid-week in the South Australian city of Adelaide.

“We had 32 vehicles start this morning,” Mike Drewer, a spokesman for the World Solar Challenge, told AFP, adding that weather conditions were good for solar cars.

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Solar Car Racing Taking Off in Australia!

Save Earth Idea – Recycling Arcade Game!

max — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:13:42 +0000

Call me a gambler but I think the world would have much more incentive to recycle if we had more of these recycling arcade games in every block of every city in the world.

Even better, I’d say legalize gambling legal just for these recycling arcade games except that you can only use recyclable bottles and cans as money. (but win money if you hit jackpot)

I think it’s a safe bet since most casinos do take the money, I don’t see how the government could lose.

Of course, with the amount of politics involved, this might not be possible but indeed would make recycling a whole lot more efficient and fun.

Even those who are broke from gambling in real casinos can collect cans/bottles to try again, perhaps win jackpot and another life.

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Save Earth Idea – Recycling Arcade Game!

The 2010 Olympic Medals made from old computers

David Allen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:51 +0000

It is amazing really, when you think about the Olympics, top athletes and champions spring to mind, but to win a medal means that they are at the top of form and the best in the world. Therefore, at every Olympics the medals are designed to represent the games and the city where they are held.

This time the medals have been designed by Corrine Hunt and Omer Arbel, they have used recycled materials to make the gold, silver and bronze medals. These materials were at one time inside an electrical device such as a cell phone or computer.

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The 2010 Olympic Medals made from old computers

Eco-Gadget Review – Foot CanCrusher!

max — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:54:55 +0000

Want to get some healthy lower body exercises while recycling and helping reduce world’s carbon footprint? No look further as we have found the perfect tool for that, a Foot CanCrusher! (available @Amazon for only $19.98) via keetsa

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Eco-Gadget Review – Foot CanCrusher!

Recycle DIY – How to Make Old Light Bulbs into Flower Vases!

max — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:26:57 +0000

Check out this awesome DIY by Giannina Lezcano who shows you how to make old light bulbs into flower vase, this is the most innovative DIY I have seen so far using old light bulbs.

She uses wires to connect the old light bulbs together and hangs the bulbs upside down so she can fill it with water and put flower to grow in.

We need more people like Giannina in our world. Brilliant!

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Recycle DIY – How to Make Old Light Bulbs into Flower Vases!

Recycle Hack – How to Turn your Old Car into an Artistic Ball!

max — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:33:18 +0000

Don’t know what to do with your old car? Turn it into a big artistic ball! – link

Not sure what to do with that old gas guzzler? How about turning it into a giant ball? That’s what artist Keny Marshall did with this 1983 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. There aren’t any build instructions, but you should be able to figure it out from the construction video.

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Re-use DIY – How to Make a Soap Holder out of an Onion Bag!

max — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:14:48 +0000

In Asia, particularly South Korea where I am from, people have been using soap holder with meshed bag like below to keep bathrooms smelling nice for decades or as long as I can remember.

Well, here’s how to make your own soap holder with an Onion Bag, it might be a cheap alternative to making your bathroom/closet smelling more soapy! (or just use it as regular soap)

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Re-use DIY – How to Make a Soap Holder out of an Onion Bag!

DIY Pedal-Powered OLPC Laptop in Afghanistan!

max — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:03:32 +0000

Indeed, people of Afghanistan are very resourceful and amazing if they can power laptops with pedals like this. I can see this machine going a long ways here in America, I think it’s a great way to get an exercise and power your laptop. Heck, why don’t they make a kit like this for real bikes? I am sure someone will start making these in the factories soon. Brilliant idea! (via laptop blog)

The people of Afghanistan are pretty resourceful they always have been, and this certainly proves that point. This is pedal machine put together by the people at OLPC Afghanistan it gives enough power to get these little laptops going.

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DIY Pedal-Powered OLPC Laptop in Afghanistan!

Solar DIY – How to Make a Solar Food Dehydrator!

max — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:30:07 +0000

We’ve seen many ways to make a food dehydrator before, here, and here. I even got a food dehydrator here as a Christmas present when I was completely broke couple years back. Well, here’s another great guide on how to make a solar food dehydrator! (via make)

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Solar DIY – How to Make a Solar Food Dehydrator!

Recycle DIY – How to Make a CD Clock!

max — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:00:15 +0000

Here’s a really cool way to recycle your old favorite CDs into clocks and works of art. These would make great gifts for your loved ones. via instructables

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Recycle DIY – How to Make a CD Clock!

The Juice Bar is Tasty

David Allen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:14 +0000

You could be forgiven in thinking that this is cool new drink or hydration bar for sports people. The Juice Bar is in fact a small solar charger that can charge up the battery of many portable devices. It comes with a dozen connectors that between them will fit most portable devices.

This is an ideal device for charging up those cell phones or iPods that have run out of battery right when they are needed most.

Features – Pocket size universal battery charger – High capacity 1500 mAh Li-ion battery – Contains 12 different connectors – Charges via USB connection or solar panel – Solar panel: 5.5 volt/80 mAh – Includes: JuiceBar, connectors, accessory bag, USB cable, charging cable. Priced at $49.99.

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The Juice Bar is Tasty

Ribbon DIY – How to Make Ribbons from Recycled Materials!

max — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:35:15 +0000

Hurray, it’s pink ribbon month this month, don’t forget to check out the Top 5 pink ribbon gadgets for raising world-wide awareness for breast-cancer. Of course, if you have some recycled “pink” materials laying around, it might be actually a great idea to make you won “recycled” pink ribbon. (Follow this guide here)

Also, this might be a great way to make your ribbons for presents and whatnot, and WHY NOT if you can also recycle our Earth’s precious resources?!?

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Ribbon DIY – How to Make Ribbons from Recycled Materials!

Solar DIY – How to Make a Solar Oven using Office Supplies at work!

max — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:06:21 +0000

Do you have empty boxes laying around work? Do you sometimes feel the need to make something cool like a solar oven?

Well, if you’ve answered yes to both questions, you are in luck as you can try making one of these really cool solar ovens, all from parts you can get free from work! Of course, don’t get fired doing this as your boss might see it as waste of time but if your line of work is science/technology related, you might be able to get by.

This DIY solar oven has been tested up to 120 degrees fahrenheit, enough to cook you some nice “natural” pizza using the power of the sun. Of course, it will take about an hour to reach that temperature so you might have to plan accordingly.

For those of you who try this out and it works well, be sure to leave comments! Thanks!

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Solar DIY – How to Make a Solar Oven using Office Supplies at work!

Home DIY – How to Make High Volume Rain Water Barrel!

max — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:58:13 +0000

I guess it’s actually “illegal” in the state of Colorado to collect rain water but for those of you living elsewhere, you can learn how to make high volume rain water barrel. This could be a great way to have reserve water for your plants and whatnot. Besides recycling natural water, you will cut down on your bills too.

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Home DIY – How to Make High Volume Rain Water Barrel!

Vintage WWII bags with solar panels

David Allen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:00:08 +0000

Making something hi-tech from something that is so obviously old and definitely low tech is a bit of an art and sometimes the design just does not happen because of compatibility and just what the item looks like.

But these bag date back to the war and used to belong to the German Military which is a little ironic don’t you think. anyway these bags have been fitted with solar panels and iPod controls, so the user simply plugs in the device and listens to the their music, the charger makes sure that the battery is kept fully charged and operational.

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Vintage WWII bags with solar panels

Solar DIY – Heliostat Can help you Track Sunlight!

max — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:05:42 +0000

Here’s a really cool heliostat that can help you track sunlight.

The purpose of this cool solar device is to help you make other solar projects where you “could” make use of constant sunlight to something such as solar power grids. (or somethin’ along lines of that…)

The heliostat is the first step in his solar energy experimentations, and it is designed to keep a mirror aligned so that it keeps the reflection of the sun onto a specific point. Once the energy is focused on that point, it can be harnessed by other devices such as a solar oven. A single unit can be useful, however it gets really fun when you start adding multiple devices to concentrate a bunch of energy on a small spot.

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Solar vest makes charging easy

David Allen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:00:18 +0000

This is a dream come true for some people, it is a fashion item if you like but it comes with a special feature, as it will charge up all of your gadgets while you are on the move. It comes with a selection of connectors to make sure that all gadgets are fully charged and that you will never be without the phone again.

Features:

Primary Function: Solar Battery + Charger Vest for Portable Electronics

Four Solar Panels (Capacity: 8,800mAh, Solar panel: 6W, Voltage: 3.7V)

Inputs and Ports: AC Input Port, USB Power Input, DC Output 1, DC Output 2

Switches: On/Off, Voltage Adjust

Light Indicators: Green: Power more than 80%; Orange: Power between 30% and 70%; Red: Power less than 30%

Connectors: eight Power Connectors & 7 Device Connectors

Colour: Black and brown

Pockets: Eight front pockets, 1 back pocket

Zipper and Velcro fastener

Portable Battery Charger Dimensions: L:120 x W:70 x D:22 (mm)

Solar Panel Dimensions: L:135 x W:60 (mm)

Vest Dimensions: L:600 x W:600 (mm)

Priced at $140

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Solar vest makes charging easy

The Solar Tree

David Allen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:00:43 +0000

This is a brilliant concept; it is a pole with a solar panel that fits into the top where the solar energy charges up the battery pack. Along the length of the pole, there are various electrical sockets suitable for the iPhone, iPod, cell phones, cameras and other devices.

Just simply stick the pole into the ground fix the solar panel and do not worry about the power running out of your gadgets as you can simply just plug them into the sockets. You will be able to charge up to three devices at once, now that is really cool. This can be used just about anywhere.

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The Solar Tree

The Go Green Water Bottle

David Allen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:00:51 +0000

This is your chance to protect the environment and then in turn save the planet, there may not be a better time to turn green and water bottles use up a lot of resources and so these bottles will last for a long time. They have been especially designed to allow ice to be placed inside and every bottle comes with a “Go Green” tag.

Specs:

Each bottle comes with dual, leak resistant caps, one for drinking, the other wide mouth to insert ice cubes and make hand cleaning easier

Also comes with handy caribineer clip

Our lightweight bottle weighs less than 6 ounces and holds 24 ounces of your favourite cool or cold drink (not for hot liquids)

Measures 10″ tall and 2.5″ wide to fit most auto drink holders

Comes with attractive “Go Green” hangtag

Priced at $12.95

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The Go Green Water Bottle

Bank of America ATMs Wasting Energy, Turn that LCD OFF Please!

max — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:17:30 +0000

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Here’s my letter to BofA and any other ATM-owing banks in the world who leave their ATM LCD on all night long:

Dear CEO of BofA and other banks that leave their ATMs on at night:

It’s 3:35AM over here in California, I have not been able to goto sleep tonight so I am working(blogging) in my car again. Anyways, I parked my car by a local stripmall where I’ve noticed that Bank of America ATM machine LCDs are on as bright as hell.

Suddenly I realized how many BofA ATMs were out there and how much energy was being consumed by those needless LCDs being turned on.

Bank of America, I simply ask you to turn your LCDs off in the early wee hours. I have nothing against your company but when I see situations like this, it makes all of us who are trying to save every bit of energy to sustatain the world pointless.

If every ATM machine in America has sleep mode function that would turn off after 30 seconds, we’d probably have enough energy to power a small city each day.

Let’s change the world one ATM at a time. BofA and banks, please set your LCDs to sleep mode, there’s absolutely no reason why you need to keep them on, especially 3:35AM in the morning.

Thank you in advance for making the world bettter,

Best Regards,

Max Lee

CEO of Zedomax Network LLC

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The Kill a Watt electricity usage monitor

David Allen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:00:42 +0000

Power is set to rise and keep rising, which is bad news for the gadget household whose home uses more power than it did a few years ago. Now there are chargers, computers and big screen TV’s that all eat up more power. This device can save money, it is the Kill a Watt and devices are simply plugged into it and the device will let the user know how energy efficient they are.

Product Features and Technical Details

Product Features

Electricity usage monitor connects to appliances and assesses efficiency

Large LCD display counts consumption by the kilowatt-hour

Calculates electricity expenses by the day, week, month, or year

Displays volts, amps, and wattage within 0.2 percent accuracy

Compatible with inverters; designed for use with AC 115-volt appliances

Technical Details

Model: P4400

Model Name: P4400

Priced at $22.92

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The Kill a Watt electricity usage monitor

Solar power pack with features

David Allen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:00:20 +0000

This is the XPower Power pack; it is being marketed as the first portable solar powered pack. The device has a 5 watt solar panel that charges up the 10 amp/hour battery pack. It is great for all sorts of devices that require a power source.

Features:

The XPower Power pack Solar is the first portable power pack that incorporates solar power in a compact, portable power source

It is completely self-renewing, which means the detachable 5-watt solar panel has the ability to recharge the power pack’s 10 amp-hour battery

The 5-watt solar panel captures, stores and converts the sun’s renewable energy, replenishes the XPower Power pack Solar’s battery, and extends the runtime of many devices by up to 25 percent

Product Features: Runs 120-volt AC or 12-volt DC products anywhere Built-in 400-watt inverter Sealed, non-spillable 10 amp-hour AGM battery Two 120-volt AC outlets, one 12-volt DC socket and one USB port Three-digit display for easy battery status monitoring Rubberized protection to guard against unit slipping AC charger included so you can charge from a standard wall outlet DC charger included so you can charge from a vehicle

RV Applications: Operates and charges a portable DVD player, 13-inch colour TV, laptop, portable stereo, cordless phone, portable cooler and air compressor Operates multiple products simultaneously

Priced at $119.99

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Solar power pack with features

The solar sun drive

David Allen — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:00:57 +0000

There are some great solar chargers around these days and because of advances in technology, these are quite capable of charging up most devices from cell phones to mp3 players. The USB Sun Drive Solar Charger will charge just about any device with a USB port on a full charge it will power a cell phone with a hundred minutes of continuous use. Alternatively, if being taken away it holds the full charge for around twenty five on standby.

Features:

Recharge cell phones, MP3 players, portable media players, digital cameras via USB port

Measuring 64 mm x 25.8 mm

Store up to 100 minutes of continuous talk time

Up to 25 hours of standby time on a single charge

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The solar sun drive

Glow in the dark toilet roll

David Allen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:00:02 +0000

Now sometimes things come along that are useful and this is just one of those things. Imagine you are sitting there in the smallest room of the house and there is a power cut, this glow in the dark toilet roll can be a life saver, literally.

Features:

It’s Glow in the Dark Toilet Roll! Just when you thought everything that could be invented, has been, we can still surprise you!

Item Weight (in kg): 0.13

Carton Weight (in kg): 12.500

Carton Quantity: 72

Carton Dimensions: 64 x 42.5 x 39cm

Priced at $7.50

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Glow in the dark toilet roll

Solar power battery charger

David Allen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:00:54 +0000

This is essential equipment for campers and travellers being stuck out in the middle of nowhere with a flat battery is no laughing matter. However, if you happened to have packed one of these solar panels then all you would need to do is lift the hood, connect the cables to the battery, close the hood and place the unit on top. Within a matter of minutes, the engine will be purring away.

Product Features

Solar-powered charger engineered to maintain your vehicle’s 12-volt starting battery

Extends battery life using the sun’s power

Blue LED charging indicator

Connects quickly and mounts easily

6-Watt Amorphous silicon solar cells

Priced at $39.99

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Solar power battery charger

The 45 Watt Solar charging kit

David Allen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:25:42 +0000

This is an ideal gadget to have these days as it can be left in position on boats, cabins or for back up power as it is quite capable of charging up a twelve volt battery with no time at all. The kit that comes with this contains the mounting frame and other essential items too, this is a great solar starter pack.

Product Features

Solar charging kit is designed for RVs, homes, boats, back-up and remote power use, and more

Includes charge regulator and DC power output

Includes aluminium mounting frame and 2 x energy efficient DC Light Bulbs

3 x 15-Watt solar panels mounted together for 45-Watt total power output

Water proof amorphous silicon solar cells panel

Priced at $179.99

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The 45 Watt Solar charging kit

The solar and crank emergency radio

David Allen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:29:24 +0000

From the image this radio looks like something that could date back to fifties or something like, yet this may have a retro look, but it is packed full of modern technology. It can use either solar power from the panel on top, but if there is no sunlight then there is a cranking handle that powers a dynamo and that charges the battery up, it is ideal for camping or for use in an emergency.

Product Features

Charges on Solar or Crank

Emergency Preparedness

Great for Camping

Use outdoors

No Batteries needed

Priced at $23.42

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Garden DIY – How to Make a Growing Garden Green Chair!

max — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:06:10 +0000

Wow, here’s another great idea for growing a garden on a chair. If you have some skills with custom acrylic designs, this might be just the perfect way to use your creativity while saving space for your plants.

For those who like laying back in the garden and leaning against a sturdy tree or bush while quietly reading a book, this grow-it-yourself natural wood furniture concept might readily take root in your imagination. Best of all, you can watch while your favorite new seat grows right up from the ground in your own backyard or from a pot on the patio or porch.

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Earth DIY – HOW TO Make Hotel Magnetic Key Jewelry!

max — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:51:49 +0000

This one’s for all those ladies out there who have been traveling often, learn how to make/recycle hotel magnetic key jewelry! I know most hotels throw away millions of these plastic magnetic keys on a daily basis, here’s a great way to help the environment while making you look more beautiful.

We cut the cards into various small shapes. I then used a leather punch (because it was handy and I didn’t feel like messing with the drill) to make holes in the top of the shapes. We then attached the jump rings and ear wires with needle nose pliers. Voila! Custom jewelry!

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The Terra Magic Rotating Globe

David Allen — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:21:54 +0000

There was a time when having a globe in your office meant that you where very important, fortunately those days are over and anyone can have a globe not just in their office, but on their desks too.

Features:

A mystery in motion, TerraMagic internal drive simulates the perpetual motion of our Earth

The TerraMagic is the perfect gift, corporate gift or executive gift

Display the TerraMagic Globe on the elegant crystal base (included) or on virtually any flat surface

The smooth revolution and elegant design meld to create the ultimate decor piece and an excellent addition to home or office

Included with each globe is a beautiful, clear crystal base on which the globe magically turns

Requires 1 “AA” battery (not included)

Priced at $29.90

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The Terra Magic Rotating Globe

Portable solar power

David Allen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:20 +0000

This is a handy and light way of using solar power; this is panel that looks like it could be a wallet or folder. However, is in fact it is a life saving piece of equipment. This portable charging unit can be place in the sunlight where is will charge up the battery pack.

The Eneloop Portable Solar is made by the electronics giant Sanyo, it is their way of making this sort of power compact and easily used. Although there is not much information around when it comes to prices etc.

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Office DIY Ideas – How to Turn Office Junk into Useful Gadgets!

max — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:26 +0000

This is a Guest Post by Jeff Saporito from our partner blog site TestFreaks.com.

Few things on this earth become as cluttered, dirty and full of mysteries as the desks where we work all day. From shriveled lettuce fragments from a 2005 sandwich still stuck between the keys, to a curious 5” floppy disk full of unknown data that has been rolled over by the chair wheels a dozen times, there are all sorts of things buried within and around our workspaces. This is particularly true for most who work from home – as the desk constantly serves not only as a place for getting work done, but often as a table, shelf, pantry, and sometimes, a bed.

Every now and then, people bother to actually clean out their desks and get rid of all the miscellaneous bits of computer parts and office supplies for which they have absolutely no use. Massive trash bags, big enough for Dexter Morgan to fill with a dismembered 32 year-old man, get filled to the brim with random work-related bits of forgotten importance. But why junk all that stuff? There are a bunch of things you can do with all those pieces-parts – and this article aims to provide you with a few ideas. And no, I wouldn’t suggest re-shingling your roof with plastic jewel cases and gelatinous bottles of White Out. Come on, you at least have a little bit of class.

CDs

CDs may be the most common throw-away item. Everyone has a spindle worth of discs they forgot to label, discs that burned improperly, or a drawer full of leftover AOL free trials they got in the mail once a week from 1997-2001. Here are some technical, geeky, crafty, practical and stupid things to do with old CDs or DVDs:

Detach large Christmas lights (the old school fat ones like your grandpa still uses) from their string, put on the CD, and then reattach the light. It makes a neat glowing/reflecting effect.
Trace a guitar pick onto a CD and cut it out. Brand new guitar pick.
String a few together and hang it outside for a quality hillbilly prism ornament.
Stick them on fence posts to scare away birds from your garden – they hate the reflection.
There’s always the good old coaster and Frisbee options.
If they have printed labels on one side, cut them up and make a mosaic.
Smash your mosaic, and glue the pieces to a Styrofoam ball. Disco away.
Practice your ninja skills by throwing them like a shuriken at friends and family members.
They make pretty cool candle coasters.
Install a clock mechanism in the center hole, Sharpie on some numbers and you’ve got a sweet nerd clock.
Use your nerd clock to gauge when your frozen pizza is done baking, and then cut the pie with a disc edge.

Floppy & Zip Disks

No doubt you’ve got a few floppies still lying around, too. If you don’t, I have plenty, and you can have them. You could back up your hard drive or something, 1.4MB at a time, if you wanted to. The Zip disk could still be mildly useful, if only any computer on earth actually had a Zip drive…

Tile the floor in a small room with them, you nerd.
Go to this site and learn how to make a bag/purse/man sack out of floppies (http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/) – Just don’t give it to your mom for mother’s day.
Pop out the little metal circle part from the middle of a bunch of disks, string some cord through it (or some SATA cable if you want to be super geeky) and make a belt. Or a necklace. Or a noose.
Zip disks make great props for under the leg of that wobbly chair or table.
Fashion a bunch of them together to make a square box – you can put pencils in it! Hey, it’ll help with the clutter. We’re cleaning here, after all.
Same concept as above – but make a photo cube.
Use them to scratch food out of a casserole dish. It works. I swear.
If you have a 5” floppy, use it as a mount for some sort of art project.
Make a bracelet out of the insides of a 5” disk. Then, down a bottle of Hello Kitty pills and head to a rave in the most dilapidated building you can find.

Laptops

Aside from taking old laptops to sit on and keep the chilly bleacher metal off your bum at your son’s tee ball game, there are a handful of things you can do with them that are less ridiculous.

Make a DIY digital photo frame. Start by taking the LCD off of the rest of the laptop (which usually only requires removing one ribbon cable). Remove the plastic around the LCD, assemble a mounting board and mat around it, then glue it on. Reattach the cable to the rest of the laptop. Attach something to make a stand. If you have a screensaver program that links to Flickr or some other photo source, it’s all that much easier because you never really have to touch the thing. It’s boss.
Screw with it. Replace the case with a wooden one. Do something silly.
If it’s not a total pile, turn it into a file server. It costs less to power all day than a desktop.
Turn it into a hotspot and boost your router signal. The method depends on your OS, so look it up yourself.
Put some wheels on it and use it as a skateboard. Wear pads, you’ll get hurt.
Create a DIY hobo digital projector. Get the screen, a cooling fan, and an old style overhead projector. Check the bottom corner of the supply closet for one of those, behind the mop and Janet from accounting’s underwear. Strip down the LCD until you’re left with just the screen itself (just the black sheet and its attached VGA/DVI components). Lay it on the glass top of the overhead projector. Attach it however you need to along with the cooling fan. Connect the inputs to a video source, and you’ll have a big, digital-ish projection.
Use it as a second monitor.
Put it on your stove top and use it as a skillet to fry an egg. Only if it has a metal shell, though. I mean, you can melt it everywhere if you want…

Printers

Okay fine, there is only one suggestion for printers…

Hollow it out and plant flowers in it. They become excellent planters, especially the all-in-ones.

Pencils

Make a little fence for your plants in your printer planter box. Or in an actual planter box.
Glue a bunch together side-by-side and make a placemat or trivet.
Apparently moths hate pencil shavings. Grind them all up and put them in your closet. They will work like moth balls – but with a different, less offensive, but still unappealing odor.
Support a small plant.
The graphite in a pencil is a dry lubricant, so if you have a small motor, lock, latch, or other mechanical object that is stuck, rub the graphite all over it to loosen it up.

Other Crap

Clean out the junk in your keyboard cracks with the sticky end of a Post-It.
Use Post-Its as cable wraps for all the cords under the desk.
Be one of those creepy old people in a dark room full of decaying Asian home furnishings and antique radios that hordes every piece of garbage they’ve ever possessed.
Repeatedly stick and remove any form of tape to a laptop keyboard that has hand soil marks. It will slowly lift them without you scratching away at your hardware. (That’s what she said!)
Insulate something with mouse pads.
You can tie up just about anything with a computer cable.
Got a bunch of old computer pieces? Here are some examples of insanely cool computer art: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/04/18/geeky-computer-part-art/
Use paper clips as Christmas ornament hooks, or as a zipper pull. Then go out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. Pop your collar while you’re at it.
Large pencil erasers are great door stops.
An old mouse or crappy computer speaker makes a good key hider.
An old iPod makes a swell cigarette case.
The circuit sheet from a keyboard can make a very snazzy wallet.
You can melt old crayons and make nice art that will look much like oil painting. Touch to flame, dab on paper. Touch to flame, dab on paper. Touch to flame, dab on paper. Touch to flame, dab on paper. Touch to flame…

Clearly you can find a use for anything if you try to. It’s certainly easier to throw everything away, but when you can have mildly tacky things all over the place that you created with would-be trash, people just may think you are the most clever Jenny on the block. You may even be able to fashion yourself something useful, which is the true spirit of DIY. Though most of the ideas on this list were small, they are all feasible. Try some out, put your innovative mind to work and see if you can’t transform some of that desk clutter into a more creative form of clutter.

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Supercool solar powered air con

David Allen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:00:10 +0000

The problem with air con is mainly down to the amount of power that the system uses up just keep one room nice and cool. So imagine how great it could be if there was such a thing as solar powered air con, that would be cool in more ways than one.

Features:

Frost aims to reduce dependency upon conventional air conditioning units by replacing outlet electricity with solar power and refrigerator freezer energy.

The solar power panel gathers electricity during peak sunlight hours and stores the energy for later use in order to spin the fans for a fresh breeze.

The freezer provides the second leg of energy creating a source of cold (freezer ice pack) for the fans to convert the heated summer air into a wintery breeze.

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Supercool solar powered air con

The solar strap by Suntrica

David Allen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:00:26 +0000

Solar panels have come a long way over the past few years, there was a time when powering a calculator was the best you could expect from the small panels. But now a solar panel no larger than a cell phone can provide enough power to charge up the batteries of small devices.

Technical specification:

Rated input – 5.0 – 6.0 V DC

Rated output – 5.5 VDC, 800 mA

Battery capacity – 3.7 Wh

Operation temperature – 0°C – 50°C

Dimensions

(unfolded) – 290 x 97 x 16 mm

(folded) – 144 x 97 x 25 mm

Enclosure – Flexible, splash proof

Weight – 60 g

Priced at $40

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The solar strap by Suntrica

Solar charger for cell phones

David Allen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:16 +0000

This is a neat little solar charger that can be packed away easily and can charge up electronic devices including cell phones. It is a hybrid charger, which means that it can charge with the power of the sun or via the USB port of a laptop, so the user is not going to be totally reliant on the sun.

Product Features

Provides an emergency power source when away from power outlets.

Interchangeable power tips allow you to power multiple gadgets with a single charger ( tips for most products included in pack)

Solar Panels have charge and maintain the built-in 2000 mah Lithium ion battery inside.

Constructed with moulded plastic for lightweight mobility.

Charging internal battery takes 8-10 hours of direct sunlight.

Priced at $19.99

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Solar charger for cell phones

The solar powered lantern

David Allen — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:00:45 +0000

The new Lightcap 300 is an interesting item, it is a self contained lamp that charges up on solar power and then when it gets lights up. It uses four LED’s. This lamp has four times the amount of light that you would be getting from a solar powered garden light.

Product Features

Colour Name: Red

Four super bright white LEDs for four X the brightness

40% more solar panel output for faster charging

Lighter only 10.5 oz. for bottle and cap

Translucent unbreakable cap is 12% lighter and glows

Brighter focusing lens for much more light and even dispersion

Priced at $29.95

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The solar powered lantern

Solar energy science kit

David Allen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:00:49 +0000

This is a great kit that offers the user a chance to get some hands on experience on with solar energy, there are plenty of experiments to conduct and help the kids discover green energy. This a brilliant gift for any child, it is fun and educational at the same time.

Product Features

Educational Science Kit “Solar Energy Kit” Discover Green Energy!

Explore solar energy with this educational “do-it-yourself” kit!

This is a great educational kit to learn children about the energy source of the future

Includes a 5″ Solar Cell Module, DC Motor, Four turntables, three coloured spinner discs, 2 1/4″ fan, airplane, bird images and instructions.

Priced at $17.95

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Solar energy science kit

The pet tornado

David Allen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:00:54 +0000

As a lot people know a tornado is a force to be reckoned with, it can destroy buildings and pull trees out of the ground, but it can also be tamed like this one here. The tube simply requires shaking for the power of the tornado to be seen there right in front of you, it’s cool but do not open the lid!

Features:

Grades K & up

A simple twist of the wrist produces a realistic, tiny tornado from the white foam clouds

Hold it to the light and watch the iridescent currents swirl

Tornado facts printed on the back

Measures 2″ W x 4.5″ H

Priced at $5.95

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