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Energy saving laptop light

by David Allen on May 28th, 2009
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Often you can find that you have been sitting there on the laptop and without realising it the sun has gone down of the light is beginning to fail, now this is ok if you are just surfing the net using the mouse etc, but try and type and you appear to have started you own language. This is when a USB powered light comes in very handy and what could be better than an energy efficient lamp ...

Eco button for energy savers

by David Allen on April 28th, 2009
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Save power with the eco button, this acts as constant reminder that computers and monitors use huge amounts of energy and buy cutting back only in a little way it could save you cash and bring your carbon footprint down to earth. Technical Details Computers and monitors can account for half of the electricity used in a typical office. A single monitor left on overnight can use th ...

Top 10 Eco-Friendly and Green Gadgets!

by max on April 23rd, 2008
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Hi All, I must have had my watch set to a day earlier, Earth Day was yesterday but I figured 1 day late is never too late for eco-friendly gadgets. So here’s a round-up of various different eco-friendly and green gadgets you can buy to save the world: Solar Alarm Clock - Great stuff, they should make all alarm clocks with a solar panel. How hard is that? Probably not that hard, ...

DIY HACK - How to make your own open source motor controller!

by max on March 24th, 2008
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Check out this cool little hack, it’s an open-source motor controller for an electric bike. There’s no pictures of a finished version but can’t wait to see this circuit in action! n brief the PicOx is a PicAxe 08M based digital Controller that performs an ADC of a Hall-effect throttle and an ADC of a Hall-based current sensor. These two parameters determine the “Ma ...

DIY HACK - How to make your own UPS for your computer and other p ...

by max on March 22nd, 2008

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The other day, my home had power-outage for like 6 hours. I could go buy a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), or I can make my own UPS using a car battery. Well, I am just hoping this DIY UPS lasts 6 hours so I can keep using my spare laptop, which shouldn’t need that much power anyways to run off the UPS. But if I tried to run my desktop PC, it’d probably last only 2-3 ...

DIY HACK - HOWTO turn your cellphone into a Taser Camera Gun!

by max on February 27th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a funny hack using a cellphone, wires, and a 16pF capacitor. Take one SonyEricsson K800i, rewire the capacitor (which feeds the camera flash) with a pair of 16uf caps and you have a cell phone capable of dumping those farads into a human body. Just take a photo using the camera’s xe ...

Microfiber fabric = electricity ???

by max on February 20th, 2008
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Wow, check out this Yahoo news that microfiber fabric might produce electricity. We might just be able to start generating electricity everytime we move a finger! CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small MP3 music player never ...

DIY - How to make your own parts organizer out of plastic bottles ...

by max on February 20th, 2008
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Check out this really cool parts organizer you can make using plastic bottles and save the earth at the same time! If you’re like me, you have a ton of PCBs laying around from things you’ve taken apart. Put them to good use and salvage the components from them. via MakeZine ...

DIY HACK - Convert thin air into electricity!

by max on February 14th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Ever thought of turning electrical waves floating in the air into electricity? Well, here a guide if you need it. This is btw, similar to the new “wireless” batteries that Phillips is working on. (i think it’s phillips…) via HighT3ch ...

Devices to convert your work-out energy into electricity!

by max on February 10th, 2008
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Wow, this is something that could really change the world! Advances in biomechanical engineering could use energy generated while walking, hiking or running to power any device requiring portable power, including night-vision goggles and other battery-operated devices used by soldiers as well as robotic prosthetic limbs, cell phones and computers in remote locations where no other energ ...