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 ...
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Check this out, these guys figured out how to make a solar cell with powdered donuts and tea!
Heck, I can already see bunch of guys making a whole roof solar-cell setup with lots of donuts and ...
This is a great little device that could really take off, as this is a solar charger compete with battery pack that is small enough to fit anyone’s coat pocket. However, has the capacity to charge up a mobile phone, PDA or other battery powered device within a few hours if the ...
Here’s a cool set of DIY colo-changing LED coasters. Basically, it runs on solar power, LEDs light up in red for hot drinks and blue for cold drinks.
Looks pretty simple to make, maybe a good idea for your next circuits projects.
Smart Coasters are cast-plastic coasters ...
Well, it took me all day to get all my sites running today, there’s was a massive DoS attack by some hackers I had to take care of.
With that cleared away, here’s how to make some inexpensive solar cell panels.
Mike Davis is an astronomer. To practice his hobby away ...
Tree Solar-Charger for your iPhone/iPod Touch!
Though just a concept now, this solar tree is a customizable Tree Solar Charger you can build using artificial branches. Once you build it, plug in your charger and you are ready to go.
This is a quite amazing concept.
Recharge you ...
Flare facade, is a living outer skin for any building. Composed of individual 3-D triangulars, these things can individually controlled via a computer to create some really amazing animation effects without the use of LEDs and electricity. (Pic and Video after the jump)
Perh ...
Sharp is working on solar LCD TVs for houses without electricity.
The only question I have is, if they don’t get electricity, will they get any TV reception at all? (Maybe air reception is good… real good…)
LCD prototype which uses just a quarter of the power ...
Do you ever feel the need for a some outdoor fluorescent lighting? Here’s a rechargeable, solar-powered fluorescent lantern to help you do just that.
Solar Powered rechargeable lantern includes a swiveling fluorescent lantern for 360° illumination, and a powerful spotli ...
Organic thin film solar cell leaves… Wow, you could build a whole tree with these!
A Japanese institute and firms prototyped a foliage plant-like solar cell module by using organic thin-film solar cells.
A leaf-like module featuring bright green solar cells was develope ...
