All the stories tagged with: solar energy
Solar Bus Shelter In San Francisco
06/01/2009, The green city of San Francisco just got a little bit greener – this time in the form of a solar bus shelter. Currently placed at Geary and Arguello boulevards in the Richmond District, this bus shelter is equipped with [...]
Big Bellys Love The Sun
05/31/2009, Philadelphia is honored to have solar-powered trash cans along their sidewalks – these compacting bins can accept up to 8 times as much waste as a regular trash can, and won’t cost the city a single cent in terms of [...]
LCD Panels With Embedded Solar Cells
05/31/2009, Isn’t this what most people would deem to be an achievement of sorts – LCD panels that are self-powered, thanks to embedded solar cells within? That’s what Integrated Digital Technologies of Taiwan offer, and they plan to mass produce these [...]
Transforming Solar Toy
05/28/2009, No idea what this toy is supposed to do for a kid, but hey, at least you won’t need to fork out more money from time to time to purchase new batteries so that your little one can continue to [...]
Trilobot Loves Basking Under The Sun
05/28/2009, Now here’s something that pays tribute to lifeforms from the olden days – the Trilobot that is solar-powered and fully autonomous, being smart enough to search out for its own juice to make sure that no human master will ever [...]
Powerbrella Helps Juice Up Gadgets
05/26/2009, This is an idea that has just been sitting around, waiting to be executed, and we’re glad that the day has arrived. We’re talking about the Powerbrella, a patio umbrella that does more than just keep you cool from the [...]
Solar Powered Headphones with Bluetooth
05/22/2009, Green tech is definitively the hot trend; Romania-based engineering student Stephen Shepeleff wants us to carry only eco-friendly gadgets, putting solar panels everywhere he can. He is engaging the solar mania with the development of the Q-SOUND, Bluetooth solar powered [...]
Sanyo Offers Best Solar Cells In The World
05/22/2009, Sanyo stands tall yet again by having developed the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency in practical size (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type solar cells, touching a previously unheard-of efficiency of 23% (the previous record stood at 22.3%). This increase [...]
