All the stories tagged with Solar
Logitech Unveils Its K750 Wireless Solar-powered Keyboard
10/31/2010, Logitech has unveiled a keyboard that is powered solely by solar energy, namely the K750. The keyboard features two solar panels that collect and store energy in a battery that can keep the keyboard juiced for up to four months [...]
Philips Introduces The Econova Green TV With Solar-powered Remote
10/29/2010, Philips has introduced its Econova LED TV, a TV that has been awarded the European Green EV 2010-2011 by the European Imaging & Sound Association, designed to address concerns about the environment without compromising on performance. The 42-inch LED TV [...]
Concept: IMC Meets Howest Solar Notebook Design
10/28/2010, Worried that you won’t be able to keep your notebook juiced when you’re on your week-long camping trip? The “IMC meets Howest” concept claims to be the first ever notebook that harnesses solar energy and runs on just two solar [...]
Screen-printable Solar Cells Create Power-generating Windows
10/28/2010, In the future, will all our windows sport solar cells that will gather energy to keep our electronics beeping all day? The folks over at Oxford Photovoltaics have developed solar cells that can be printed directly onto glass, creating power-generating [...]
i-Cool Solar Air Conditioning System For Trucks
10/27/2010, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp and Nippon Fruehauf Co Ltd have co-developed an idling air conditioning system that uses photovoltaic (PV) batteries for trucks. The system, dubbed i-Cool Solar, is slated to be commercialized in the spring of 2012. The original i-Cool [...]
Young Inventor Comes Up With Solar-powered Fridge
10/26/2010, Emily Cummins is a 23-year old Leeds University Graduate who was named amongst the 10 most outstanding young people in the world. What did she come up with? Well, a solar-powered fridge sounds pretty cool. The fridge works on the [...]
Solar-panel Wall Installation Also Collects Rainwater To Stay Green
10/21/2010, If you want a way to make your building gather solar-power and also maintain an eco-friendly look, the concept solar-paneled wall pictured above might be what you’ve been looking for. The design has rectangular containers of various sizes installed on [...]
Concept Bike Parking System Gathers Solar Energy
10/19/2010, Solar technology is always useful, and costs aside, it would be great if it were implemented in more locations. Now a designer has come up with a simple-yet-effective design for a bike-parking location in Copenhagen. The concept will feature a [...]
Tourism London Unveils World’s Tallest Solar Tree
10/19/2010, The folks over at Tourism London have unveiled the world’s tallest solar-powered tree structure that will be able to generate about 8.6KW of power. It was created in an effort to reduce the amount of grid electricity used at their [...]
MIT Researchers Unveil Flexible Paper-thin Solar Cells
10/19/2010, Solar technology is something that many researchers are working on and now the smart folks over at MIT have unveiled the early results of a new research project sponsored by Italian oil company Eni. The project involves the development of [...]
NXT robot gets solar power option
10/17/2010, Dexter Industries intends to help you live a slightly greener life if you happen to own a NXT device, where they are offering a $90 solar panel that ought to generate enough power to run a NXT control brick and [...]
Panasonic and Sanyo launches EVERLEDS Lithium-ion Solar Street Light
10/14/2010, Both Panasonic and Sanyo have put their thinking caps together, working in harmony to roll out the EVERLEDS lithium-ion solar street light. You just gotta love the name as well as the ring to it – EVERLEDS sounds as though [...]
Solar electric three-wheeler is very real
10/13/2010, New York artist Josh Hadar decided to color the world with his latest invention, the solar electric three-wheeler. Measuring a whopping 8.4 feet long, this three-wheeler is able to hit a rather impressive top speed of 45 mph, which can [...]
