Viewsonic has announced that it will transition from the use of CCFL displays over to the more ecologically progressive and higher quality LED displays. Every new monitor that the company launches will use LED technology and this not only means that they will consume a lot less energy, many featuring quite incredible additional energy saving options, but it also means that the monitors will offer considerably higher resolution and much better picture quality than their predecessors. The flagship monitor, the release of which coincides...
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The fight to find a viable and meaningful use of renewable energy is far from over. Solar power is a fairly obvious use of our natural resources especially if global warming leads to hotter summers but solar panels can prove cumbersome and far from attractive. They are also quite costly unless you are one of the lucky ones to receive free solar panels from HomeSun and they are far from being the absolute solution that many experts seek. However, nanotechnology experts at the University of Leicester could have made a major breakthrough...
If you saw this out of your bedroom window you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d gone a little bit mad – or, at least, for thinking somebody else has gone completely mad. The so-called LED man is attempting to show the world the benefits of using LED lightbulbs (namely, the fact that they are highly energy efficient using just 1/8 of the amount of energy needed to light a normal bulb) but he’s chosen quite an unusual way to go about it. Incandescant light bulbs are certainly one of the greatest inventions of the...
The Jetyo HDV-T900 is notable for being one of the only camcorders for home users to feature an integrated solar panel to make holiday video capture a more environmentally-friendly process. The camcorder itself is slightly weighed-down by the large solar cell attached to the device above the flip-out LCD viewfinder, but it is a small price to pay if you are truly concerned about the environmental impact of gadget use. The camcorder captures video directly onto high capacity SD memory cards, although sadly the fixed zoom means that you...
With climate change and the environment currently at the top of the political and business agenda, there is now a huge demand for products that can be used ‘sustainably’. Unfortunately, this is also occurring at a time of insatiable demand for the latest power hungry gadgets. For the ordinary person, the ability to use your favourite electronic toys without harming the environment is probably preferable, but becomes extra appealing when combined with saving money and making life easier. Enter the Freeloader Globetrotter Kit,...
The future of the motor industry seems to rely very much on the next generation of electric cars. The major manufacturers are ploughing money into designing electric cars, not only to meet the demand for greener cars, but also to meet the likely slow down in oil production as oil becomes more difficult to find, or extract. The recent announcement by Daimler and Tesla of Daimler’s acquisition of a ten per cent stake in Tesla Motors Inc, brings together the old and the new. Daimler with over a hundred and twenty years experience in...
The greatest concern with the use of non-renewable energy is that once it’s gone it’s gone; hence the need for more energy from renewable sources. With the air powered battery that isn’t really a concern because the fact is that if we manage to deplete the world of its stock of air then we’re going to have much bigger problems than finding a way to power the laptop. The STAIR (St Andrews Air) battery is actually something of a hybrid as you might imagine but inventors claim it will use ten times less energy than...
We’ve all seen the TV ads, claiming that there’s an iPhone app for every occasion and every conceivable need. Well, Greenpace could be leading the way in providing apps even for the most inconceivable need too. Greenpace may have been known in the past for bemoaning the materials used in the manufacturing of the iPhone but it seems they’ve bitten the bullet and released their very own iPhone application to help consumers choose the greenest toilet paper – that’s in terms of eco friendliness, not colour, obviously. The...
The latest environmentally friendly electric eco car has just been launched; the Citroen C1 ev’ie is the first four seater eco car to be assembled in Britain by ECC (Electric Car Corporation), the main parts of which are manufactured in the Czech Republic. The new Citroen C1 ev’ie eco car has been created in a joint venture between Citroen, Peugeot and Toyota and will be assembled in Flitwick by a six strong team of craftsmen. The 4 seater Citroen C1 ev’ie comes in either a three or five door option with electric power steering,...
It sometimes seems a little odd that in a country far more famed for its gales than for its bright sunshine we would rely more on generating energy through solar power than through wind turbines. When it comes to alternative home energy, though, solar chargers and solar powered devices are the craze. Granted, wind powered chargers and devices do have some glaringly obvious difficulties but the possibility exists. The Energy Ball from Dutch company Home Energy International could be the start of things to come (ok, maybe we’re getting...