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air powered

DIY Moped Runs on Air

This Puch moped only has a range of about 7 miles and with a top speed of only 18 mph, it isn't going to break any land speed records, but there is definitely something special about it: it runs on air. Jim Stansfield, an aeronautics graduate outfitted his Puch with a pair of carbon-fiber air cylinders, two rotary air engines and the rest, as they say, is history. More »

9:24 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Chris Magor
13,639 views, 44 comments

eco kitchen

Whirlpool Kitchen is Eco-Friendly, Recycles Heat, Water

This new Whirlpool concept is an attempt to tackle some of the rampant energy and resource wasting that goes on in the average kitchen. How many times have you heated something up in the oven, and then wondered whether anything useful can be done with the spare heat once you've finished cooking? Okay, maybe that's just my eco-guiltiness, but this new concept is designed to be 70% more energy efficient than standard kitchens and 24% cheaper to run. More »

8:03 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,033 views, 13 comments

Latest by n/a: It looks like something that GE industrial designers did about 3 or 4 years ago for NextFest but only painted white and green instead of Black and wood. more »

eco-phone

Nokia Recycles Old Stuff With An Eco-Friendly Remade Cellphone

As well as showing high-tech cellphones at MWC 2008, Nokia also demoed their green tech concept, the "Remade." The clamshell phone has an outer shell made from recycled aluminum cans, a chassis made of plastic from drink bottles and rubber parts made from old car tires. Even its screen and circuit board use techniques like printed electronics to minimize environmental impact. Vincent from Phonemag got some hands-on time and shot a video—find it below the gallery. More »

6:17 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Kit Eaton
5,360 views, 15 comments

Latest by Palestina: @desostros: Yeah, they put that uber green thing to yell: Hey I'm using a cheapo eco-something phone so people will notice. They should make these kind of products like the other ones, so the impact would be minor to none. more »

electricity

Fluxxlab Revolution Door is Eco-Friendly, People-Powered Power Station

The Revolution Door is a concept from New York designers Fluxxlab that puts otherwise-wasted kinetic energy from a revolving office door to good use—generating power. Fluxxlab's rationale is that humans exert a chunk of their own energy when pushing a revolving door around, and it may as well be captured via gears and an electricity generator. If you think about the thousands of doors across the country spinning around all day, everyday, then maybe they've got a point. Obligatory design diagram, and a schematic showing how the idea turns your breakfast into green lightbulb-lighting power after the jump. More »

8:25 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,531 views, 29 comments

Latest by rimplestultskin: @weatherman: the american way: convenience. oh, i'm so proud to be from this great nation of 300 million couch potatos. i live not too far from the city, so i can tell you: given how many revolving doors are more »

tree-hugging pc

HP Goes Green with Energy-saving rp5700

HP's trying to make it a little easier to go green with the introduction of its new rp5700. The tree-hugging PC is 95% recyclable, and according to HP it uses 80% less energy than a standard desktop. So what kind of corners had to be cut? Not many. You can configure the rp5700 with a variety of Intel CPUs including a 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo CPU. More »

5:44 PM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Louis Ramirez
1,929 views, 5 comments

vehicles

Hummer O2: Makes its Own Oxygen, BS

Hummer isn't exactly the first auto company to come to mind when one thinks of environmental friendly vehicles, but it looks like they're trying to change that. This concept vehicle that they showed off at the LA Auto Show is called the Hummer O2, and it actually makes its own oxygen. It's got algae growing in the side panels, using photosynthesis to give you stuff to breathe while you drive. It's like driving in the middle of a swamp! Isn't that cool?! More »

11:37 AM on Mon Dec 4 2006
By www.gizmodo.com
727 views, 16 comments

Latest by Shaft: It looks like a concept for a lunar lander. It would certainly help the lander's range if it could renew the astronaut's air supply. more »

gadgets

Dry Your Hands in Six Seconds With the Jet Towel

One of Mitsubishi s more interesting products is finally making its way stateside. Available in Japan for nearly a decade, the Jet Towel is a hand dryer that not only dries your hands in double-quick time (about five to six seconds), but actually helps the environment, too. It eliminates the need for wasteful paper towels, saving Mother Nature s precious trees. (PHBs take note: the Jet Towel may save money in the long-term as electricity is the only cost.) There s little additional waste to be found other than the water that collects in its drain tank, keeping the executive wash room nice and clean. So if you re in the market for a hand dryer for the office bathroom, or are just tired of seeing filthy paper towels strewn about, perhaps you should keep your eyes peeled for the Jet Towel. (Thanks, James!) More »

8:05 AM on Tue Mar 7 2006
By Gizloco
4,631 views, 20 comments

Latest by The Tourist: These things work pretty good, but I still prefer the paper towel. more »

pcs

Asus Environmental Friendly Lappy

Interestingly enough, Asus his now targeting hippies environmentalists, which is actually kind of cool. It's called the Asus U5 and it is completely lead and halogen free. It is a slim 12-inch laptop that weighs just over three pounds. Now I can look at endangered seal porn all day and know I'm not hurting anyone but myself. More »

5:41 PM on Wed Nov 9 2005
By Travis Hudson
118 views, 2 comments