Gizmodo: green gadgets

Core77's Greener Gadgets Design Competition

Sean Fallon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:40:00 EST

The top 50 entries in Core77's Greener Gadgets Design Competition have been announced—and we have selected a group that have a good shot of making it to the top ten.

We loved the RITI coffee printer concept as well. It uses used coffee grounds instead of ink. Click on through to see the rest, including the Tweet-a-Watt! [Core77]

Sol Shaver Solar Razor Keeps You Civilized Even in the Wilderness

Charlie White — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:00:00 EDT

You never know who you may run into when you're traveling in the wilderness, hiking the long trails and climbing those big mountains, so you really want to be clean-shaven, don't you? The Sol Shaver Solar Razor solves that problem, never needing any batteries, plugs, or any other of those unfortunate reminders of civilization. It doesn't look half bad, either, but that shiny quality will cost you $61. Or you could just let that scraggly beard grow wild, for that grizzled outdoorsy look. Fahgettaboudit. The only people you meet out there will be toothless guys talking about what a purdy mouth you have, anyway. [Eco Friend]

HY Mini, the Portable Wind and Solar Power Generator

Charlie White — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:55:55 EDT

When you think of wind power, your mind may wander to those old Dutch windmills, wooden shoes, a finger in the dam and all the pot you can smoke. But the oddly named HY Mini does the wind power thing on a much smaller scale. It gets its cherry popped by both wind and sun, gathering energy with either its tiny turbine or mini solar panels.

The premise for this palm-sized device has you holding it in your hand, mounting it to a car window or attaching it to your bike's handlebars, and then it generates power from the sun and wind, storing that energy in its on-board batteries. Then you can use it to charge up your cellphone or portable media player. It also charges up by plugging it into an AC outlet. No pricing was announced yet, but it'll be available later this month. [HY Mini, via Keetsa]

21-Green-Gadget Salute to Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Charlie White — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:20:00 EDT

Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize today. The former vice prez was honored for his tireless efforts to let everyone know that climate change is real and that we should all be pretty damned scared about it. We certainly are, but we've been thinking the sky is falling for the past couple of decades at least. Anyway, to pay tribute to our first elected president who never served a day as president in the Oval Office, we decided to commemorate the occasion with Gizmodo's highest honor: a 21-gadget salute to Al Gore, a gallery concentrating on those items that might do just a little something to save the environment on this pale blue dot we call home. Ready, aim... [Russia Today] (additional reporting by Jennifer Hooker)