South Korean scientists have introduced the new MetalCell, a battery that is modeled after a design created 2,000 years ago in Baghdad, now called Baghdad Batteries. The original design used terracotta jars, copper cylinders and an iron rod. When an acidic solution was…
It's sleek, it's sexy, it's...environmentally friendly. The latest Suzuki prototype, the Crosscage, is an air-cooled fuel cell motorcycle combined with a powerful secondary battery to realize optimum power control. The fuel-cell unit is made by a British specialist…
Could you be loved? Or at least love Bob Marley-branded electronics? We are used to seeing the Rastaman's face emblazoned on T-shirts, college walls and weed paraphernalia worldwide. Now, Marley will soon grace a line of consumer products made by HoMedics. …
South Korea has combined their serious technological skills with environmentalism. While magnetic levitation trains are nothing new, the on-line electric vehicle (OLEV), is the first of its kind. The OLEV is an answer to the problem of recharging electric…
I was browsing through the new IKEA products (as you do) and I came across this interesting little lamp for just $19.95. The SUNNAN lamp, designed by Nicolas Cortolezzis, is IKEA’s first solar cell work lamp and it has a built-in rechargeable solar panel…
You have until February 20th to vote for your favorite Greener Gadget before the Greener Gadgets Conference in NYC on Feb 27th. I'm leaning towards the RITI printer (uses tea or coffee dregs instead of traditional ink and is pictured below) because it seems to be the…
Granted, solar chargers are just about everywhere these days, but how about one that doesn't cost upwards of $100 and can still jack in to all of your mobile goodies? Get excited for the FreeLoader Solar Charger, able to soak up the power of the sun and store it for up…
While the world soldiers on to treat and purify our tap water, let's face it -- they're not doing a real bang-up job. If they were, we'd all still be drinking straight from the faucet instead of mounting water filters and buying bottled H20. But you've noticed the…
Home ownership, while wonderful, certainly comes with some drawbacks -- like maintenance. While staining the deck on my old house one sweaty summer afternoon, I started thinking about all of the hands-on upkeep around a house that can suck the will to live right out of…
Viva la bottle revolution! I admit I've been a Nalgene loyalist for awhile now -- sometimes you just can't help but buy into the hype, and the bottles certainly did fare better than standard sports bottles when it came to preserving taste. But SIGG? SIGG just…
Growing up, a true hallmark of the holiday season was finding that my mother had gone through the dining area and changed all of our standard bulbs to red and green novelty bulbs from Target. Because nothing quite says Christmas like not being able to distinguish the…
A pen is a pen is a pen, right? So you'd think, but let's face it, we've all got a preference -- ball point, fine, feather-tip, preferably something that hasn't run out of ink, won't bleed all over your fingers, and, if you're a lefty, doesn't end up smudged all along…