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Sustainable Cork-based Laptop Case

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on February 4th, 2010

Laptop Case Made From Cork

This Cork Laptop Case has been made from fabric backed cork stitched into a pouch. The case helps protect your laptop from harm and as it is made from cork the laptop case is eco friendly.

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Pink Wind-Up Radio and Cell Phone Charger With Hearts Design

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 20th, 2010

Pink Wind-Up Radio and Cell Phone Charger With Hearts Design

This Pink Hearts Wind-Up Radio allows you to both listen to the radio at any time without worry about batteries and to be able to charge your mobile phone by simply winding the handle.

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Solar Powered Dragonflys By Tamiya

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 15th, 2010

Solar Powered Dragonfly By Tamiya

The Solar Powered Dragonflys made by Tamiya allow you to see realistic movements of dragonfly wings up close. They come as a model kit to be constructed, to help educate about solar power through the fun of construction.

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Eco Friendly Mobile Phone By Daizi Zheng For Nokia

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 14th, 2010

Eco Friendly Phone For Nokia By Daizi Zheng That Is Sugar Powered

This conceptual mobile phone designed by Daizi Zheng aims to replace conventional mobile batteries with an eco friendly version. It was designed for Nokia as a phone battery that is cheaper to produce, uses less resources in its production and its life time of use, while also being able to be disposed of in an environmental manner.

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The Flexy – A Slinky Made Of Cardboard

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 6th, 2010

The Flexy - A Slinky Made Of Cardboard

The Flexy reminds you of the simple joy cardboard can bring.  Shaped and pieced together from cardboard, it is designed to work like the famous metal slinky.

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H2O Water Powered Can Shaped Clock

By Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 1st, 2010

H2O Water Powered Can Clock

The H2O Water Powered Can Clock uses state of the art water technology to power a large hi contrast display (LCD) clock. This clock will run continuously for a long time without needing any human intervention.

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MIT’s Copenhagen Wheel

By Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) on December 30th, 2009

Copenhagen Wheel

At the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change the researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) unveiled the Copenhagen Wheel. The wheel basically stores up energy as you ride it, to then release the energy back as a boost when you need it most. The wheel can also communicate with your iPhone offering a myriad of features.

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Wooden Model Biplane With Solar-Powered Propeller

By Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) on December 29th, 2009

Solar Powered Model Biplane

The Solar-Powered Wooden Biplane Model is an example of the power that modern solar panels have. The Biplane comes in kit form to be constructed and features a working propeller that is powered by solar panels on the top of its wings.

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Eva2o – Food Cooling Through Evaporation

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on December 18th, 2009

Eva2o - Food Cooling Through Evaporation

Industrial designer Dennis Cheng has designed a simple system to keep fruit and veg cool without using any electricity, in fact only using the cooling powers of evaporation. This concept is to help draw people away from a reliance on fridges and return to more natural methods of cooling and storing foods. This concept design has been named eva2o.

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Growing Ring – Growing a plant in Jewellery

By Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) on September 3rd, 2009

Growing Ring - Closeup

There are some eco-friendly gadgets that are just completely barmy, and the Growing Ring is a perfect example of that. Supposedly designed for people who live in metropolitan areas, the ring is meant to give a little comfort to the owner when there are no trees or plants around. (more…)

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