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Powerplus Pelican – Solar Powered Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on February 1st, 2010

Powerplus Pelican Solar Digitar Tyre Pressure Gauge

The Solar Powered Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge, named The Pelican and made by Powerplus, is a small lightweight device for checking tyre pressure. Designed to be ready for use at any time, with a light to aid nighttime usage, this digital tyre pressure gauge helps you to have the correct pressure in your tires.
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Solar Powered Case For Mobile Electronics

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 29th, 2010

Solar Powered Mobile Bag For Charging Electronics

This Solar Powered Case is designed to charge many electrical devices from solar power. It can charge most small portable electronics, for example mobile phones, compact digital cameras, and MP3/4 players.

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Solar Powered Bottle Boat Kit

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 28th, 2010

Solar Powered Bottle Boats

The Solar Powered Bottle Boat kit contains the basic equipment required to transform a plastic bottle into a solar powered boat, just supply your own plastic bottle. The kit comes with an instruction book that gives the instructions to create three different boats: a surface submarine, a speed boat and an air boat. The kit can also be used in other ways, allowing some inventiveness with bottles and the equipment to create a powered boat.

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PowerPlus Spider – Solar powered LED Touchlight

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 25th, 2010

Spider Solar Powered LED Touchlight

The Spider is a touchlight by Powerplus. Working from solar power the touchlight can be placed in the sun to charge then simply pressed to activate the light when needed.

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Solar Powered Hearing Aid

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 21st, 2010

Solar Powered Hearing Aid

The Solar Ear is an innovative design for a hearing aid that is both low in cost and eco friendly. By using solar power technology and cost effective manufacturing it aims to bring sound to the millions globally who are deaf.

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Frightened Grasshopper – Solar Powered Bug Toy

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on January 12th, 2010

Frightened Grasshopper Solar Powered Bug Toy

The Frightened Grasshopper is a little solar powered toy bug that moves around mimicking a real grasshopper. It is a life size model of a grasshopper that you construct yourself. Once built it will shiver or bounce around while under light.

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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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Portable Motorless Solar Air Purifier

By Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) on December 16th, 2009

Solar Air Purifier

The Solar Air Purifier is an easy to use portable device that cleans the air giving you a healthy, odor neutralised environment. By simply placing it near any window the Solar Air Purifier will clean the air silently using its high-efficiency photo-catalysis and active carbon filter to scrub the air of any smoke and smells.

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Solar and Windup Powered Dinosaur Kit

By Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) on November 23rd, 2009

Solar Dino Electronics Kit

We love eco gadgets for kids here at EnviroGadget, probably because we’re kids at heart. The latest educational eco toy for children is the Solar and Windup Powered Dinosaur Kit. The kit features a walking dinosaur with a solar panel and a wind up crank that provides the toy with all the energy it needs. (more…)

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LG Display Unveils Solar Cell eBook Reader

By Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) on October 21st, 2009

LG Solar eBook

LG has recently announced a prototype solar-powered eBook reader with a 6 inch ebook display panel and a 10cm square solar panel. Impressively, the solar cell measures just 0.7mm in thickness and weighs only 20 grams. This solar cell is created by using a glass or plastic substrate rather than using the more conventional (and troublesome) crystalline solar cells that require silicon wafers. (more…)

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