Newly Discovered Organic Chemical Captures CO2 And Helps Creating Eco-Friendly Plastics
3 June 2010 | Green Technology | 2 Comments
A significant breakthrough has been done by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore. They discovered some classes of organic chemicals that can bind with CO2 molecules from the atmosphere to form a new kind of plastic that is BPA (bisphenol A) free.
No More Batteries – Eco-Friendly Dynamo/Solar Flashlight
7 August 2009 | Solar Power | 1 Comment
If you plan to go on a trip or just hitch-hike and you get angry every time you think about taking the big, heavy flashlight to help you in the dark, this is good news for you. You no longer have to carry batteries in your backpack, because there is a “easier” solution to that.
Shweeb – The Bicycle On A Monorail
31 July 2009 | Green News | No Comments
Shweeb is a interesting new concept, where you push your way in a capsule mounted on a monorail, using only the power of your feet. Built in late 2007 in Roterua, New Zealand, Shweeb is suspended about 4 meters in the air and is 200m long. To add more to the excitement, the designers thought it would be more fun if two persons could race one another, so they build two parallel monorails.
Solar charger for iPhone and Blackberry
30 July 2009 | Green Technology | 1 Comment
With all this current hype about environmentally-friendly products, it seems that Apple, with their iPhone and the Blackberry phones have been left behind. Well, that is about to change. A company called Motion Touch, announced a new eco-friendly product called “Powcell”, a solar mobile phone charger which works for iPhone’s and Blackberry’s.