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Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, a forward-thinking student at Middlesex University in the UK, has created a new Android phone that comes with bamboo casing. This phone, dubbed ADzero, is one of the first smartphones to be made partially out of sustainable, natural parts. ADzero’s bamboo casing is 100% organic, smooth, sleek, and adds a naturally elegant touch to the phone. This new Android comes with everything you’d expect: all the right ports, buttons where you expect them to be, and...
The cost of solar power is around $3.50 per watt of energy. This isn’t necessarily cheap enough for many businesses to justify paying exorbitant solar panel prices and solar power installation costs. However, if solar panels were able to extract energy more effectively, the overall price of solar power would go down, and it’s safe to assume that more companies would adopt solar technology. ArrayPower, a small solar power company based in Sunnyvale, California, has been trying to...
Samsung recently launched their Guide to Green website. This website reiterates Samsung’s commitment to being a green company that prioritizes implementing eco-friendly practices. The top tech company has been pushing what they call “Planet First” initiatives for a few years, and the launch of their Guide to Green website provides an in-depth look at what the company is doing and plans to do for the environment. According to the Guide to Green website, Samsung’s new green-friendly mission is...
The new Skype update for Windows has officially arrived. Skype 5.8 allows users to make 1080p HD video calls. Plus, the new version of Skype syncs up with Facebook seamlessly. So, users can video chat in HD with their friends on the social networking site, even if their friends don’t have Skype. And Skype 5.8 users can even instant message their friends on Facebook. If you’re tired of the grainy video quality of video calls on Skype, this...
Order Your HYmini today! Ever wish your bike ride did more good than just give you a workout and reduce your daily carbon emissions? Now you can attach a wind charger to your handlebar and harness the energy as you ride. The HYmini is a small handheld battery with a fan and multiple ports. You use the wind or solar panels or even the electrical...
SolarBulb is an LED table lamp that will light up your room in a totally eco-friendly way. You charge SolarBulb for three hours in the sun, and it can provide five hours of full LED lighting. SolarBulb doesn’t come with a base like an ordinary lamp. In order for this LED lamp to stand on its own, you have to place it on top of a plastic bottle. So, when you use SolarBulb, you’re not just being kind...
The NFL Environmental Program has been trying to make the Super Bowl more eco-friendly every year for the past 18 years. This year, the NFL is partnering up with Green Mountain Energy to make Super Bowl XLVI the greenest Super Bowl yet. Green Mountain Energy is going to provide 15,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy certificates to help offset the amount of greenhouse gas emissions at the Super Bowl this year. These renewable energy certificates will come from...
There’s a new $100 tablet in town, and it’s Sprint’s ZTE Optik. Earlier today, Sprint and ZTE officially announced that they have plans of releasing the ZTE Optik this Sunday, February 5. Sprint customers will be able to purchase the tablet for a mere $100, if they sign up for a two-year data plan. If they choose not to sign up for one of the Sprint tablet plans, they’ll have to pay $349.99 for the device. If you’re...
Barry D. Bruce, University of Tennessee’s most influential biochemist, has been working with researchers at MIT and Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Switzerland for a while to produce sustainable biosolar energy. In the most recent issue of Nature: Scientific Reports, Bruce and his team of researchers asserted that they had discovered a way to extract energy from plants during the process of photosynthesis. According to their research, endless amounts of energy could be harnessed from plants during the photosynthesis...
On Monday of this week, representatives at Samsung announced that they will be releasing their new Samsung Galaxy S Advance in the near future. Today, the phone became available to pre-order on the websites of several mobile providers in the UK. The release date of the new Galaxy S is unknown. According to some online mobile retailers, the phone will officially be released on February 27, just in time for Mobile World Congress. However, other sources believe the...