Green Tech, Gadgets & Design

Best Rechargeable Flashlight

Rechargeable flashlights solve that pesky battery drain problem that renders your flashlight useless when you need it most. Just simply leave the flashlight plugged in while in storage, and it’s ready to go at a moment’s notice. There are hundreds… Read More

Best Solar Powered Watches

Solar powered watches give you the same style and functionality as traditional watches with the added benefit that you don’t have to remember to change its batteries periodically. We compared dozens of them and liked the following five solar powered… Read More

Pollen Batteries: Nothing To Sneeze At

A group out of Purdue University is working towards making battery anodes out of renewable, easy-to-source pollen. Talk about green energy! Energy storage is a hot topic. As great as renewable energies are, unless there’s a good way to store… Read More

“Game” Your Ride to Improve Fuel Efficiency

Embedding haptic signals into a gas pedal just might be the next big step forward in driver-controlled fuel efficiency. With this tool helping the car and driver to work together to use as little fuel as possible, we could see… Read More

Solar Cooking With the GoSun Stove

By combining the technologies used in insulated beverage bottles and conventional solar ovens, the GoSun solar stove is making emissions-free cooking easier and more accessible. Using a flexible solar concentrator to focus the sun’s heat on an evacuated tube, the… Read More

“Eternal Flashlight” Powered By Body Heat

A New York-based engineer has designed a small flashlight that runs entirely on the heat of the human body and requires no batteries or charging of any kind. The Lumen flashlight is the design of engineer Rost Zhuravskiy, who primarily… Read More

Salt-Powered Lamp Brings Light to the Philippines

When you’re living in a remote area that’s miles away from the grid, you need to find alternative ways to power your daily activities. The SALt lamp requires only a cup of salt water in order to provide eight hours… Read More

Could our Future World be Made of CO2 from Air?

Researchers at George Washington University in Washington, DC have devised a way to pull CO2 out of air and turn the carbon into carbon nanofibers, the wonder material that now makes racing bikes and other high tech sporting goods… Read More

LEDs Are Changing the Look of Indoor Farming

Indoor farming isn’t a new concept, but bringing LEDs into it is making the process more cost-effective. Traditional farmers are hostages to the weather. Drought, flood, or an early frost can destroy entire harvests and cost the agricultural sector millions… Read More

New Device Lets You Access Solar Power Without Panels

A new Kickstarter project is hoping to shift more people into using solar power, one plug at a time. The SunPort device separates the production and consumption of solar energy, so that everyone who wants to use more solar power… Read More

Pomegranate Points Way To Silicon-Based Li-Ion Battery

Science describes nature, but science also borrows from nature. We’ve heard about a solar leaf, a smart watch inspired by buzzing insects, a hybrid car inspired by water, self-cleaning glass inspired by a carnivorous plant, a scooter steering system inspired… Read More