There are plenty of generic solar chargers for all mobile phones available, but few designed specifically for the iPhone. Here’s a new one from SolLight: the SOLiCharger, going for $39.95. Four hours of direct sunlight will charge your phone, but you can also power it up via USB. This thing looks like a nice, compact…
CES: Day 4 Wrap-Up
The Palm Pre remained the elephant in the room for most of our CES 2009, but we did manage to catch up on everything else happening on our last day. The morning kicked off with an extensive tour of the Nokia booth (Will had a looksee too). I got some playtime with the very nice…
iPower Charges Every Phone Under the Sun
The Battech Solar iPower Charger launched today with a veritable armoury of connectors, allowing you to charge just about any mobile device out there. The only other solar charger I had so much as glanced at was the Solio, but renewable chargers are very handy accessories to have, even if they just sit in your…
Eco: how many mobile devices do you have lying around at home?
I was pondering on what to write up as a post the other day, when looking around my home office, the answer was right in front of me – the stack of Mobile devices that I don’t use regularly now. More than any other piece of CE (consumer electronics) perhaps, Mobiles are seen now almost…
Natural Year Phone concept is designed to dispose itself after 2 years
We’re all “going green” these days as it’s the only way to sustain our planet. Moreover, I guess we’re all aware that in that sense something’s gotta give in order to make the world a better place. However, there are some limits. Take the Natural Year Phone concept pictured above. Sure it will dispose itself…
UK: O2 cuts energy wastage with energy efficient universal mobile phone charger
Telefónica O2 UK has today announced the launch of an energy efficient universal mobile phone charger – the O2 Universal Charger. The first product of its kind to be launched by a UK network, the O2 Universal Charger is amongst the most energy efficient in the UK cutting energy consumption by as much as 70…
Fuel Cells Inch Closer to Daylight with Regulation Lift
Liquid fuel cells for mobile electronics have had trouble making it to the mass market, but a recent regulation lift by the U.S. Department of Transportation has given the technology a shot at coming to fruition. Before you start thinking that the last thing we need is a world full of gas-guzzling phones, these fuel…
Nokia Announces Home Control Center
Nokia’s going out on a limb with their latest product, the Home Control Center, which will tie in a variety of home functions including electricity usage monitoring, remote device activation, and security functions with your phone or computer. Conservation is going to be a big part of this project, as German energy provider RWE has…
T-Mobile trying out hydrogen-fuelled base stations
Who isn’t down with green tech? Using proton exchange membrane cells (PEM cells), T-Mobile is setting up their first hydrogen-powered base stations in Hungary. Hydrogen power is a little tricky to explain, but it’s basically a renewable energy source whose only waste is good ol’ water. PEM cells work quietly, don’t have to be replaced…
Ericsson mashes up Mobile masts with wind farm = new eco-masts!
Ericsson today unveiled its latest energy-optimized radio base station site concept, a research project for a pioneering wind-powered Tower Tube. Working with Vertical Wind AB and Uppsala University in Sweden, Ericsson is developing the concept as part of its commitment to sustainable and cost-efficient solutions that help bring communications to all. The wind-powered Tower Tube…