Electree Solar Bonsai

 

Today there is more pressure to be environmentally friendly and preserve social ethics individually and community wise. You can start this norm by purchasing an Electree Solar Bonsai. This fascinating device can charge all your electronics in one go. It is a unique design with a perfect blend of ecology, arty and functionality.

This Bonsai depends on solar energy to charge your electronics. You can reduce your electricity costs substantially by using this device. This device is ornamental yet functional. In general, Bonsai trees require care and nourishment to grow healthy and strong. You should apply the same principles for your Electree Solar Bonsai. It requires 36 hours to charge your electronics, and thus you should place this Bonsai in a place where it can receive sunlight. It is more ideal to place the Solar Bonsai on a window ledge so it can receive as much sunlight there is.

If you live in a sunny area, this will be a good device to purchase. On the other hand, if you don’t get much sunlight, it may not be worth to buy the Bonsai. However everything comes with a price. This Bonsai will be around $400. It’s a little pricey, and is not ideal if you are serious about saving money.

Some people may be hesitant to buy this gadget because the price tag is a little hefty. On the other hand, it makes an interesting and unique ornament to show off in your living room. Sometimes it pays to make our life a little more unique and comfortable.

NoPoPo Aqua Battery Gets an Update

 

It can be a headache if your device runs out of battery when you’re at a place which is out of nowhere? You won’t have to worry that this will happen with the NoPoPo (No Pollution Power) Aqua Battery. This rechargeable AA size battery is designed to be recharged with many types of liquid, including water, saliva, soft drinks, and even urine. Hence, earning it another name – pee powered battery. The liquid is injected with a pipette into the battery chamber. Within the battery chamber, the existing magnesium-carbon mixture will react with the injected liquid, producing power of up to 500mAh.

A piece of good news is: The NoPoPo Aqua Battery is about to be upgraded! What kind of update? You would wonder. Aqua Power System Japan (APSJ) has announced that this four year old product will be upgraded so that it can keep up with the times. The new updated version can still be recharged by various liquid, but what makes it unique is that now it can be recharged or refilled by soaking it in water from 3-5 minutes, which is much more convenient, compared to recharging it using a pipette.

On a long term basis, the NoPoPo Aqua Battery is more environmentally friendly compared to other batteries, as it can be recharged up to five times, and can also be recycled. In addition, it can also make use of unwanted fluids such as urine to generate power, putting these substances to good use. The only flipside is that the NoPoPo Aqua Battery only comes in one size – AA, so its usage is limited.

[Source: Japan Trends]

Burn Of Calories On The Way To School With The Pedal Powered School Bus?

 

It is a well known fact that children these days are less active and therefore more likely to suffer from being overweight than children did 20 years ago.  The reason for this is that most of them would rather play on computers and gaming consoles rather than play outside and get some exercise. Along with the lack of exercise, food and drink consumed by children these days such as chips, pizzas, and soft drinks are unhealthy. The result of this is overweight children or in some instances obese children.

To help keep children interested on their journey to school and to burn off some calories a Pedal Powered School Bus has been designed. This eco-friendly gadget has been developed in Netherlands by De Café Racer and has a working capacity of 10 children with one adult steering.  As a backup in case the children have no energy to cycle then the school bus can be powered by a auxiliary electric motor.

I really can’t see this gadget working here in the UK after all children sitting on the back of the bus are notorious for being worky tickets, trying to get them to pedal would be impossible. Can you imagine also if your last lesson of the day was PE and you had just done some vigorous exercise, the last thing you would want to do is pedal home (especially if you lived far away).

[Source: Bicycle Design]

Instead Of Printing Ink onto Paper How About Stripping It Off With the Reverse Printer

 

Printers as the name suggests normally involves printing text or images of ink onto paper. However if I said to you the words Reverse Printer what would you think? Maybe something that does the complete opposite or reverse of a normal printer, i.e. a piece of hardware that sucks paper in the wrong way and removes the ink? Well that’s almost what we mean with the latest concept gadget published on Yanko Design.

Basically the Reverse Printer is a normal looking printer but it can remove ink from paper. It removes ink from the paper by using laser technology. You may be thinking why would you want to do that? Well I can think of two good reasons straight away.

Firstly, you may want to be eco-friendly and re-use or recycle the paper. Once ink has been stripped you can put it in a normal inkjet or laser printer and print on it again. You can keep repeating this process until the quality of the paper decreases that it is unable to be printed on. Secondly, I see it as a very useful way of removing sensitive data from paper. Lots of people these days shred their bank statements, however if someone goes through the bin and collects all the pieces they can easily read the shredded material. I see this as the number one reason to use a Reverse Printer.

[Source: Yanko Design]

 

Infrabel and Infinity’s Solar Train Tunnel

 

As the world enters a new generation and has come to a new era, the world is greatly advancing in technology and most of it is designed to prevent global warming and save the environment. 16,000 solar panels were built on top of Belgium’s high speed rail line over a two mile stretch of tunnel to provide power about 4,000 trains every year. It runs through Antwerp Central Station and generates power through it as well as the surrounding infrastructure in the tunnel. This project was built to prevent global warming and reduce the consumption of electrical usage.

During the summer of last year, engineers started covering the 164,000 square ft surface with monocrystaline solar panel over the surface area of the roof of Belgium’s HSL4 high-speed rail tunnel. The solar panels are rated at about 250 watt peaks for each panel and it has been installed using an extraordinary ballast tile structure that negates the need for rooftop perforations. The installation began generating power estimating about 3.3 GWh of electrical power each year said Enfinity. The power generated every year by the solar panels can light up around 1,000 houses for a year.

The total project costs about US$20 Million and it will be the first railway that is powered by green energy. Also, not only that it saves the environment, it will also save a significant amount of money that Antwerp Central Station spent just on the electrical consumption before the solar panels were installed.