Samsung Blue Earth as featured before combines the latest multimedia features and stylish design harmoniously, while achieving lower energy consumption and incorporating eco-friendly materials. There is an "eco-mode" which will optimize Bluetooth, screen brightness and backlight duration. Even the user interface has been designed in such a way that it draws the users' attention to preserving the fragile environment. For the extreme trekkers out there the phone has an “Eco Walk” function allows users to count their steps with a built in pedometer and calculate the reduction in CO2 emission realized by walking as opposed to using a motor vehicle. It features a 3.2 MP camera, touch screen, music and video players, FM radio, Bluetooth, 3G and a microSDHC slot.

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It’s a great thing that they got the PC down to just a $100, but what use is that PC when it’s being used in places where energy is a scarce resource? A great solution has been invented by some low tech geek; this hybrid is made by combining a sewing machine and a bicycle pedal. The more power you need the more you keep pedaling. Can’t wait to see more of such technology coming from the farthest regions of the world.

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The biggest problem with solar charging stations is that it is not yet capable of re charging an EV in 4 minutes flat, like a gasoline car. That’s the reason why the adoption of electric vehicles will take sometime to make it to the mass market, cities like France are building an infrastructure to recharge EVs at popular destinations. These are just a little more taxing on property owners who may have to turn their property unusable for a few valuable weeks. A new system called SP-300 EV Plug-N-Go by SunPods is currently being used in San Jose to collect the sun's rays for use in plug-in vehicles.

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Energy conversation isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when your sweetheart calls you in the middle of your favorite film. You hit the mute button when you hear your phone beeping and keep walking back and forth till the call is finished. Hitachi has designed a new TV, which it showcased at CEATEC JAPAN 2009, which switches to low power as it detects the viewers eyes wandering from the TV. A truly innovative technology which will surely keep green marchers like us smiling for a long time to come.

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Japan sure likes to be ahead of the pack when it comes to technology, it even takes all the effort to turn a mundane activity into a robotic dance. So when it comes to building a green cycle, a Japanese company stopped at nothing to get the best technology on board. So it decided that not only will it put in an electric motor to assist the rider but, adding in hydrogen cartridges for that added boost in performance. The 31kg/156cm-bike reaches an assisted travel range of up to 45 miles.

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Rebuilding the homes of flood victims is one of the most stressful jobs for any country, but why build the same kind of house built at a hilltop, near a sea? Architects worked for 2 years building a house that is designed to float and go off the grid when there is excessive flooding. Simply called Float House, it is made out of a long box, sided in fiber-cement panels with a folding, photovoltaic roof. Inside, rooms range along one wall and open onto a gallery running the house’s length. Beneath the house is a modular chassis of polystyrene foam blocks encased by glass-fiber-reinforced concrete. Inside the chassis are the house’s guts — plumbing and electrical and mechanical equipment, plus rainwater collection tanks and battery packs charged by the sun.

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Coming October 17th the cabinet ministers of the Maldives are all gearing up to go to one of the most powerful board meetings ever. A meeting to decide the fate of this beautiful country, a meeting that will discuss on the threat of rising coastlines, a meeting six meters below the surface? Yes you heard right, the President of Maldives has been urging ministers in his cabinet to get training for the sub-aqua session, which will be held six meters beneath the surface.

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France unveiled plans to go electric, making it both possible and convenient for commuters in the nation to purchase and engage in the regular use of hybrid vehicles. Last week the French government announced that they would dedicate $2.2 billion dollars towards creating a large network of charging stations for electric vehicles. This new initiative will also require all parking lots to contain battery charging stations by 2015, and all new apartment buildings with parking lots to have them by 2012. France has set the timeline of 2015 for installation in offices and apartment building owners will have until 2012 to help convert drivers to a greener way of life.

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We all know the common sense of taking a walk in the afternoon will cause many dehydrating symptoms, but try walking barefoot on the road. It surely is going to give you some serious burns, but what if we could use that heat to produce energy to power the same lights at night. A team of recent MIT graduates has developed roof tiles that change color based on the temperature. The tiles become white when it's hot, allowing them to reflect away most of the sun’s heat. When its cold they turn black and absorb heat just when it’s needed, reducing many of the expenses that go in heating or cooling a building.

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The BMW Simple (which stands for Sustainable and Innovative Mobility Product for Low Energy consumption) is surely an eye catcher. You will be forgiven to think that this is a stealth bomber with wheels; it is actually BMW’s answer to solving the power to weight ratio problem that has plagued green wave in automobile engineering.

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LG is taking the E-book craze one step further by designing a reader that is powered by the abundant energy of the sun. The device is simply great for all those who don’t want their E-books to run out of juice in the middle of a sentence and also don’t want to carry a bag full of books on their next vacation. The device features a 10cm wide thin-film panel that’s just as wide as a credit card. The company claims that after spending about 4-5 hours under the sun, the device can provide about a day’s worth of reading time.

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RFK Jr once said that the Midwest is the Saudi Arabia of wind power, and Florida is the Saudi Arabia of solar. Florida has almost no hydroelectric, so it principally gets energy from Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, and miscellaneous sources (including 2/3 of the nation’s petroleum coke and significant petroleum liquids). Specifically in 2004 (the last year for which I have data), 29% of the energy was produced from Coal, 36% from natural gas, and 15% from nuclear. Which is perhaps why, Florida Power & Light Company recently announced that its DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia will begin generating electricity later this month.

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Hong Kong has always ensured that it keeps its air pollution levels to a minimal; it now has initiated a green initiative to reduce its carbon footprint. The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course in collaboration between a Hong Kong university and Denmark-based engineering company SolarDrive. The solar-powered golf carts are able to capture and convert daylight into sufficient energy to power them year round, even on cloudy days. The carts charge themselves as they go. The SolarDrive can out-perform battery-powered carts owing to a solar panel studded with long life mono- or poly-crystalline solar cells protected behind tempered solar glass providing excellent light and energy transmission. Even on cloudy days, it mechanically produces sufficient energy while it’s being driven.

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The Eco-Navi washing machine from Panasonic can detect how dirty your clothes are and whether they have big sweat stains. The dirt is detected by a light-activated sensor and the sweat stains are recognized by another sensor that sends tiny electrical impulses through the wash as it spins. In the end, the sensors – which actively monitor how clean your clothes are getting – lead to less energy and water consumption.

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The Centre of Elgin waste management service has now switched to a greener rather expensive garbage can. This $4000 can is a miniature trash compactor; the can uses solar power to automatically compact trash and even manages to send a signal to garbage crews when it is full. Consuming the same amount of energy to heat a pot of coffee for all that compacting done in a month, since most of that energy is produced via its solar panels it makes this garbage can a Zero carbon emitter.

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