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It’s a fast growing green world and to keep up with the cell phone era, new technologies have to be invented every day. New and green technologies, of course. So when people are busy inventing green alternatives and options for their mobile phones, there is also a huge market opening up for green mobile accessories. Sprint for one has launched an eco-friendly charger and carrying case. Another one in the list is Solio’s Mono hybrid charger that can generate power either from the sun or from an electrical socket depending on which is easily available. The Solio charger includes a large internal Lithium-ion battery that can easily be recharged via a USB cable, AC Travel Charger or solar energy. Then there is the Nite Ize Sport phone carry case which is made from recycled plastic water bottles and comes in two colors and sizes.
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Dell has finally shipped out its three new eco-friendly monitors, including the P2210, E190S and E170S. What’s special about these monitors is that they are claimed to have used halogen reduced materials to minimize environmental impact. They also meet the EPEAT Gold and Energy Star Standards. The P2210 22-inch display supports resolutions up to 1680 by 1050 pixels, with a variety of viewing-angle adjustments. Users can connect to a computer via VGA, DVI-D with HDCP, or DisplayPort connections. The device also provides four USB 2.0 connectors to work as a hub. The 19-inch E190S offers a maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels, with an 800:1 contrast ratio and 250 cd/m2 brightness. Only VGA connection is supported, although the monitor could be used for both business and home use. The device meets Energy Star and EPEAT Gold standards, while integrating halogen-free laminates and using a chassis composed of 25-percent post-consumer recycled plastics. The E170S features the same eco-friendly design of the E190S, but in a more compact 17-inch size. The monitor supports 1280 by 1024 pixel resolution and provides a VGA port.
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Not only civilians but the military also worries about their fuel consumption event though warfare is more of their policy than peace and even though bombshells and rockets don’t cause any sort of pollution. According to a research American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are using more fuel each day than in any other war in US history. A dome shelter at Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert draws power from solar panels and a wind turbine to save fuel. Inside a futuristic-looking dome that rises from the sandy wasteland of the high Mojave Desert, soldiers in plywood cubicles work at computers powered by solar panels and a towering wind turbine. Plug-in cars shuttle the troops across the vast expanses here at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County. At night, tents lined with insulating foam provide a cool retreat at the end of a 100-degree day.
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Old is gold and who can argue with so many stories of using the age old techniques, recycling them to work in the current living conditions and creating a useful alternative to wasting energy. Tibetan designer Taikkun Li is using tourists as an energy source for his Prayer Wheel Energy Generator, envisioned for Tibet. This is how it works – when tourists spin a multitude of prayer wheels, the positive energy can be harvested along Tibetan streets, turned into electricity, and used to provide evening lighting along those streets and inside the adjacent homes.
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When the experts speak, it’s hard to imagine there can be anything wrong. As is proven in the case of this new research where scientist Toshihisa Ueda and his colleagues in Japan have reported the development of a new type of ice that may provide a more efficient, environment-friendly method for putting out fires, including out-of control blazes that destroy homes and forests. Keeping in mind the old theory that firefighters have used water and carbon dioxide (CO2) as fire extinguishing agents for decades, they worked on seeing if carbon dioxide hydrates, frozen crystals made of water and CO2 bonded together, may serve as promising fire-suppressing materials.
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Haven’t we all watched those alien looking creations and structures where people of the future live in where the atmosphere and air is human controlled since the outside world has succumbed to global warming? Well now San Francisco-based designer Joanna Borek-Clement has envisioned a network of interconnected towers shaped like a neuron called the Sky-Terra skyscrapers It provides a whole new city layer – one covered in public parks, amphitheaters, fields, and public pools and bathhouses and all much above the already sky-kissing skyscrapers. This was an entry in the 2009 eVolo Skyscraper competition and city of cosideration was Tokyo. Sky-Terra towers consist of a narrow base with a deep and strong foundation. The towers rise up to 1,600 ft and expand out until they reach the flat top plaza layer.
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What is an environmentally friendly pizza box? It is something that is recyclable and shaped in such a form that it can be cut into four different parts that will give the pizza buyer the option of not using plates and use the recyclable cardboard as a plate. And if you want to save some of the slices, you can do that on a triangular piece also available with the same recyclable box. Do you know what ALL this wonderful and brilliant piece of discovery can do? It reduces your dish washing detergent usage! Now you can stuff your kitchen with all the dish washing detergent you want!
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Allow me to take a break from the norm of writing about green technology and gadgets to get familiar with a few green celebrities. Since the Earth Day is just behind us, let’s take a look at the results of a poll that was carried out by GreenDaily and Bebo, to mark the same day. Here is a list of Green Hollywood stars who have done their bit for our planet and environment. Leonardo DiCaprio leads the list of ‘Greenest Celebrities in the World’ followed by Oprah Winfrey in the new poll. Even Brad Pitt and actor Ed Begley Jr found themselves among the male category in this green survey to find the most popular eco-friendly stars. Angelina Jolie along with Hayden Panettiere and Gwyneth Paltrow found their names on the list too. Sir Paul MCCartney’s ex-wife Heather Mills is has made it to the same list. The survey also rolls out names of non-eco-friendly stars for their earth-harming lifestyle.
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The PJ World Yacht is a yacht that adheres to some of the strictest environmental regulations governing many types of vessels. It is massive in size measuring 82 meters and has an anticipated delivery date of 2010. PJ World is designed to comply with Det Norske Veritas’ (DNV) Clean classification notation. In short, it means that the vessel’s owner and operator have chosen to comply with stricter limitations on air emissions and sea discharges. Among other things, the restrictions govern the use of refrigerants and TBT-based antifouling paint, specify how sewage and other waste water gets treated onboard, and regulates combustion-machinery emissions of nitrogen and sulfur oxides.
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As this world races to keep up its health quotients, it is more often than not the thought of how lazy and comfortable it has become seeps into the mind. Toyota known to make such wonderful cars has come with this unique technology to its next generation Prius range. The new range will feature the option for you to cool the heat in your car by the time you reach your car. It is by using the car’s battery to power remote activation of the air-conditioner. Up to three minutes before you get in the car, the car will be cooled down so that you don’t feel a heat wave hit you by opening the door and getting in.
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