Solar Powered Dancing Panda
If you like useless, but eco-friendly gadgets, then you’ll love the Solar Powered Dancing Panda. This ornament is suited to any window ledge or office workstation that gets a little bit of sunlight. The panda will slowly dance when it receives a bit of light.
Solar-powered LED Bricks
Lighting a large area with conventional lamps can be very costly to run in energy costs, in addition to installing the infrastructure and maintenance costs. However, with some careful planning, the use of green gadgets, such as solar powered LED bricks can be an attractive and practical technique for lighting pavements and other paved areas.
Coleman Solar Car Battery Charger
As gadgets become cheaper, it’s becoming more and more common for gadgets to be fitted into our cars. For example, DVD players, games consoles, MP3 players, air conditioning and more. The chances of having a flat car battery are therefore quite high. When driving, a portion of your fuel is used to charge the car battery. Therefore this Solar Battery Charger should save you money on fuel costs, as it tops up your car battery via the 12V power socket.
Solar-Powered Neck-Tie
Researchers at the Iowa State University have invented a green gadget, a solar-powered necktie, in the process of inventing fabric that integrates photovoltaic thin film cells both physically and aesthetically into wearable clothing. In terms of aesthetics, it’s a hard job, as solar cells are usually a distinct blue-ish colour and grid-pattern.
Solar-Powered LED Shed Light
Sheds are usually awkward things, as they’re often dark, damp and a fair distance from the house (if you’re lucky enough to have a large garden). So if you want a light for your shed, getting electricity from the house is a lot of hassle and expensive. Using a solar-powered shed light means that you don’t need to worry about that. The solar power charges a NiMH battery in 8 hours, and gives you up to 3 hours of bright light in the shed. A great eco friendly gadget, that’s useful too.
GreenCore 10200 – Solar Powered Air Conditoner
A company by the name of GreenCore Air has released a new eco gadget, a Solar Powered Air Conditoner that is powered by it’s 170Watt solar panel. The solar panel charges it’s internal battery supply when left in sunlight. The result is a popular product that doesn’t rack up expensive energy bills!
Keep Cool with a Solar Fan for Baseball Caps
Every so often, someone goes a little mad with the green gadgets and makes something that’s just plain silly. The solar cap fan with a clip is designed to keep you cool by clipping onto a baseball cap and blowing air into your face. However, you will look strange, and no doubt you’ll get some very confused glances and laughs.
Solar Powered PIR Security Light
Sometimes there’s a trade off between having a useful gadget and it’s energy requirements. So if you’re interested in home security, it would be fairly likely you’d want a motion detecting flood light. However, if these lights are coming on several times in an evening, it’s probably going to cost a bit in energy costs so you also want an energy saving gadget. The Solar Powered Security Light eradicates that issue, as you charge up a battery using solar energy, and still get the security light functionality you want.
Buffalo Solar Powered Wireless Keyboard
Buffalo Japan will soon be launching their solar-powered keyboard, the BSKBW01SB. Given that wireless keyboards can eat quite a few batteries in their lifetime, it saves on batteries going to landfill as well as some small energy costs. The solar panel is in the top right of the keyboard, and can be adjusted to any angle to get the optimal light from your environment.
Solar-Powered Japanese Shoji Lanterns
Solar garden lights are far from new, but many garden lights suffer from being very poor in terms of light output. They serve no real practical use, and if you put them along a garden path, your path looks like a pathetic airport runway! So if you are going for the decorative look, how about some Japanese-style solar lanterns to add some artistic flair to your garden.
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