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Water Watch Spray Nozzle Track The Water Usage

Wacker — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:40:55 +0000

Do you know that more than 2 billion people on earth do not have a safe supply of water? Do you know that most of the world’s people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water? Do you know that freshwater animals are disappearing five times faster than land animals? So we can tell that water is so crucial for us. So use your water wisely.

So start using this Water Watch nozzles to watering your lawn or flowers.The WaterWatch garden sprayer helps you conserve water by showing you how much you’re using. There are two different types of these, one has 8 different spray patterns and the other is just a fan nozzle. The 8-pattern sprayer is made from impact-resistant polymers, so it should hold up for a while too.

Laptop Case That Made From Corrugated Cardboard

Wacker — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:02:19 +0000

Green living is a new trends now, so if you are one of them, then you should use this Recycle Cardboard Laptop Case. This is a stylish and sturdy laptop case is made from 100 percent all natural, recycled materials, By UK designer Giles Miller.

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Self-Energy Converting Sunglasses (SIG) – let the sunglasses charge your ipod

Wacker — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:56:21 +0000

Conventionally, a sunglasses is to protect your eye from bright rays, or be a fashion accessories to show your own style. However, designers Hyun-Joong Kim and Kwang-Seok Jeong has another idea on it.

The SIG, or “Self-Energy Converting Sunglasses” is a recharge device that capture solar energy to recharge your small devices through the power jack at the back of the frame. The SIG lenses are equipped with dye solar cells so it can collect energy from the sun.

Looking forward for this idea to made in to a real product.

Ecobutton – Reduce CO2 Emission

Wacker — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:28:29 +0000

In many offices and households, computers often run 24 hours non-stop, sometime not really been used. Is it because of laziness or forgetfulness? Maybe. Necessary? Absolutely not!

The computers consume billion kWh of energy in the period where they are turned useless. It can turn hundreds of thousands tons of carbon monoxide produced. Here the helps for the environment with computer - by only a single push of a button. How? The “Eco Button”.

Ecobutton is a gadget that connects to your PC or Mac via a USB port. This button allows you to put your computer into hibernation with a single tap. This mode is not quite like the others that uses more electricity when your computer is at rest. Combined with a bundled software, restarting only takes a few seconds, as if the computer was in standby mode. with one push of the Ecobutton your computer will shut down all functions that draw power (except for the minimum amount of memory your machine needs) and run on just 1.8 watts of power, which is much, much less than your normal standby mode could manage.

The Eco button software shows you exactly how much CO2 you’ve saved after once you’ve woken the computer up again with the touching of any button. Additionally, the Eco Button keeps record so you can see how much money you’ve saved since installing the button. The Eco button is the simple and easy way to save the world one click at a time.

Wooden Retro Radio

Wacker — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:49:50 +0000

This is a radio that made from the scrap lumber generated from the production of Java ebony. Its retro look reminds me a radio that I saw at my grandma house. It’s similar but not made from wood. Nowadays, we seldom see radio like this anymore. Having this radio in your house maybe will recall back your sweet old days.