Cool Solar Powered Desk Lamp Suctions to Window To Charge
February 18, 2010 by
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Image via Designboom Here’s a great idea for a desk lamp that minimizes materials and maximizes the use of renewable energy. The super simple concept design is the Saint Clair Lamp by Stephane Maupin and it features solar panels installed on its base, along with suction cups, so you can just stick it to your office window to charge up during the day, and plop it on your desk for evening illumination.
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Cool Solar Powered Desk Lamp Suctions to Window To Charge
Bathroom Mirror Shows Water Consumption in LEDs As You Wash Your Face
January 5, 2010 by
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Images via Yanko Design This intriguing – and somewhat complex – concept design for a bathroom mirror brings the water crisis right in front of your face. The mirror is lit with LEDs powered by the flow of water in the pipes
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Solar Powered Mangoes to Illuminate Your Patio
Image via Carlos Danes Colombia-based industrial designer Carlos Cepeda Danes has come up with a concept design for outdoor lighting that can be as quirky as it is eco-friendly. Solar powered lanterns made to look like mangos would give your yard a fun source of light.
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Solar Powered Mangoes to Illuminate Your Patio
All We Are Saying is Cut Greenhouse Gas! John Lennon Would Be Proud…
The spirit of John Lennon took over the Bella Center in Copenhagen this afternoon, if only briefly. On the anniversary of John Lennon’s assassination a group of twenty young people from the Youth Climate Coalition staged a ‘Bed-In’, assembling in their pyjamas and singing a variation of the classic “Give Peace a Chance”.
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RockResorts Now Recycles Barely-Used Hotel Soap and Shampoo
Image via: Fatty Tuna on Flickr.com Finally, someone has found a way to close the loop on all of that barely-used soap and shampoo that goes to waste after hotel patrons depart one hotel for new hotels and new showers full of sample-sized soaps and shampoos. Clean the World has come up with a way to get 100% use out of all of those tiny bottles, and…
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RockResorts Now Recycles Barely-Used Hotel Soap and Shampoo
Roll-Up Notebook Looks More Like Mini Yoga Mat Than Computer (Video)
November 19, 2009 by
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Screenshot via orkinful Could the future of ultraportable laptops look more like this roll-up notebook? The concept design uses minimal materials, OLED technology for the screen, and hopes to be an all-in-one gadget that can sweep aside the need to have a laptop, e-reader, tablet and other devices.
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Roll-Up Notebook Looks More Like Mini Yoga Mat Than Computer (Video)