While being a gadget nerd is certainly nothing to be ashamed of, the waste that we can leave behind is at times downright shameful. What I mean is, gadgets have an extremely short lifespan. If you get 12-18 months out of a gadget, consider yourself lucky (and at the end of those 18 months your gadget old). But what if gadgets were constructed of far more grass loving, Bambi petting, have dinner with a rabbit materials? What material you ask? Cardboard. While cutting...
Global warming and CO2 emissions while still hot topics in politics today aren’t quite as big as they were just a few short years ago, (some would care to debate that). Often we think of global warming factors such as smog belching behemoths, cars & trucks, and other forms of carbon burning machinery. Very seldom do we think of our computers as contributers to green house gases. While the computer itself doesn’t directly give off any CO2, the power plant...
Sitting at lunch and eating a cold meal that was destined to be warm/hot is something that isn’t exactly highlighted by words such as “super”, “tasty”, and “yummy”. Keep yourself or little Johnny’s tummies happy and content with the solar powered lunch box. Why eat cold food or even have to hunt for a microwave when you can actively keep your own food warm. As the name implies, the solar powered lunch box uses solar energy...
As gadgets get more and more complex, the pressures and drain on the batteries becomes increasingly higher. Unfortunately, battery technology has not progressed as far or as fast as other areas of the electronic world, meaning we often bump into our batteries’ limits far too often. While running out of juice on your mp3 player can be a real drag, running lower on flash light power when lost in a woods can be a more serious problem. Thankfully, a new kinetic battery...
Have you ever been in the office, throwing away a piece of paper with but a single word or line of text on it and first thought of the helpless tree you helped senselessly kill? Or, what about the amount of toilet paper that could be created from all of this office waste? If you are the latter, Nakabayashi, a Japanese based company has developed an office machine that does just that. It turns your paper waste into actual waste remover – toilet paper! While it...
