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Five Unusual Eco Friendly Products
August 25, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The RITI Coffee Printer for a PC that uses used coffee grounds – or tea leaves if coffee is not consumed in the household – as the ink supply. In addition, the printer is manually operated, each line created as a lever on the top is slid back and forth.
The Bware Water Meter. This is a device that attaches to a waterline or faucet and measures the amount of water used by the device attached to it. One of the more difficult aspects of leading a greener lifestyle is to have awareness of the resources being conserved. Without a method of measurement, any perception of the amount of use or conservation is purely subjective, especially with commercial utilities.
The HydroWind power generator that generates 12VDC for campers is a grand gadget. It uses running water – from a stream, for example – to turn a waterwheel or the wind to turn a fan connected to a generator to recharge batteries.
The sunLight. A flexible solar panel that is wrapped around an LED and rechargeable battery core to form a powerful green flashlight.
The solar cooler. It uses solar panels and a Peltier cooling system – both off-the-shelf items – engineered originally for sub-Saharan environments with a lack of electricity to keep malaria drugs cold. A much more practical application is undocumented: the cooler compartment is the perfect size for a six-pack of beer in 100% recyclable aluminum cans. For centuries, the sun has been the enemy of beer, now it can be put to an ecologically green application well worth consideration.