Archive for April, 2008
Easy Ways to Go Green with Your Computer
Not everyone can afford to install solar panels or get a new Prius this Earth Day, but there is one place you can go green without spending an arm and a leg or radically changing your lifestyle: your computer. Chances are you spend the majority of you...
Cankle Fetishists Rejoice Over AC Brick Spy Camera
This AC wall adapter is no ordinary AC wall adapter. It’s loaded with an A/V recorder that can save 66 hours of footage to its 2GB microSD card. And even if the wall socket is turned off, a built-in lithium ion battery will keep shooting for 3 h...
Honda’s Assisted Walking Device Makes Grandma Strut Like Asimo
Honda has developed a gadget that they say could make walking easier for the elderly and others with weak leg muscles. The aptly named Walking Assist Device is a 6 lb. motorized belt with hip sensors that gauge how much help the wearer will need. The ...
Cheap ‘n’ Snazzy Way to Give Old 2.5-Inch Drives a Second Chance
Sure there are other ways to enclose old 2.5″ drives, but have you ever seen a more elegant one for 29 bucks? The Addonics Snap-In ExDrive25 promises hot-swappable connections via USB 2.0 and eSATA (if your PC can support it). Since eSATA can...
Crafty Vendor Sells Solar-Roasted Chickens
Happy Earth Day everyone! Instead of urging you to recycle all those gadgets that will otherwise leak poison into our planet, we’d rather offer you a more positive, less obvious story to whet your Earth Day appetite. Sila Sutharat runs a Thai ch...
EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: In Ben Wilson’s Monowheel, you actually site inside the wheel. I wouldn’t want to ride through puddles… China’s biggest battery maker, BYD, has decided to get into the electric car market: The E6 Crosso...
Asus Gives Reviewers Different Batteries Than Consumers, Considers Free Upgrade
According to DigiTimes, recent Hong Kong purchasers of the new Asus Eee PC 900 (it’s that Eee with the bigger screen) found that their batteries weren’t as nice as those given to reviewers. Speaking from experience, that sort of thing happ...