Posts Tagged ‘Green’
Toys
This 40-Foot Tall Optimus Prime Is Pure Awesome
Well, this is really cool. China has just unveiled a 40-foot tall Optimus Prime statue at the new Green Dream Park in Beijing, which if focused on Green Living (another thing we love at GadgetReview). Constructed out of recycle...
Cars
Tesla Updates Roadster To 2.5
If any car company is gonna win our hearts here at GadgetReview it’s Tesla. Today, the company unveiled the 4th iteration of their Roadster, the Roadster 2.5. It’s takes a few design queues from the soon to be rel...
Cars
Electric Car Travels 624 Miles On A Single Charge, New World Record
Not Toyota, not Ford. In fact not even a large auto maker has broken the world record for the longest distance traveled on a single charge in an electric car. Japan Electric Vehicle Club, a team of EV enthusiast modded a Daih...
Green Energy
Wave Power Device Modeled After An Oyster
Harnessing the ocean’s kinetic energy is not a new concept. In fact, one of the first to do it was the Pelamis Wave Power Device, which may or may not have sunk with the imploding economy. Today, Aquamarine Power announ...
Cars
Nissan LEAF Electric Car To Cost Just $30,000, Can Be Controlled By An iPhone (update)
Update: We’ve now posted our Nissan Leaf review. Electric cars look to be the way of the future and Nissan’s LEAF is set to be one of the most affordable, $30,000 US. But what makes this thing tech worthy, aside fro...
Household
EcoPod Foot Powered Trash Compactor
The EcoPod helps you maximize your green thumb by compacting your recycling. You just place the can, bottle or whatever your fancy into one of the three holes, step down and out the bottom fires a compacted version. Now that ...
Green Energy
Power PEG Kinetic Charging Device Up For Preorder, Ships June
Remember that Power PEG device that we saw at CES 2009? It’s now available for pre-order for $150 and will ship this June. The Power PEG (Personal Energy Device) harnesses the power of your kinetic energy (i.e. walking, ...
Bikes
VW Electric Bik.e Fits In Your Car’s Spare Tire Well
Many of VW’s cars are eco friendly thanks to their small size and efficient diesel engines. Now the auto manufacture is making the move from four wheeled vehicles to two wheeled vehicles. The VW bik.e is a two wheeled a...
Battery
APC Newest UPS Backup Batteries Stake Vampire Sucking Peripherals So You Don’t Have To
APC is making sure you’re never in trouble during a storm with its new Back-UPS Pro line of UPSs. The uninterrupted power supply makes sure your important documents (read: World of Warcraft game) are safe during a power o...
Home Theater
Powerplus Solar Remote Control
Replacing batteries on my remote controls is something I rarely do. I still have the original AA’s in my Onkyo Amp remote from 2004. For those who want to totally abandon all batteries in their living room, the Powerplu...
Green Energy
The Dragonfly DF1 Helicopter’s Blades Are Powered By Two Small Rockets (video)
= The Dragonfly DF1 helicopter might not be as interesting looking as that flying boat we saw a few weeks ago, but with closer examination it’s certainly an impressive technological feat. Instead of using a conventional m...
Solar Power
Solar Roadways Completes Prototype, Sends Us Pics
Remember Solar Roadways? They’ve finally completed their first USDOT prototype. In addition to providing carbon free energy (aside from the manufacturing process), the Solar Roadway can display traffic info using the bu...
