http://www.greenbrierplace.com Where Green and Technology Meet! Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:35:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wouldn't it be nice if all businessmen would have a green phone? I mean, I'm not saying they carry a solar powered phone but something like the Sony Ericsson Aspen. The Sony Ericsson Aspen has a Blackberry-like look, has a touchscreen (which is really popular these days) and the most important: ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/tree-huggers-dream-mobile-phone-the-sony-ericsson-aspen/ Well, here's something that would make speed bumps less annoying. The Motion Powered Speed Bump isn't your ordinary cement speed bump found near schools, it's a flat metal plate with long thin pedals on top. As a car passes over it, the pedals turns gears and generates 2,000W of electricity ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/speed-bumps-that-generate-electricity/ Want an eco-friendly activity for your kids so that they won't waste their time (and your electricity bills) playing video games at home? Well, you can get them to skate outdoors. Skating is good for their health and what better way to be more green than buy the K2 Eco ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/k2-etu-eco-skates/ So I've recently talked about a green mobile phone like the Samsung Reclaim, right? So I thought that this was a REALLY green phone considering that its made of almost all recycled materials. Apparently, EISA thinks that the greenest phone out there is the LG Arena. Now I've heard of ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/lg-arena-a-green-phone-according-to-eisa/ As its name suggests, the Nissan Leaf is a green car. How is it green? Well, the Nissan LEAF's power train has no tailpipe so there's no way it would be emitting CO2 or other greenhouse gases. And while some of you might not opt for electric cars because it ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/the-nissan-leaf/ Now this is what I'm talking about: Earth friendly consumer electronics. Thanks to Samsung and Sprint, I think we now have the most earth friendly mobile phone in the form of the Samsung Reclaim. The Samsung Reclaim is made up of 80% recycled materials which are PVC and BFR free. ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/samsung-reclaim/ I don't get what's the deal with portable monitors. I mean, isn't the purpose of portable netbooks and laptops is so that you don't have to lug around heavy equipment? So why would you bring along a USB monitor? Anyways, the Mimo 7 inch USB monitor is one classic example ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/mimo-usb-monitor/ Now this is just one of those eco gadgets that are oozing with style. This wirelss OLED Digital clock is still in conceptual stage but I really do hope that it finds its way to retailers soon. Going by the name Black and White clock, this gadget can be stuck ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/wireless-oled-digital-clock/ Okay, so this news is green but a bit weird. It seems that scientists are attempting to harness a lot of hydrogen from urine. They say that taking hydrogen from urine is a lot easier than doing so with water. This is because of urea, a component of urine, which ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/hydrogen-from-pee/ It's only a matter of time before solar mobile phones comes, what with the thousand of solar chargers out there. Anyways, The Samsung E1107 is Samsung's first solar mobile phone. Charging the phone one hour under the sun will give you around 5-10 minutes of talk time, plus the Samsung ... http://www.greenbrierplace.com/samsung-e1107/