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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. The packaging is also made up of 70% recycled materials and soy-based ink is used in printing the packaging.

The tip of the organic icing? $2 of the profit will go to the Nature Conservancy’s Adopt an Acre Program. The Samsung Reclaim is also a beautiful piece of mobile phon with a slider mechanism and QWERTY keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth with A2DP, microSD slot, and come with Sprint navigation.

The Samsung Reclaim is another green gadget you can add to your earth-friendly gadgets.

via: Cellphone-Reviews

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 of a useless gadget that is not environmentally friendly. The Mimo 710-S monitor would take up twice as much power on your laptop battery, making you charge your laptop more and consume more energy. Very bad for our environment.

The Mimo 710-S costs $149.99 and you only get 800×480 resolution and 400:1 contrast ratio. Save your money and just stick with your old netbook.

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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 on any wall and uses OLED to display the time. The clock will change colors depending on the lighting conditions so that it can be viewed any time of the day.

There are no wires needed and you can change the time settings by touch control. Pretty cool and this would look great in my bedroom.

Via: Inhabitat

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 scientists say has four hydrogen atoms and two nitrogen atoms compared to wat’er which has only two hydrogen atoms. Urine also requires 97 percent less electricity to release hydrogen from the urea molecules.

Wow, I just hope they’ll find a way to get the urine odor out.

Via: Crave

Technorati Tags: environment, renewable energy

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 E1107 also has FM radio, MP3 ringtones, flashlight, etc.

And unlike other expensive green gadgets, the Samsung E1107 is cheap, at only $59. Of course, it has yet to be put up for sale outside India, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

With the array of solar-powered gadgets out there, this USB Hub/solar charger is pretty functional. First, it can function has a USB hub with four USB ports. And if you want to charge your mobile phones the eco-friendly way, you can also use this USB Solar charging 4 port hub, as a solar charger. It comes with six mobile phone connectors and has a built-in battery so there’s no need to leave your gadgets out in the sun while it’s charging.

You can get this USB hub/solar charger at Brando.

It’s not that mowing your lawn could be hazardous to the environment but mowing your lawns with petrol riding mowers isn’t really right when you’re conserving energy and during times when gas prices are high. So, thanks to Husqvarna, in five years time, we would be seeing electric riding mowers. The Panthera Leo is a concept riding mower powered by Lithium phosphate battery which can give you two hours of cutting time. The Panthera Leo has three cutting decks so that it can mow your lawn evenly even on bumpy terrain. There’s even a mounted LCD which informs the user of the mower’s speed, sensors, and cutting height. And to further the fact that the Panthera Leo is a green machine, this baby is made from recycled materials!

But of course, until we can see this baby in production, tree huggers can still use hand-pushed electric lawn mowers.

Via: Crave

Technorati Tags: green gadgets, eco gadgets, green gadget

If you feel that your 20 inch LCD Monitor is just taking too much power, well the EcoView Monitor might be the answer if you’re searching for more eco-friendly monitors. The EcoView Monitor has motion detectors which can sense if you’re in front of the screen or if you’re away. If you leave your front monitor for around 40 seconds, it goes into sleep mode but automatically resumes when you come back. The EcoView Monitors also has TCO Displays 5.0 Certification and EPEAT Gold Certification.

Other energy saving features include an ambient light sensor that adjusts the monitor’s brightness according to the brightness of the room, an Auto EcoView which uses 42 percent less power and a zero watt power consumption when the monitor is turned off.

If you’re thinking about lighting up your house number as your next Do-it-yourself project, then don’t stress yourself with all those wiring, not to mention the extra power that your house number light would consume. Just do it the easy and eco-friendly way with the solar powered House number light.

Of course, the solar power house number light doesn’t really scream style and looks more like a hospital exit sign but I’m sure some vinyl wrappers would probably oomph the wow factor of this gadget. The Solar powered house number only costs $35.37 at Amazon.

I love gadgets as much as the next person but I also love mother earth so I thought I might put the two together as a lot of companies nowadays are environmentally conscious and are thinking green. Join me in the search for more green technology and support those companies that do.