Seven Environmentally Friendly Gadgets for Earth Day
7. Floral Pliers from Bloomsbury
These floral plyers are sure to place any woman in the mood to fix up any run-down and defunct appliance, thus extending the life on such products, reducing the number of appliances thrown out each year, and leading towards a more environmentally friendly planet.
6. Eco Lamp Bases, Lamp Shades, and Light Bulbs
These lamp bases and shades are made of 100% recycled cardboard, yet still appear stylish and modern. The energy saving light bulbs (not shown above) use 75% less energy than a regular lightbulb, and have a life of seven years!
What better way is there to tell someone you love them than through an environmentally friendly and adorable plant? The plant grows to reveal the message “I Love You” within one week.
4. The Asus U5
Asus’ U5 laptop computer is an ultra environmentally friendly laptop that is lead and halogen free! It also has some nice specs: weighs 3 pounds, has a 12.1″ widescreen, 512 mb of ram, and a fast Pentium M processor.
With these charges, you can recharge your iPod, PDA, or cell phone utilizing only the sun’s power.
These ipod nano cases, made from 100% recycled translucant polycarbonate, completely protect your ipod while still offering full access to the click wheel control. The cases also come in six fun colours!
1. Grass Arm Chair Kit from Purves and Purves
There’s nothing that says “I Love Planet Earth” more than this grow-it-your-self Grassy Airm Chair kit from Purves and Purves. Simply place the frame in a well situated position in your yard (choose well, you won’t be able to move it!), and then pour soil and plant grass seeds on top of it. If you water it carefully, you should have a beautiful grassy arm chair beginning to grow within ten days!
Treo Hollywood Update
TreoCentral has leaked a lot of information on the developing Treo Hollywood.
The Treo Hollywood is slimmer than its predecessors, and also has no antenna! The Treo appears to be using Windows 5.0, and is reported to have a 700 MHz processor, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a 240 x 240 display. Yes, the pictures do look a little like a Blackberry, but the font is clearly Treo style. I suppose we’ll have to wait until the Press Conference to find out any more significant information.
MobiBLU Cube 2
The MobiBLU is releasing a sucessor to the first MobiBLU Cube: The MobiBLU Cube 2 (how creative!).
The MobiBLU Cube 2 will have the same dimensions and weight (0.94″H x 0.94″W x 0.94″D and 0.63 oz), but will have a new menu controller (in a cross shape) and a two colour OLED screen. It will also support both WMA and MP3 formats, come in 2 or 4 gb memory capabilities, have an FM Tuner, Voice Recorder, and come in ten different vibrant colours. The leak was from MobiBLU’s Korean site; MobiBLU’s US web site has not made any formal announcement.
Bush Claims the US Government Helped Develop the iPod
Bush, a long time supporter and owner of the iPod, claims that the US Government actually helped develop the iPod.
During a speech at Tuskegee University, President Bush told his audience that “the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod.” Apparently then, government research played a big role in the developing the sucessful technologies used in current iPods. Well, all I can say is that it’s sure good to know where those tax dollars are going to.
Sony Ericsson’s SE 123 Pictures Leaked
The Unofficial Club Sony Ericsson has unearthed some new photos of the SE 123 Camera Phone.
All we currently know about the SE 123 is that the phone is rumoured to have a 1.3 megapixel camera. More details will be released at press conferences the 11th and 18th of next month. Until then, we’ll have to be satisfied with these leaked photos.
