eco peripherals

Fujitsu: Wooden Laptop

braz — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:41:46 +0000

Every body is trying to be Eco friendly with some sort of innovations. The recent one from Fujitsu is a beautiful designer laptop presented at Japan design 2008 innovation in Milan, Italy.

Fujitsu displayed tuned FMV-Biblo NX95Y/D in a wooden case.

Solar Beam3 Charger:LED Flashlight cum Charger

braz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:55:05 +0000

This solar powered flashlight is used to charge PDA’s, mobile phones and mp3 players.

Monocrystalline silicon solar panels are used to recharging the built-in 700mAh/3.6v NI-MH battery.

LED flashlight is powered by the solar powered chargers during the day light.

Green software: developed by Oxford University

braz — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:19:46 +0000

Oxford university: New project to develop enery saving green software that is free and easy to download, which will make networked computers more energy-efficient and reduce carbon emissions by saving on electricity needs. The project, underway at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI), will start with an 18-month pilot project on the Oxford campus, and eventually spread to include educational institutions across the U.K.

The research team on the project will monitor not only energy use, but also cost savings from increase computer downtime. Researchers estimate that most computers are in use less than 25 percent of the time — roughly 40 hours during a 168-hour week.

Eco computer mouse: green computer mouse

braz — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:00:57 +0000

This latest innovation photo voltaic-powered computer mouse is under trails which can do its part by Eco friendly as its charges by the solar power.

This innovation can only improve with the development of new types of cheap and energy-extensive PV cells

New Xantrex solar inverter

braz — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:05:36 +0000

This Inverter gathers performance data on rooftop solar electric panels.

Its designed to monitor the amount of electricity that solar panels generate and transmits that information to a person’s PC through a home Wi-Fi connection.

The device also can be configured from a Web page to make automated e-mail reports or notify owners of problems.

Source: Xantrex

E-motion: solar powered media player

braz — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:49:52 +0000

E-motion 1GB Solar Portable Media Player & Battery Charger

• Transfer music, photos, videos, games on and off player
• 5.5″ x 3″ x 1″
• SD card slot expansion (2GB SD card maximum capacity)
• Included charger powers most portable devices such as mobile phones, MP3/MP4 players, laptops, digital cameras and other portable Lithium battery devices
• Supports music formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WAV, ADPCM, AMR
• Play video: support AVI format film play achieves QVGA@25f/s fluent MPEG4 video (320 x 240) and provides video bookmark function
• View photos: JPEG, BMP, GIF
• Game simulator: supports FC/GB/GBC/MD 8/16 bit simulator expansion developed by third parties; compatible with NES/GB/GBC/SEGA game ROM
• Read books: supports TXT format
• Read books while listening to MP3 music
• E-book with reading capacity: will read out loud any TXT file in Chinese or English
• User-friendly menu with relevant animated instructions
• USB 2.0 port
• OS: Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Linux 2.4+/Mac OS 9

Source-mediastreet

ASUS epu: power saving IC controller

braz — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:15:13 +0000

Asus-developed EPU is the world’s first hardware-based on-demand power saving IC controller.

There is an innovative technology which automatically fine tunes CPU’s power supply under any loading.

It digitally monitors the power supply by an energy saving chip, thus providing the best possible power efficiency.

With the innovative AI Gear – which features a new user interface that shows users exactly how much electricity and CO2 is being saved.

It can save up to 80.23% CPU power.

Solar Note Book: Green Note book

braz — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:27:36 +0000

This is like a laptop to which a large detachable solar panel. There is a small built in battery which can be charged with solar energy.

It can also be charged normally for sun lacking months.

It also comes with GPS, satellite telephone access and intenet .

Source: nikoladesign

Wooden mouse: Green mouse

braz — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:08:58 +0000

This optical mouse is made of bamboo which is biodegradable and Eco-friendly.

Its shiny and natural wood makes it very stylish and a must have for any Eco fanatics.

Bamboo is the fastest growing plants. Can generate plenty of wood in shorter time and its easy to grow as well. Electronic components in the mouse are lead free and comply with US and EU safety approvals.

green print: Eco printing software

braz — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:45:43 +0000

This Eco friendly printing software indeed saves trees, paper, ink and some money.

Software eliminates unwanted pages when you want to print by highlighting the exact content which needs to be printed. You can track the number of pages you want to print etc. You can read lot about it at greenprint.