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Posts tagged “eco”

Wind–up Eco Twinkle Light

The Eco Twinkle Light concept designed by Kenan Wang takes the mechanism of the old fashioned classroom pencil sharpener and connects it to a rechargeable battery and LED light to create a portable an...

Pansonic's Eco House of the Future

Yesterday we saw Panasonic's attempt at the first robotic dish washer. Today, we're going to check out Dvice's house tour of their Eco Ideas House over in Japan. You can check out their arsenal of gre...

Does Every Little Bit Count?

On of the big theories in green thinking is that "every little bit counts." Rather than just give up on environmentalism because you can't make your home into a solar-powered lair, you're encouraged t...

Go White! Sony Releases Their Greenest Bravia Yet

This isn't the first time we've gotten googly-eyed over beautiful white LCD HDTVs (not to mention white tech in general). But it's probably the first time we've seen it executed with so much style and...

Pee-Powered Batteries Really Exist

So... we don't often talk about urine on Unplggd—in fact, the only other time we've posted anything concerning urine was a post about living on the moon that mentioned recycling sweat and urine ...

Evolve: The Intelligent Showerhead

What is your morning shower routine? Does it sound anything like this: Stumble into the shower half asleep Get the water running Stick your toe of hand under aforementioned running water until i...

JVC Sound Garden: What Eco Zen Sounds Like

Part container garden, part speaker system, part "We're green" billboard from JVC. Exhibited recently at Tokyo Designers, week we're not quite sure what to make of this. Is it really appealing to be...