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Green Gadgets July 3 2009

'Waterless' Washer Uses Plastic to Clean Clothes

Zaher Karp - Instead of swishing clothes around in water, a washer from Xeros Technology uses plastic beads to remove stains.

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Zaher Karp

Internet Sharing Device Offers Energy Savings

The ePlug series from Hercules connects users to the Internet using power outlets and offers an energy-saving standby mode.»

Triple Pundit

New Loo Turns Waste Into Energy

A discrete toilet turns what you excrete into clean power.»

Ecopreneurist

How to Both Save Energy and Sleep Easy

A new bed cools just where you sleep, saving on the energy bill while keeping you comfy.»

Cleantechnica

Greenfreeze Could Spell the Deep Freeze for Global Warming Refrigerators

The Greenpeace-developed refrigerant gets a boost from Ben & Jerry's and General Electric.»

Zaher Karp

GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half

GE adds to its energy-saving line of water heaters with a unit that takes heat from the ambient air to reduce power consumption.»

Zaher Karp

Musicians Sing Praises of Green Guitars

Musicians are greening their art, from the wood in their instruments to how they get their power and fuel.»

Ecopreneurist

Zipcar + iPhone = Smart Integration

New software for the iPhone enables you to find the closest available cars from the sharing service and reserve it on the spot.»

Cleantechnica

ECO Jetski: The World’s First All-Electric Jetski

The ECO Jetski reaches speeds of 50 MPH and has an impressive battery life of three hours.»

Zaher Karp

Green Headphones Let You Rock in the Sun

A Romanian engineering student has designed Bluetooth headphones that are surrounded by flexible solar cells.»

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Ubergizmo

Intelligent Hose Helps Save Planet

The Measuring Consumption water sprayer will keep a reading of just how much water you have consumed each time the water sprayer is used in order to toe the line when you've passed the»

Ubergizmo

Transforming Solar Toy

This unique toy boasts a solar panel attached to it, and doesn't need any form of engineering know-how to transform as it will happily do so itself.»

Inhabitat

Whirlpool & Elmar Debut Green Living Kitchen

The rules of kitchen design have just changed. Whirlpool and Elmar recently debuted the kitchen of the future at the Milan Furniture Fair, and it’s energy efficient, eco-friendly, and interconnected.»

Red Green and Blue

Unmanned Predator Drones to Run on Fuel Cells

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), made famous by their use in Afghanistan, may soon be flying with hydrogen fuel cell power.»

Ubergizmo

BigBelly Solar Powered Trash Compactor

This public trashcan not only holds your everyday trash as you walk down the street, it is able to do so more thanks to a built-in compacting mechanism.»

Ubergizmo

Fujitsu Siemens Plans For Zero Energy Computer

Fujitsu Siemens Computers hope to roll out a new computer by the middle of this year that will not sip a single iota of energy when turned off.»

Inhabitat

Greener Gadgets Recap

The Tweet-a-watt twittering power meter takes the top prize at this year's Greener Gadgets conference in New York.»

EcoGeek

EU May Ban Plasma TVs

The EU is continuing on its quest to slash home energy use. Months after it announced a ban on incandescent bulbs starting in 2010, the EU is now set to effectively ban large plasma TVs.»

EcoGeek

Energizer Adds Solar Charger to Lineup

Energizer, which employs a bunny that is, apparently, fusion powered, is debuting a solar battery charger at CES in January.»

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