nebula Posted March 11, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) I almost put this in "Weird and Wacky" - you'll see why when you look at these inventions. ~~ Gallery: Six gadgets that could help green our lives A recent competition called for novel designs that could cut our environmental impact. See some of the best, from window blinds that collect solar energy to a hand-powered printer http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16723-greener-gadgets **fixed link Edited March 11, 2009 by nebula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pearl Posted March 11, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 700 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/11/1977 Share Posted March 11, 2009 how bout this? here I was really interested so I searched it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted March 11, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks, pearl! I have no idea what went wrong with my link.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aenoch Posted March 11, 2009 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 45 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/08/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/21/1977 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Whatever happend to 'Save The Rainforest' and 'Save the Whales'? One can only wonder what the establishment will dream up for us to fear in the future. Save the Aardvarks? Flesh-eating avian west nile lymes ebola melt your face off, disorder? SAVE THE WORLD! (by purchasing a useless item whos manufacturing & distribution process rapes yet more of the earth) It's always something, it's always ultimately meaningless and it's endless. Low-carb anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterpoet Posted March 11, 2009 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,704 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 25 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1950 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I like the venetian blind idea...but how much would it cost???? recently , my wife bought 3 of these solar powered yard lights and uses them for night lites around the house...living room and kitchen...I like the blue colored light better, fills the room so you can see, but not over powering...they kinda look like little flying saucers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh62 Posted March 12, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,683 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 51 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/14/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/14/1962 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I almost put this in "Weird and Wacky" - you'll see why when you look at these inventions. ~~ Gallery: Six gadgets that could help green our lives A recent competition called for novel designs that could cut our environmental impact. See some of the best, from window blinds that collect solar energy to a hand-powered printer http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16723-greener-gadgets **fixed link Where's the flyswatter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeilanS Posted March 12, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 158 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,763 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 7 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/14/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/23/1990 Share Posted March 12, 2009 The term "Useless Gimmick" comes to mind for most of those. The one that kills power at the outlet level is just a downright bad idea. The thing about those electronics that use a bit of power all the time, is that randomly shutting them down is bad for them. You could kill your DVD player or something with that. The blinds are the only one I really like, that sounds very useful, assuming it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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