Articles tagged with: clocks

Atmos Clock: A Potential Substitute to Energy Guzzling Battery Driven Clocks
Posted in Energy, Environment, Power, Solar on 25 July 2008

Mark Newson and Jaeger LeCoultre put forward a new-fangled battery less green widget named The Atmos 561 Clock, driven simply by temperature variations. No more than one degree Celsius temperature alteration would charge the clock for absolute Forty-eight hours. The accumulated potential energy of ethyl chloride and gas blend would be transformed to run clock as it spreads out against a spring in a chamber in response to changes in temperature. Housed within a crystal gauge, this power saving device provides excellent measurement. In the midst of sundry watches and timepieces we will actually stumble on it, not merely for its green worth but for its classy and trendy look as well. Positively, this elegant clock piece would dig up recognition in a little while once its ultimate pricing reasonably levels out.

Via Gizmodo

Cool Concept by Bedol: A Clock Run by Hydro-power
Posted in Eco-friendly products, Green on 12 July 2008

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Keeping abreast with times in an eco-friendly manner was never so much in vogue as it is now. Here’s a simple, cool-looking timepiece from Bedol to bright up your work place or study table. The aqua blue colored digital watch is the result of Bedol International Group’s philosophy. The company has an eye for the latest in traditional household and office items that have an innovative design and fun-to-operate spin to them.

This latest product from Bedol needs no batteries for being operational. All you need to get this one ticking is a cup of water! Yes sir, the clock is hydro-powered and in the long run wouldn’t cost you much in terms of money and time to go out and purchase batteries! For the beginners, the blue color seems good enough but I hope in future we get to see this clock in other eco-friendly hues!

Via WaayTV

Simplicity at the Heart of Eco-Concerns: Recycled Coffee Clock by Gregory Siegal
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Gadgets, Recycling on 5 July 2008

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Simplicity touches our hearts like nothing else. Especially in a world full of myriad designs, multitudes of complex patterns and hi-fi stuff brought daily into our homes, one definitely longs for the simple joys of life! However, sometimes making simple things requires complexity as well Gregory Siegal’s Coffee Clock is an example of a simplicity and complexity working synergistically. This eco-friendly clock is recycled from three different things: a discarded French press, a coffee mug and a small alarm clock.

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Three must have Eco-Products: Laundry Eco Balls, Fruit clock & No fuss Log maker
Posted in Eco-friendly products, Green on 30 June 2008

Eco-Products

You don’t have to be a Shrek-like Ogre, to show your ‘greenness’- I mean your concern for environment. Just buy one (or all, if you like) of these cool and innovative eco-products.

For fruit-lovers: Fruit Powered Clock

Digital clocks are in but now you don’t need to run them on batteries! A calendar & digital clock powered by fruits is the latest on shelves. You just need a banana, lemon, orange, apple or any other fresh fruit and the supplied components in this fruit-clock kit. Voila! You have an impressive-to-look-at and fully functional digiclock of your own powered by the acid in the fruits. The principle is the same as discovered by Alessandro Volta that, electric current can flow if copper and zinc are separated with an acid. Volta used the ascorbic acid in lemon juice to work out his experiments. And now, with this amazing fruit clock you can teach your kids some basic science as well! Buy one for yourself at Ecotopia.
For housewives who hate laundry chores: Laundry Eco Balls

No more detergents or fabric conditioners in your washing machines. A single pack has 3 laundry balls, which contain pellets (that produce ionized oxygen). Helps gentle cleansing, softens water, protects colors of your fabrics, saves water and can last upto 1000 washes! Available at the Greenshop. For the whole family: No Fuss Log Maker

Old newspapers piling up in some corner of your house? Turn them into long-burning logs. It saves your money and does not harm the environment also. With this log maker you and your kids can make some innovative gifts as well. This easy to use log maker can be purchased from the World wildlife fund. No wetting, no fuss; just free fuel and a whole lot of fun!

Via Channel4