Articles tagged with: Toshiba
Posted in Cells, Efficiency, Fuel, Gadgets, Power on 3 October 2008
We had been hearing of it unofficially for some time now, but finally Toshiba has come out with the actual schedule of the fuel cell-powered mobile devices. Releasing in March 2009, the new mobile devices will be equipped with a methanol fuel cell that gets charged with a dedicated cartridge. However, there will be a second built-in-Li-ion battery that will provide a strong back up.
Hear hear the cartridge can make space for around 50 ml of 99 per cent methanol which can charge a mobile phone 10 times. Priced at 700 yen, the cartridge has already become hot property but Toshiba is planning to reduce the cost price further down to 100 yen. A wise move as it will increase salability manifolds.
The big Toshiba plan is to use these fuel cells in digi cams, lappy etc as well. And the best part is, the cartridge being designed will be of a single type and will be compatible with many devices.
Via nikkei
Posted in Companies, Eco-friendly products, Efficiency, Electric, Electricity, Gadgets, Products on 20 July 2008
Toshiba-one of the famous names in home-use lighting equipment industry has released two nouveau LED lights for commercial purposes. These are shaped like midget reflector and beam lamps. These were designed in a manner that they can be easily used with current sockets used for existing lights in your house (because these lights have the E26 base).
The 2 light sources which come in two types/models use Nichia Corp’s LED. While one is incandescent and the other is of white variety. The bulbs are specially designed for signboards, shops & other facilities. The 2 lamps are: midget reflector lamp and beam lamp-shaped LED light.
Midget reflector lamp:-
• Equipped with five LEDs
• Has a power of a 60W incandescent bulb
• Consumes only 5.3W electricity
• Luminance is 50lm/W (incandescent type) and 68lm/W (white type)
Beam lamp-shaped LED lamp:-
• Equipped with eight LEDs
• Equivalent to a 75-100W incandescent bulb
• Consumes mere 9W electricity!
• Luminance is 66lm/W (white type) and 48lm/W (incandescent type).
Both the lamps have a lifespan of 20,000 hours and the price tag for both is between $100- $140. All I can say is it’s a cheap price for super-efficient lights!
Source: goodcleantech
Posted in Energy, Power on 13 July 2008
At the lately held Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Japan, Toshiba steps forward into the field of IT solutions by exhibiting its new IT Power Measurement unit. Paired with gadget called IT Home Gateway, the unit is attached to the home’s power distribution board and provides all the energy usage information available to Toshiba’s Home Appliances server directly.
This enables us to have a regular watch at our power consumption and at the same time we can trace out which appliances are drawing on more power so that we could regulate them.
Amongst the gamut of power measurement and controlling devices, Toshiba’s Unit is the first-of-its-kind. The supporting device enables you compare the total energy consumption with the total in-house energy production from solar panels, hence making it possible for you to have a zero sum power use. Apart from this, we can hook up the unit with other household appliances and control them to work in power saving mode.
The complete set of the IT Power Measurement Unit and the IT Home Gateway would cost us around $2,000. Undoubtedly, it would be a one time investment that can reap you quality returns and energy saving.
Via Ecogeek