10 Aug
Here’s something to file under sustainably cool — the Solar Radio. Made with new solar cell technology to power the handheld flat-screen device, which features NXT SurfaceSound speaker and Force Sensitive Resistors for its solar cell powered touch sensitive input, this eco-friendly device is the perfect little radio for a Sunday afternoon picnic.
20 Aug
In case you’ve been living under a rock, the first batch of iPhone bills were sent out last week with most arriving in inch-thick USPS packages -not envelopes - with one girl who famously video blogged her anger over a 300 page, $300 phone bill. Even AT&T, who offers their services to iPhone users, admits that it was their bad. After the apologies come the solutions, to which AT&T offered their users the default option of receiving a summary bill, which is a bill that’s normally about 1-2 pages that explains how much they owe, state taxes and how many minutes they used. For full details the customer can either go online or request the FULL bill for an extra $2. As a non-iPhone user and light green citizen, I admit I’ve had my fair share of $300 phone bills (damn text messaging package!), but Verizon automatically opts me in for the paperless billing system. Contrary to popular belief, it’s actually nice to save trees. For you iPhone users out there, consider doing the right thing and go paperless because treeless is just not as sexy.
18 Jul
It’s possible, at least, with the new S116 cell phone. As the world’s first green cell phone (available only in China), it boasts of having a 1.3 megapixel camera, an MP3 player, and solar panels that can charge in any light - from sunlight to candlelight, all for a mere $510. And while an hour of charging your phone in direct sunlight will give you an extra 40 minutes of talk time, you may want to keep an extra fully charged phone around in the event that there’s a thunderstorm and all the electricity in your house is out.
