Almost- a private changing room in the outdoors. And solar powered too!
eBooks are not to be another one of those energy guzzling gadgets anymore- here is a solar powered eBook reader- latest from the shelves.
A growing number of people these days are debating whether to buy a hybrid car, use public transportation or ride a bike to work. Those decisions leave behind what is called a person’s “carbon footprint”. Producer Zulima Palacio looks into our carbon footprint and offers suggestions on how to reduce it. Mil Arcega narrates- courtsey [...]
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Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered together scientists, investors and industry to show off what they say are key innovative technologies in the environmental effort. VOA producer Zulima Palacio prepared the story. Jeff Swicord narrates- and Maati shares the video with all of you readers:
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Like the ’sound’ of it? While the pun was fully intentional, this report on Unusual Headphones features a solar powered headphone that we could not resist showing.
What’s cool is the performance. Reportably it could fire up almost 2.67 hours of power at full blast volume just by being 1 hour in the sunlight.
The Q-SOUND headphones [...]
This is a promotional video by a company that manufactures solar shades. But what the heck- we are featuring it here on Maati- coz its solar and it’s something to do with natural lifestyle.
This video shows how thermal mass windows keep cool with solar shades installed. These solar shades are being developed to compliment the [...]
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Everyone needs a bath *after* having been in the pool. Now, *before* entering a pool is good protocol, but ever wondered why is it so important to have a proper bath *after* having a proper swim in the pool? the answer is- chemicals! Chlorine and other chemicals in the swimming pool- introduced to the pool [...]
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News is hot on the launch of a new e-book reader- e-books have been growing by leaps and bounds- and all this has been happening at an accelerated pace recently, though ebooks have been around since some time.
Users tout ‘convenience’ as one major factor to buy these hotties
“I think this is absolutely great A must [...]
Another nifty solar product that is the ultimate in cool solar gadgets-
A “solar tree” that can effectively recharge all your portable gadgets at the same time. A play on plants using photosynthesis to produce energy, this cool little gadget generates power from some 54 photovoltaic cells
Vivien Muller in her blog has some more details- [...]
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So the big giants have also forayed into the solar fever- of course we’ve heard about Sharp being the leader in solar cell production entering into solar products- but they just announced entry into the big consumer electronics category- LVD TV. Yes they just launched a solar powered LCD TV! It is a 26-inch LCD [...]
