Tag: Cell Phones - Page 4
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Solar-Powered iPhone Case from Mobius Is A Good Back-Up Plan
Back in early 2009, a solar-power skin for the iPhone was huge news. Now, it's not quite as unusual but it's still pretty exciting for iPhone owners. This time, the company is Mobius, and they're offering a pretty sweet looking
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Samsung Evergreen Cell Phone Earns Platinum from UL Environment
Finally, a green(er) cell phone that looks good. Typically, cell phones that boast green credentials look like something that was on the market in 2005. But the Samsung Evergreen looks up-to-date -- and it can brag about earning
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Android App Locates Endangered Species Wherever You Are
This is one of those cool-yet-terribly-sad-it-exists apps. The Center for Biological Diversity has created an app for Android users that will tell you exactly which endangered species are living in the area you're standing in.
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iPhone App Tracks Marine Litter, Reports It Online
Marine litter is a real problem, not just for animals but for beach goers trying to enjoy an afternoon in the sun and surf. A new smart phone app from NOAA helps you become part of the solution, by reporting where you're
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Solar Phone Charger Aims At The Poor
Noting that "500 million of the world's cell phone owners have no access to electricity," a Hong Kong and Denver-based company is touting its solar-power charging panels as specially designed to remain affordable and
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Sound-Charged Shirt from Orange Powers Cell Phones
Cheesy jokes aside, the mobile phone provider Orange UK in conjunction with renewable energy experts at GotWind, has created the very first t-shirt that can charge small mobile devices via the use of sound. Sound, of course, creates
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Gotwind Solar-Powered "Street Charger" A Smart Solution for Dead Batteries
Gotwind has a history of coming up with some clever ideas for renewable energy charger for cell phones, from wind power to solar power to human power. Now they've come up with a smart cart that can charge up to 20 phones at a time
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Mobile Phones To Use Noise From Your Conversations To Charge Low Batteries
Using sound waves to charge small devices like cell phones is not a brand new idea. We reported on researchers from Texas A&M; and University of Houston working on just such a concept back in 2008. However, there is
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PaperPhone Is Most Durable Smart Phone Ever, Made of Bendable E-Paper (Video)
The Queens University Human Media Lab has come up with a phone that not only provides a new way of interacting with your smart phone, but also what could be the most durable device yet. Using electronic paper, you simply bend
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The 7 Most Hackable Android Smartphones
For those of us who subscribe to the "If you can't open it, you don't own it" mantra of the repair and DIY community, this list from Wired might be one of the most interesting things you read all week. The article goes through seven of the most
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Xylophone of the Forest, Stunning Ad for Docomo's Wooden Cellphone
This is probably one of the most beautiful and awesome ads I have ever come across, thanks to Frame and Form. Watch the Xylophone of the Forest, and before you shrug it off because trees might have been killed for the making of this clip, hear me
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Announcing TreeHugger Android App, Part of Sprint's Green ID Package
Every time we talk about the TreeHugger iPhone app, we get requests about when we will launch an Android version. Well....
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7 Must-Have Phone Apps for Green Travelers
Forget the atlas, the train schedule, the guidebook, and the local restaurant guide: All you need to travel green in 2011 is your smartphone -- and a few handy apps.
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How to Go Green: Gadgets
Technology is an essential part of daily life, from cell phones to televisions, music players to laptops. Yet our reliance on electronics also has a significant impact on the environment. But don't despair!
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Congo Rejects UK Bid to Drill for Oil in World's Only Remaining Mountain Gorilla Habitat
This doesn't seem a victory so much as common sense, but these days those aren't mutually exclusive. The Democratic Republic of Congo's Environment Minister Jose Endundo has rejected a bid by UK oil firm Soco International to
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4,200 Energy Efficiency Projects Saved AT&T; $44 Million Last Year
AT&T; announced today that because of 4,200 energy efficiency projects installed at company facilities during 2010, it saved $44 million in annual energy costs. The projects included things like installing desktop power management software on 169,000
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Latest In Solar Powered Cell Phones: The Umeox Apollo
It's been awhile since we've heard about solar powered cell phones. Perhaps the short days of winter were enough to keep manufacturers from announcing new solar gadgets, but now that the days are getting longer, it seems we are
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3 Park Rangers, 5 Soldiers in Killed in Gorilla Habitat in Congo
Funeral services were held yesterday for three park rangers and five soldiers who were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while trying to secure a safe public passage in the Congolese side of Virunga National Park, where the
