Tag: Gadgets
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Make a portable solar phone charger for $5
If you've always wanted to quickly make a purely sun-powered charger for your phone (no battery), here's how in 4 easy steps.
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Make an emergency light powered by fire and water
This DIY lighting project is a great way to learn about a thermoelectric system. Using a few supplies like food tins and tea candles, you can light some LEDs!
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The green 3D printing materials we’ve been waiting for
Although the technology has quickly become quite sophisticated, the materials used in 3D printers have been slow to catch up... Until now.
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Monitor your world from your smartphone with these tiny wireless sensors
Keep an eye on temperature, humidity, light levels, and more in your garden or home with these rugged little wireless sensors.
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Meet Earl, your solar-powered backcountry survival tablet
This rugged Android tablet could bring backcountry travel and emergency survival into the 21st century.
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The Mwezi Light: Illuminating new job opportunities in Africa
It’s a unique approach solving both micro and macro level problems with a scalable and sustainable solution.
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Make a fire-powered smartphone charger
This DIY charger can boost your smartphone battery while in the great outdoors with help from a camp stove or other heat source.
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Glowing algae makes for a living night light
With the right set-up, phosphorescent algae can create a lightshow in your room at night.
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World’s smallest wireless LED lamp casts a big shadow
Billed as the world's smallest wirelessLED lamp, the MR16 delivers quality light, energy savings, and eliminates the need for a light switch.
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This gadget turns your BBQ into a cellphone charger
A small fuel cell activated by the fire in a campstove or charcoal grill can provide power for mobile charging and LED lighting, while you cook.
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10 Most Popular Tech Stories from April
The most popular stories in technology from the last month. Catch up quick!
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Wind-activated garden lights from the Instructables Green Design Contest
A clever entry in the Instructables Green Design Contest is this set of wind-powered garden lights that twinkle with the breeze.
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Helical Robotics debuts wireless turbine-climbing robots
This little robot can shimmy up a wind turbine and even along the blades themselves.
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10 ways 3D printers are advancing science
From fish tags and lab supplies to stem cells and lunar bases, the technology is helping scientists do great things.
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Refurbished iPhones and custom apps bring the smartphone revolution to seniors
For seniors that may be averse to technology, a new project could help improve their lives by combining a used smartphone with simple to use, custom designed apps.
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MYO armband offers wireless, touchless control of your computer
The MYO armband brings us even closer to digital interactions that seem straight right out of Minority Report.
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When will wearable technology go mainstream?
A video with interviews from key players in the wearable technology industry tells us what's going on with bringing the innovations to the masses.
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Dirty house? Clean it up with this trash-powered robot
Don’t dismiss this gadget as just another Roomba. This robot draws power from the very refuse it’s designed to scoop up.
