Green Options » greener gadgets http://greenoptions.com/tag/greener-gadgets Posts tagged 'greener gadgets' Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Inlet-Outlet Lets You Give Back Energy to the Grid http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:55:11 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/

It’s hard not to continue coverage of the Greener Gadgets Design Competition with so many great entries. The most recent gadget to catch my eye is the Inlet-Outlet, which grants easy access to good Samaritan-hood by letting you give power back to the grid.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/feed/ Sun Station: The Free Solar Charging Station http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/03/sun-station-the-free-solar-charging-station/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/03/sun-station-the-free-solar-charging-station/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:32:35 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/03/sun-station-the-free-solar-charging-station/

Yesterday, we took a look at the RITI Printer— a nifty concept printer that uses coffee grounds for ink. But another entrant in the Core 77 Greener Gadgets Design Competition may be even more innovative: the Sun Station. Julene Aguirre-Bielschowsky has designed a piece of public furniture that doubles as a solar energy charging station.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/03/sun-station-the-free-solar-charging-station/feed/ RITI Printer Uses Coffee Grounds for Ink http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/02/riti-printer-uses-coffee-grounds-for-ink/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/02/riti-printer-uses-coffee-grounds-for-ink/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:31:39 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/02/riti-printer-uses-coffee-grounds-for-ink/

Coffee grounds are beginning to seem like quite the multi-purpose substance. First we heard about the possibility of grounds being used as biodiesel, and now we’ve received word that the world’s first printer to use coffee grounds for ink is a contestant in Core 77 and Inhabitat’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/02/riti-printer-uses-coffee-grounds-for-ink/feed/ Greener Gadgets Conference 2008 http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/02/greener-gadgets-conference-2008/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/02/greener-gadgets-conference-2008/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:04:48 +0000 Kyle Weatherholtz http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/02/greener-gadgets-conference-2008/ greener gadgets

I volunteered this year, on behalf of the O2 NYC, Green Options and my firm J. Ottman Consulting, at the inaugural Greener Gadgets conference on Friday, February 1st. On this raining day in midtown Manhattan I was happy to be inside the McGraw-Hill Conference Center on 49th Street. The conference was presented by research firm Marc Alt & Partners and design blog Inhabitat and brought out quite the group of designers, engineers, students, press and environmentalists. The speakers included the Head of Environment for North America at Nokia, Director of Product Take Back and Recycling at HP, and the Director of Corporate Environment, Safety, and Health at Sony, just to name a few.

I arrived at the conference about 9:30 am and was happy to notice as I walked in the doors, three disposal cans labeled “Waste, Recycling and Compost” and someone monitoring them. After I grabbed a stiff cup of coffee, in a mug as opposed to a paper cup, and checked my coat, I picked up my volunteer badge and headed in to hear the opening keynote speech. This speech, by artist and digital photographer Chris Jordan, was my absolute favorite of the day and I feel served to kick start the conference with the correct perspective of American mass consumption (something we all need in large daily doses).

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