Samsung Blue Earth hands-on video

The eco-friendly Blue Earth was first announced at the Barcelona-based Mobile World Congress in February this year. It has been a while, but we finally got to spend some personal time with the solar-powered handset here at CommunicAsia. Get ready for some frantic hand action in our, well, hands-on video. Fret not, we were just testing to see how much calories we've burnt.

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Solar-powered trash compactors for homes

Who knew America's mayors were so interested in trash? Asia, with its growing mountains of trash, could surely learn a thing or two from the US.

Garbage removal heavyweight Waste Management announced this week at the US Conference of Mayors that it will distribute BigBelly Solar's solar-powered trash compactor in North America.

Waste Management expects to sell them to municipal governments and other organizations responsible for garbage at public places, such as sports venues. Fifteen of the BigBelly Solar units are installed at a retail center adjacent to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., home of the New England Patriots. Numerous cities and towns in the US have also purchased them.
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Samsung debuts solar-powered cell phone

If you're an outdoorsy type, you might never have to worry about your phone running out of juice again.

Samsung announced Wednesday its first solar-powered GSM mobile phone, the E1107, also known by the catchier name Crest Solar. The phone is a dual-band GSM (900MHz and 1,800MHz) and can be charged anywhere the sun is shining.

The phone is about the same shape and size as most regular compact cell phones, but with one big difference: On the back it has a solar panel that's capable of providing enough juice for about 5 to 10 minutes of talk time for each hour of charging.
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NEC monitor tracks your carbon emissions

A couple months back, I talked about Dell's new Eco-friendly monitors, the G2210 and G2410, which feature onscreen displays (OSDs) that allow you to see, in real time, how much energy your monitor is using depending on its current brightness level. In the original blog, I commented that I hoped more developers would follow Dell's lead, and it looks like NEC will be the first to try--perhaps even topping Dell.

Now, NEC announced the MultiSync E222W, a 22-inch LCD monitor with a host of ergonomic and Eco-conscious options.

The monitor includes 110mm height adjustment, pivoting, swivel, and tilt. It also includes an Eco Mode that purportedly reduces power consumption and heat generation.
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Chromasun looking to make solar air conditioners

Fledgling company Chromasun plans to put the sun's heat to work cooling commercial buildings.

Founder Peter Le Lievre established the company to apply concentrating solar power techniques used in utility-scale power plants on a small scale, he said on Wednesday.

The potential of applying this technology in dry, sunny areas, such as the southwest US or southern Europe, to cut peak electricity usage is vast, says Le Lievre. If used widely, solar-powered cooling could cut peak electricity usage by about 15 percent, he said.
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