Articles on Eco Friendly

Eco-friendly Samsung Blue Earth gets official - Oct 14, 2009

Crave We first saw the Samsung Blue Earth earlier this year during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In June, we had a hands-on with the product when the chaebol showed it ... Read story »

Singapore showcases its first Zero Energy Building - Oct 27, 2009

Crave Going by the axiom that action speaks louder than words, the Singapore authorities have on Monday unveiled the country's first Zero Energy Building as a project to test the waters. ... Read story »

Samsung Blue Earth hands-on video - Jun 16, 2009

Crave 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 ... Read story »

Ink Cartridge Lamp lights the way - Aug 5, 2009

Crave Recently, I replaced an ink tank in a printer and unthinkingly tossed the empty cartridge into the trash bin. Looking at the BoxLightBox Ink Cartridge Lamp from Etsy.com now, I ... Read story »

Sony's "green" WE5-series Bravia HDTVs - Jun 10, 2009

Crave The latest Sony WE5-series Bravia TVs have strong eco-friendly features. For starters, this family of HDTVs have the world's first microtubular hot cathode fluorescent lamp backlighting which helps save up to ... Read story »

The "eco ideas" house that Panasonic is building - Jun 8, 2009

Crave Netizens can also engage with Panasonic by submitting their green suggestions at the eco ideas Web site. This was demonstrated by both the National Environment Agency's deputy director Ng Meng Hiong ... Read story »

GP's eco-friendly Solar Charger - Jul 28, 2008

Crave Now, here's another way to do your part for the environment and save on your electricity bills at the same time. Instead of plugging into the mains to recharge your batteries, ... Read story »

Hitachi makes new eco-friendly hard drive - Feb 6, 2009

Crave The new CinemaStar hard drive. Hitachi on Wednesday joined the crowd of green-storage vendors with its fourth generation of the CinemaStar hard-drive family. The new drive features Hitachi's EcoTrac Classification. ... Read story »

Eneloop's Solar Light & USB Charger - Nov 4, 2008

Crave Sanyo's eco-friendly 2-in-1 charger. Eneloop has certainly been busy developing gadgets that run on renewable energy. Good for it. Spotted in its stable of eco-friendly devices is an upcoming portable Eneloop ... Read story »

Dial4Light with your phone to turn on the street lights - Feb 24, 2009

Crave Imagine being able to control the street lights with your mobile phone. This isn't a prank, but an eco-friendly solution that's now in place in parts of Germany. We won't suggest ... Read story »

Wattson's wireless electricity monitor now in Singapore - Dec 4, 2008

Crave Here's a conundrum that Singapore households, even those in other countries, are well familiar with: Rising utility bills and the need to power down costs. So here's the island state's only ... Read story »

Solar bags find it's not easy being green - Jun 14, 2008

Crave The merits of solar-paneled bags transcend mere fashion, of course, but we're still surprised at how long it's taking for these green-conscious accessories to find their true aesthetic value. Try as ... Read story »

Sands through the hourglass count time in the shower - Dec 7, 2007

Crave Showering can waste a gallon of water a minute. Yet a daily shower is one of those non-negotiable, guilty pleasures I'm unwilling to sacrifice. Still, the number of water-starved regions is ... Read story »

Thanko's solar-powered MP4 player - May 30, 2008

Crave Even before Apple's ventured commercially into solar-powered devices, here's a working Japanese MP4 player from etailer Thanko that runs on the power of the sun. Don't expect the usual petite form ... Read story »

Panasonic details NeoPDP launch - May 20, 2008

Crave You may have read about Panasonic’s NeoPDP plasma technology. You may even have caught a glimpse of the prototypes at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Well, we now have ... Read story »

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