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Sener from Spain and Masdar from Abu Dhabi have signed a contract to built solar-powered plants that will produces a 1,000 megawatts within 10 years’ time. One of the designs features an array of mirrors mounted on the ground which will reflect the sunlight to the top of a tower to create steam. This steam will power an electricity turbine to send power to the rest of the city. A number of solar thermal power plants are being proposed for the Southwest United States and Spain. [CNet]
These awesome solar-powered garden lights can change through six different colors automatically. The Colors turn themselves on at dusk and off at dawn, and change from red, dark blue, yellow, purple, aqua, lavender and green adding a magical colorful light to any dark pathway. Just simply Stick them in the ground, turn on the sun light and your are ready to go! …no wiring required. Available for just $22.95. [SohoDecor]
Designed by Jonas Blanking from Sweden, the Boblbee Solar is a weatherproof Apple iPod case made for adventurers. The Boblbee will work to charge your unit thanks to the curved solar panel on it’s casing. The case could recharge the iPod Nano up to 3 times before your battery is able to drain once. Pricing info is still unknown.
Recently, Minister Cramer of the Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment took part in a user trial of the world’s first exclusively photovoltaic-powered (PV) computer mouse. Dubbed as the Sole Mio, this environmentally friendly mouse is not perfect, since it can’t be fully charged during busy daily activities. The mouse should be placed near a window during the day(or direct sunlight) to recharge its built-in battery. For your info, the Sole Mio uses 20mA of electricity while active, can store 300mAh onboard, and can charge at a rate of up to 250 mA in full sunlight. The developers estimate that the Sole Mio has the potential to save several hundred million batteries annually on a global scale.
The Solar Wind Pavilion is a design proposal for California State University at Fullerton that could serve as the gathering place for up to 300 people. Towering into the air at 150 feet tall, any energy harvested from the vertical axis turbine and solar panels could be used by the university. Inside the building, there is also a cylindrical digital projection display screen, roof-mounted fogging nozzles to cool the interior, and benches that can be stored inside the floor when not in use. Hit the jump to continue reading.
Beijing Hengjiweiye introduced its solar mobile phone during China Beijing International Expo 2007. The handset enables users to charge battery just by using any light source. Pricing or availability has not been announced yet.
Via Aving USA
The Truimph Solar Swimsuit is a joint collaboration by Truimph and Conergy. The swimsuit provides enough power for a cellphone or an Apple iPod. It will probably be unveiled as part of their 2007 collection. No word on pricing yet.
Via Gizmodo
Someone has a great idea to make a bikini with a built-in solar panel. However, i’m not sure this bikini will be able to recharge my mobile phone in the water.
Via Slashphone
Sony PSP fans will be happy to hear that Sony has just released the Gold PSP in Japan. Priced at $200, the console features a high-quality TFT LCD that displays full color (16.77 million colors) on a 480 x 272 pixel high-resolution screen, and built-in stereo speakers.
This is a Japanese region coded PSP. While it will play all region games (all US, European, Asian games), it will only play back region 2 UMD movies (DOES NOT playback US UMD movies). Operation manual is in Japanese but actual operation can be switched from Japanese to English at the start up screen. We only ship the latest firmwared PSP and we will not be able to find a specific firmwared PSP for our customers.
Gizmodo via Video Games
Transystem’s i-Blue 757 is a solar-powered Bluetooth 16-channel Nemerix GPS receiver. The gadget features a unique clamshell design with the lower portion housing the solar cell, the battery, and the circuitry, and the upper portion houses the GPS antenna. It also has an embedded rechargeable 1000mAh Li-Ion battery that provides up to 30 hours of run time, while additional solar charging can provide up to 100 hours. Unfortunately, there is no word yet on the pricing or availability.
Via NaviGadget.
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