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Power Your Music Player With Your Running Pants

Instead of just burning calories, why not use all that energy from exercising to power your MP3 player? The Dancepants Kinetic Music Player , a shortlisted entry in Designboom’s Green Life competition, lets you do just that by converting kinetic energy from running, hopping, jumping, etc. into electricity to power an iPod or other music player. According to the Dancepants designers, the product is a “100 percent interactive way to feel the value of energy on your own.” READ MORE AT ECOUTERRE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: dancepants , ipod , kinetic energy , mp3 , power
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Plans for the Green George W. Bush Presidential Center Released

All U.S. Presidents get a center named after them upon completion of their term in the White House, and George W. is no exception.
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Uber-Thin Modular Solar Panels Energize Any Building

The recent evolution of solar technology has been nothing short of amazing, and we are continuously impressed by all the products hitting the market that make it easier to integrate clean tech into our daily lives. One innovative company at the forefront of the solar energy bustle is Sulfurcell , the producer of a new kind of modular solar panel that add energy-generating capabilities to any building. The super-thin panels are entirely self contained, so they don’t require any substructure, and they can be applied to new buildings as well as retrofitted old buildings to provide a sleek look and plenty of power. Read the rest of Uber-Thin Modular Solar Panels Energize Any Building Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable energy" , clean tech , green design , modular solar panels , renewable energy , Solar Power , sulfurcell , sustainable design
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Top 5 Most Innovative Green Bridges on the Planet

Design and engineering innovations over the last two decades have had a dramatic impact on our ability to create beautiful, environmentally sensitive structures that help contribute to a more sustainable future. A dramatic example of the confluence of design, technology and environmental sustainability can be seen in the proliferation of innovative bridge designs around the world. We’ve put together a list of five of our favorites . Check them out and let us know what you think! Read the rest of Top 5 Most Innovative Green Bridges on the Planet Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture" , "wind power" , Green Building , green design , renewable energy , Solar Power , Sustainable Building , sustainable design
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Top 5 Most Innovative Green Bridges on the Planet

Design and engineering innovations over the last two decades have had a dramatic impact on our ability to create beautiful, environmentally sensitive structures that help contribute to a more sustainable future. A dramatic example of the confluence of design, technology and environmental sustainability can be seen in the proliferation of innovative bridge designs around the world. We’ve put together a list of five of our favorites . Check them out and let us know what you think! Read the rest of Top 5 Most Innovative Green Bridges on the Planet Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture" , "wind power" , Green Building , green design , renewable energy , Solar Power , Sustainable Building , sustainable design
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James Law’s Technosphere is an Eco Deathstar for Dubai

Like an non evil, sustainable version of the Deathstar, the Technosphere by James Law Cybertecture replicates the Earth as a structural concept. Inside the eco-sphere is an entire world which serves as a vehicle to explore the issues of self-sustaining life on a smaller level. Although not nearly as self-sufficient as the Biosphere 2 , the Technosphere is meant to reflect the state of our planet in current and future times. Proposed as an iconic building for the Technopark of Dubai, the eco-sphere would be a carbon neutral tourist attraction as well as a place in which to live and work
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Cyberlink PowerDirector Ultra V7.00.1628

CyberLink PowerDirector is a digital video editing program that lets you create professional-looking video movies and photo slideshows, complete with music, voice-overs, special effects, transition effects and much more. If you don’t have experience making movies or creating slideshows, don’t worry. CyberLink PowerDirector is an easy to use tool that, with just a little practice, will have you making movies like a Hollywood director. In no time you will be creating creative videos and stylish
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ReNu Modular iPhone Charger Makes Solar Power Sleek

The problem with most built-in solar gadget chargers is that it just doesn’t make sense to stick your pricey phone in the sun for the whole day while you wait for it to charge. But the Regen ReNu modular solar panel takes care of that issue–the combination solar panel and battery pack attaches to the back of an iPod/iPhone dock or USB device for easy access to solar power. When you want to charge the panel, just remove it and place it near sunlight! Read the rest of ReNu Modular iPhone Charger Makes Solar Power Sleek Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: modular , regen , renu , solar panel , Solar Power
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Ridgeblade Wind Turbine Silences NIMBYs

Rooftop solar panels are unlikely to elicit complaints from neighbors–they’re silent and relatively unobtrusive. But loud rooftop wind turbines? That’s where the virtually NIMBY-proof Ridgeblade turbine comes in. The turbine, designed by a former Rolls Royce turbine engineer at UK-based The Power Collective , boasts a sleek profile that is both powerful and visually pleasing
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Taipei Pop Music Center Ever Changing Media Wall Powered By The Sun

Nabito Architects has proposed a fascinating new pop-art inspired design for the Taipei Pop Music Center that integrates a photovoltaic facade and a wall clad in LED panels. Depending on the activities of the Pop Music Center that day, the LED media wall can broadcast news, weather, advertisements and trailers for new events. Powered completely by the sun, the LED facade isn’t a drain on the grid when it lights up at night.
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