Screaming “BACK OFF!” in the face of CO2, Toshiba today has announced at IFA 2008 that upcoming LCD televisions and notebook PCs will be earning serious Mother Nature brownie points. Eco’d up to the eyeballs, the new Toshiba 42XV515D comes loaded with smart new innards that enable it to reduce the amount of backlights used via an ‘advanced brightness control’ technique, meaning it uses less power, which will keep the bunnies hopping in the meadows for another season at least.
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Electrolux locks and loads Enviro Steam Gun
It’s a formidable eco-weapon in the fight against household grime. Tooled up with one of these bad boys you can blast mildew, grease and scum into next week - or clean the car - without using any chemicals, just tap water.
PopCo H2Go - no batteries for the first hydrogen fuel cell car
The mass produced water powered hydrogen fuel cell car just became a commercial reality with the launch of H2Go. But the oil companies needn’t panic just yet as the car is rather small – being a remote control toy from PopCo Entertainment.
Electrolux Sfera: world’s first wall-mounted laundry ball!
Forget everything you thought you knew about washing machines. The perfectly round Sfera is a little bathroom bound device that spins your undies clean on its own wall-mounted plumbing, while its wastewater flushes the loo.
Eco clothes make business sense for Helly Hansen
Green clothing isn’t all about wearing wicker shoes and hemp underwear. Helly Hansen’s new Eco Labs range shows that sustainable clothes needn’t mean sacrificing your fashion sense, and can be good for business.
Bedol eco-clock runs on salt water
Batteries not included – or needed. Amazingly, this simple clock will run forever on salt water alone. It gets all the electrons it needs from the solution, so all you need to do is top it up once in a while.
Nulla chainless bicycle is the next green fashion craze
The chain itself is the weakest link in bike design, so the chainless Nulla has a distinct advantage and its sleek, futuristic lines could make it a future fashion icon.
IKEA to sell GreenTech solar panels
The flat-packed furniture business has been so good to Ikea that it’s pouring 50m Euros into GreenTech projects that will prioritise the stocking of solar panels and other eco products.
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