When it comes to tapping the alternate energy source there is no arguing that we are not just tuned into solar power but are digging into it as we speak. There are tons of gadgets out in the market today that sport a solar panel to charge them up and yet this is not even remotely sufficient if we need to get to a day when this entire planet runs on green energy. Gadget geeks and music freaks most often translate automatically into eco-conscious citizens as well (though not always) and it is to this special breed that the tunes Solar Sound would be the perfect musical symphony.

Solar Sound is a Bluetooth Speaker that is light and portable while still being able to produce a deep, clear sound and doing all this and a lot more by drawing its energy from the wide solar panel hat it sports. Created by Devotec Industries, Solar Sound is the perfect green and clean accessory to your current music system, MP3 player, iPhone, iPod, mobile phone or any other gadget that needs a portable speaker to let the world know your taste in music.

Sporting a size of 16.5 x 5.5 x 5.5cm and weighing just 260g, it even comes loaded with a touchscreen that allows you to control your audio content, a built in mike in case you are integrating it with a phone and even a 3.5mm connector which facilitates its use with music sources that do not have Bluetooth. On full charge it can go good 8 hours at medium volume and about 4-5 hours at peak sound. While this cool USB Solar Charger would charge your gadgets anywhere, a 12-24 charge in the sun will make Solar Sound the perfect companion and will make your green audio collection complete.

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Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) have launched the Guiltless Green Home Theater. It is an awesome home theater system which comes with the great ability to power itself through solar energy. The Home Theater system would come with a unique Sharp projector, an Integra AV receiver, Monster Cable wiring, Lutron lighting and many other important accessories.

It would also include a 100” Steward Film screen and the really cool SpeakerCraft speakers. The system would be complimented and graced by furniture manufactured by Salamander. Solar panels would be mounted on the roofs and they can power the home theater system for about 19 hours.

You could watch the video to check out how it really works. I must say it is a brilliant concept. Just look around you, you would be wasting so much of electricity. But With this, you would have no guilt of wasting energy as it uses solar energy.

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It is not very often that luxury Yachts are eco-friendly. In fact, it has been only in the last couple of years that such a trend has come about with eco-conscious consumers forcing manufacturers to blend in green features along with the lavish elements. DSe Hybrid Yacht amalgamates luxury along with some spectacular looking solar panels to give the environmentally friendly folk something to be happy about. The yacht has all the ultra-modern features to pamper your senses and still has an integrated engine that runs on a combination of solar and conventional energy.

DSe Hybrid just debuted by Island Pilot at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show uses a combination of sola, electric and diesel powered engine to propel it forward. The best part is that on a sunny day, the yacht can move just on solar power at a pace of 6 knots and considering that this is a ‘luxury yacht’ most likely to be used for holidays and gentle cruises, that is a very acceptable speed on a day you just want to go nowhere and relax on the waves! This also reduces emissions completely and gives you an absolute silent ride.

Yes, that means that if there is a splash in the ocean from a dolphin racing by, you will get to hear it for sure. It can still hit a speed of 13 knots when needed and the luxury features incorporated are second to none. 26-inch HD TV, home theater system, plush interiors and plenty of classic wooden styled surrounding make it a complete delight. At a price of $600,000, this is all about going lavish in an acceptable way!

Via: Engadget

If this was not dubbed as real, one could have sworn that this was something that is just a little prop used in a B-Grade Hollywood movie where walking structures from alien planet come and swallow us up. But the world’s first Walking House is built for those who like to get a move on with their lives. Build on a set of six hydraulic-powered legs; this really looks like a monster from a bad nightmare. But the new mobile home is far better and a lot more planet-friendly than conventional homes and could very soon be an integral part of our world.

The house is 3.5 meter high (fit enough for four people) and comes with a living room, kitchen, composting toilet, bed, wood stove and a mainframe computer that controls the legs. The house is powered by solar and wind energy and that is a real great piece of news as we will not have to pay the electricity bills anymore. The house can accommodate up to four people at a time and comes completely furnished. It cost $ 49,000 to build the prototype and one can be sure that with such a home, you could just drop off at work without ever getting late!

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We often witness people around us making efforts keep electricity and water at two different poles and little does we realize that the electric engine revolution is spreading like a virus in the boating world as well. But if you happen to be riding over the speedboat on water then there cannot be a better power source than sun. Featured above is the Czeers MK1 model solar speedboat, a 30-knot photovoltaic dream in luscious shades of carbon fiber, solar cell and lush orange leather. Dutch founders claim it to the world’s first solar speedboat.

The Delft Technical University Solarboat Team designed this original platform to enter into the 2006 Nuon Frisian Solar challenge, which they finally won and then started evolved their interest in attracting serious investment power from Rabobank to develop a full scale test boat.

The resulting test boat is structured using 100% carbon fiber inlaid with leather trim, photovoltaic cells on roughly all flat surfaces and an LCD touch-screen control system, unveiled at the Millionaire Fair in 2007, claims to make up to 30 knots on water. The 10-meter boat can be packed in 14 square meters of solar panels and an 80kw electric motor. It runs without oil and produces no fumes or engine noise and rides in a truly fashionable style.

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You should not restrict the worth of a solar panel to its utility factor as its aura and artistic exquisiteness gives enough reason to install it in courtyard. If you wish to enjoy tea in an open sky (in garden) then SOLo Lounge Table would bring an end to your search. It is elite in design, appeal and utility. But so are others then why ink deal with this? Correct! I respect your thought and thus would give you a justified reason to debar every other table. It doesn’t occupying the empty space in your lounge but also is feature packed with a USB, lighter and standard 3 prong outlets; thereby allowing you to charge your electronic devices (laptops and other portable devices) without plugging them in.

This pioneering table makes use of Bluetooth technology to gather, allocate and display information on both the tabletop LCD display screen and between computers and internet. It works like this: The silicon cells rooted on its glass surface accumulates the solar energy and then very efficiently converts it into electricity. It is efficient to harness over 17 kilowatts of solar energy every year.

This amount of energy is suffice to charge your mobile phone almost 300 times and laptop by 200 times. It would surely achieve its deserving visibility in the coming years to come via its contributing share to green drive.

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