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12:17 pm in activism, cell phones, electronics, iphone, pollution, Science & Technology, Take Action, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger


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12:17 pm in activism, cell phones, electronics, iphone, pollution, Science & Technology, Take Action, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger


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12:50 pm in cell phones, electronics, gadgets, Science & Technology, solar power by TreeHugger
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Noting that "500 million of the world's cell phone owners have no access to electricity," a Hong Kong and Denver-based company is touting its solar-power charging panels as specially designed to remain affordable and viable "to users who live in off-grid, often impoverished regions of the world."...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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11:50 am in alternative energy, cell phones, concepts & prototypes, electronics, gadgets, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
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Cheesy jokes aside, the mobile phone provider Orange UK in conjunction with renewable energy experts at GotWind, has created the very first t-shirt that can charge small mobile devices via the use of sound. Sound, of course, creates vibrations through the air, which are then collected by reversing the function of a Piezoelectric film....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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11:00 am in batteries, cell phones, electronics, gadgets, Science & Technology, solar power by TreeHugger
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Gotwind has a history of coming up with some clever ideas for renewable energy charger for cell phones, from wind power to solar power to human power. Now they've come up with a smart cart that can charge up to 20 phones at a time using energy from daylight. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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11:59 am in alternative energy, cell phones, concepts & prototypes, electronics, gadgets, Science & Technology, technology by TreeHugger
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Using sound waves to charge small devices like cell phones is not a brand new idea. We reported on researchers from Texas A&M and University of Houston working on just such a concept back in 2008. However, there is new research out that could bring us much closer to this futuristic idea. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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10:42 am in cell phones, concepts & prototypes, electronics, gadgets, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
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The Queens University Human Media Lab has come up with a phone that not only provides a new way of interacting with your smart phone, but also what could be the most durable device yet. Using electronic paper, you simply bend the corners to call, play music, text and so on. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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2:00 pm in cell phones, do it yourself, gadgets, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
For those of us who subscribe to the "If you can't open it, you don't own it" mantra of the repair and DIY community, this list from Wired might be one of the most interesting things you read all week. The article goes through seven of the most hackable smartphones running Android, and links to instructions on how to make them a little more, um, user-friendly. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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