Green Gadgets Competition
Engadget has a nice post about green gadgets competition.
Recompute is a fully sustainable design for a desktop computer — meaning that it makes use of low-impact manufacturing, uses fully recycled materials, and is easily dismantled at the end of its life for… you guessed it: more recycling. We don’t have full specs on this puppy right now, but we know it’s got 8 USB ports, and that we’re getting one if it ever makes it to production. Also in the running is the RITI eco-friendly printer, which uses coffee and / or tea dregs in place of costly, old, boring and non-eco-friendly ink. The printer is also manually operated, and does not use electricity — which may not make it the speediest device in the world — but we don’t print that much, anyway. Next up, there’s Harddrive — which is a simple USB flash drive encased in concrete to stave off harmful leaching into landfills once disposed of — though the concrete obviously makes the drive a bit nastier to haul around town. Finally, the Inlet Outlet is a whole-home concept that combines a standard outlet — which eats up the juice — with an inlet right next to it, which returns some electricity to the grid. The design is for adapter kits which could easily be used to green up your home.
