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As a new year has already come, a new development in the OLED technology is also expected to emerge. Here, it comes! Philips and BASF have recently collaborated to create a transparent OLED that also acts as a window when switched off. Combined with solar cells, the new OLED is also self-powered and energy-gathering, capable of generating electricity during the day and offering electricity in the night. So when you use it as the car roof in the day, the OLED will stay transparent, ensuring you a bright and open interior; while you switch it into an interior light during the night, however, the OLED then offers light with the energy it gathered in daytime.

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OLPC XO-3 is a tablet computer designed by San Francisco studio Fuseproject for the “One Laptop Per Child” project, which aims to distribute cheap, full-functional and self-powered tablets to kids in the developing countries. The OLPC XO-3 comes with a green rubber border and a removable cover that houses a solar cell to charge internal batteries. So whenever you need to charge your OLPC XO-3 tablet, simply split off the cover, put it under the sunshine for a while, and then done.

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Any design that features a high efficiency while a low cost is always appreciated, especially when they can bring something good to the environment. That’s why we love the concept of the Inflatable Solar Power Light, an inflatable, waterproof bag built with an LED bulb inside. It can get charged with a solar cell and comes with a battery that holds enough electricity for six hours of light on the low setting. As the light is designed for developing countries that lack electricity, it would be sold at a low price after its launch in January of 2012.

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Researchers from the University of Illinois have exhibited their latest achievement – the Electronic Skin via the Internet. It is hair-thin, constructed with sensors, antenna, LED and other parts and powered by built-in solar batteries to monitor a person’s heartbeat, brain activity, muscle contractions and so on. If you put it besides your throat, the device can even “hear” your words so as to accomplish certain tasks. It can be easily applied to anything, without need for glue. When such amazing things used in the medical field, we bet we humans can benefit more from the advanced technology.

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Jon Salerno’s Habitat Micro Home provides a clever and practical way to expand the area of your living space. It uses a small car docked underneath a 100 square feet house to act as an extra room so that the total reconfigurable space inside the Habitat Micro Home would reach 132 square feet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The U.S. military recently developed a new Solar-powered Tent that uses a-Si thin film solar cells instead of conventional solar panels to produce electricity energy. Its hourly power generation ranges from 800watt to 3000watt, and the larger the tent is, the more energy it offers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

At the Eco Products 2010 exhibition Sony showcased these ‘Flower Power’ Solar Windows that can convert sunlight into electrical energy. Compared with other solar windows on the market, the ‘Flower Power’ not only features an aesthetic design but can be specially customized according to the consumer’s preference. So what do you think? [Read the rest of this entry...]

With the technology and design placing towards energy-saving and multiuse, Jia Dai makes the flashlight a new one in the league. The flashlight not only can split open to work as a ceiling lamp, and more importantly, its solar cells can still recharge when in the open lamp status. So whenever you use the MIA Electric Flashlight Lamp, you’re always saving both the energy and your money. Sounds like a good deal. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Here’s a new solar powered lamp created by Jesper Jonsson that features a collapsible design for easy transportation and storage. When you unfold and expand its shade via a twisting motion, the smart light then can use the solar powered collected during the daytime to light up your dark night. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Good news for people who have long suffered from heavy farm work is that the Wunda Weeder will free them from those unpleasant tasks. As a collaborative invention by Brendan Corry and Peter Sargent, the Wunda Weeder features a sort of bed with an adjustable headrest, allowing the users to lay on their stomach while busy with the crops. The “bed” is adjustable, so that you can use the Wunda Weeder with different types of crops. On its top roof are a set of solar panels that harvest sun light to power the electric motor. So in one word, the motor comes with a remarkable ability to improve the farm productivity while cutting down the fuel consumption. No wonder such a Wunda Weeder is expected to be sold around $8,000. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Let’s start the article with a familiar situation: we go out to tour around, record the beautiful sceneries using a digital camera, click, click, click…then suddenly the camera runs out of power! That always makes us feel rather depressed. But fortunately that wouldn’t happen again, coz Weng Jie has come up with the Solar Camera Strap, a camera strap built with solar films on the surface to harvest the sunshine as energy for your device. The idea is really simple, but also practical. [Read the rest of this entry...]

With the 2010 FIFA World Cup entering the most important period, everyone around the world is showing more enthusiasm for the tournament and the football. So here today we’d like to introduce the world’s first solar powered football to you guys. Designed by a Taiwan based company, the new football is built with solar panels rather than conventional black pentagonal-shaped leather patches on the exterior, therefore it looks totally different from the common footballs. Besides, the company is developing a motion sensing technology, which is expected to be integrated with the football so that the visually impaired people can also enjoy the football game. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Also known as “Geometric Romance”, the lamp from Tommaso Gecchelin aims to bring you back to the romantic summer nights when the fireflies were flying around you. Yaps, romance. That’s the most important point you may find with the lamp, and another feature the device has is high tech. It is filled with electronic fluid that is moved by a pump, and powered by a wireless system located in the base. Moreover, you can touch the lamp to change the color of the light! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Excited about the cool Renault 2010 Sand Jumper? Well, continue reading then, coz the following information is much more exciting. [Read the rest of this entry...]

People say that swimming pools offer more than entertainment to the users, but also resulting in illness, provided that the pools are not completely safe from contamination. The Healthier Pool Purifier puts an end to the algae and other bacteria in the water with the mineral electrode insert, which would release ions to kill them. Powered by solar panels on the top, the electrode insert has a life span of up to one year while the passing of time won’t weaken its function. You like the design? Purchase it for $349.95 through Hammacher. [Read the rest of this entry...]