Unplugged Living

May 9th, 2007

Traveling Using Human Muscle Power

It’s fast. It can take you places. It’s going to be powered by your very own muscles.
This is what the vehicles are at the recently held Human Powered Vehicle Challenge.
This event was held at the Ames Research Center of NASA in California. And during this event, there were teams of engineering students from different challenges […]

By Noel -- 2 comments

April 12th, 2007

Black Out IS Sydney’s Way To Differ Global Warming

Darkness. On a Saturday.
Just recently, Sydney said no to global warming through a black out. And because of this, you would never have realized that you were in Sydney. The growing concern about global warming has reached heights so much so that large cities like Sydney are working out ways so as to get everyone […]

By Noel -- 3 comments

April 9th, 2007

Environment Advocate Makes Everybody Listen Through Silence

For 17 years, he may not have been speaking. But John Francis, 61 years old and an environment advocate, is making sure that everybody is listening to what he has to say.
He may not be able to shout out loud but he has already gained much fame in his area around the San Francisco Bay. […]

By Noel -- 0 comments

March 30th, 2007

Millet Mobile Phone Charger: No Need For Electricity

When our mobile phone’s juice runs out, we hurriedly rush to find our charger and make sure that we get the juices back to our trusty gadget. But with this new mobile phone charger from Millet, you sure would be quite happy knowing that you would not be using electricity. All you need is your […]

By Noel -- 0 comments

December 19th, 2006

The Real Human Power Deal

What is real human power?

This one is:

Yes, it is a generator that gets its power from humans. All you need to do is flex up your muscles. Mount up the gadget-slash-device and time to speed up.

This generator has been proven to actually produce just enough electricity to give power to your home. In fact, the […]

By Noel -- 2 comments

December 8th, 2006

Human Powered Laundry Spinner

I got an email from one of my readers Dave Askins and he showed me his DIY project. He built this human powered laundry spinner. According to him “it removed the wringing step from doing my laundry by hand “.
He got some inspiration from a salad spinner.

Examining the […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

December 6th, 2006

Human Powered Water Purifier

At Oregon State University, 24 teams compete in the development of human powered water purification device. The device which can generate the highest amount of purified water in 1 hour wins.
Food coloring signified pollutants in the water. Using only human mechanical power, students had to bring the water to a boil, then condense the […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

November 13th, 2006

Power Your Mobile Phone Without Batteries/Electricity

So how does one give a mobile phone power and juice without having to use new batteries or using up electricity?
Well, there is a mobile phone charger in the market that actually makes use of the power of a human. It is a wind-up device so you can just wind the thing up and your […]

By Noel -- 4 comments

October 17th, 2006

Yoyo powered MP3 Player

Toss this for about 10-12 times and this will get enough charge so you can listen to your favorite music for about an hour. This was the winning entry for the Pop-Sci Core 77 Design challenge.
This new concept has now become feasible due to advances and convergence of many key technologies. MP3 […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

July 7th, 2006

Human-Powered Rider Mower

This thing rocks! I love push reel mowers, but when you’ve got over half an acre of lawn like I do, they become a bit tedious. Most of my neighbours may have big fancy gas-powered rider mowers, but I’d prefer one of these any day.
Unfortunately, I don’t know any welders. I wonder […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 1 comment