The Centre for Galium Nitride at Cambridge has developed a new method for producing Galium Nitride. Imagine that. What’s exciting about this is that Galium Nitrade (GaN as the kids like to call it) is the most expensive component of LED light bulbs. Until now Galium Nitrade could only be grown on pricey sapphire wafers. [...]

File this one under Handy Devices That Are Both Environmentally Friendly and Practical; or just under eco-friendly gadgets. Whatever floats your boat. Anyway, I recently came across Brando’s Multi-function Digital Mobile Solar Charger. It’s a handy little eco-friendly gadget that uses a small solar panel to charge a lithium battery pack which in turn charges [...]

This week Fujitsu announced the impending release of the first zero-watt computer. The Esprimo Green will hit stores this summer. Fujitsu boasts that the Esprimo Green uses absolutely zero power while in standby mode while still being “administrable”. Fujitsu plans on giving a demonstration of the Esprimo Green Mobile Think Client at the Cebit technology [...]

The Wall Street Journal reports that after the election, Barack Obama’s advisors held a meeting with IBM to find out what kind of impact federal funding for the IT industry would accomplish. IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano made it clear that investment in IT would create jobs and even got pretty specific on it saying that [...]

Get in shape and save the planet at the same time with this cool little phone charger that goes by the name of Pedal and Power. I like this idea a lot because not only is it a great example of environmentally friendly technology but it is also extremely practical. Pedal and Power claims to [...]

The new Lenovo LCD Thinkvision L244ox monitor was recently honored with Greenpeace’s highest rating for monitors in their Green Electronics Survey. Lenovo credits part of its high eco-score with the monitors “Light Booster” technology which allows the monitor to perform its function on half the energy. Since the Greenpeace Electronics Survey also looks at things [...]

Google thinks that maybe there’s a chance the guy sitting on the couch will be able to save the world. Hey, you never know. Thus, Google has launched Project10tothe100, where they ask people to submit videos that will change the world for the better for a shot at $10 million. Although the deadline for submissions [...]

Biowalls are a very cool looking and effective way to purify indoor air quality. Check out the video of these amazing examples of eco architecture and let us know what you think of the biowall.

Whirlpool introduced its new line of green appliances this week. The new eco-friendly kitchen appliances include their Resource Saver refrigerator, dishwasher and range. The star of the line-up has to be the eco-friendly refrigerator which uses the same amount of power as a 60-watt light bulb. The green fridge also comes equipped with Whirlpool’s 6th [...]

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show seemed to have an official theme of environmentalism. With every company hawking their latest green wares it felt like the tech industry had major some major leaps forward in reducing its environmental impact. But how many of these eco-friendly gadgets were having a real impact and how many were just [...]