Sundance Channel

Green tech finds, 9/8/11

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:21:05 +0000

Harvesting runner power, turning plastic back into oil and becoming a (virtual) upcycling magnate: your green tech finds for the week. Charge your phone with your shoes: If you run or walk regularly, you're creating mechanical energy that's going to waste. The Instep Nanopower concept offers a way to capture that power and transfer it to electronic devices via wi-fi. (via Inhabitat and @EcoverUS) Become a Trash Tycoon on Facebook: Tired of Farmville? Guerillaapps new Facebook-based social game Trash Tycoon (which is sponsored by upcycling company Terracycle) gives you the opportunity to build a virtual recycling empire. (via Crisp Green)

Green tech finds: the Quirky edition, 8/25/11

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:30:42 +0000

Next week, the new series Quirky debuts on the Sundance Channel. We've featured lots of quirky ideas in the weekly green tech finds posts over the past two years, so in anticipation of the show I thought I'd go back to some of our most innovative (or, at least, most unusual) finds. And if you've just got to have the latest, we've got a few new ones, too.

Green tech finds (10/29/09)

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:23:59 +0000

Wind-powered techies, energy-capturing pavement, and DIY hybrid electric sports cars... it's time for your weekly green tech finds.

This light rocks: Literally... kinetic energy from rocking the Murakami chair powers an attached OLED lamp. (via Gizmodo)
Plug-ins aren't so weird: CNET editor Martin LaMonica takes note of the strides automakers are taking to make electric vehicles perform in a similar manner to their gas-powered counterparts.