If you’re fascinated by homes and home appliances of the future like us, allow us to shed some light on SONTE film. The California startup revealed their unique innovation at CES 2013 in January but this week, they’re finally ready to move further with it. Also known as ‘smart film,’ this transparent plasticky material can more »

Acer announces that the Aspire R7 notebook and B6 Series monitors have been selected to receive Best Choice awards at this year’s Computex Taipei. The Aspire R7, Acer’s revolutionary notebook, competed in the Computer & System category, while the B6 monitors, made with post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic, stood out in the Green ICT award category. The Best Choice Award more »

K-TOR, LLC, designer and manufacturer of portable power generators, recently announced the release of their second-generation Pocket Socket hand crank generator, the Pocket Socket 2. This affordable human powered generator features a standard outlet interface, which provides backup energy and emergency power to a wide range of electronic devices. The patented technology inside the Pocket more »

I’m an all day note-taker — my day or week’s itinerary, messages to give to someone else, story ideas, ramblings, etc. Unfortunately I’m also a bit of a messy — well, unorganized person, I admit. And as you may guess, these two personality traits usually add up, for me, to lots of unorganized, folded pieces more »

The best thing about portable digital devices like smartphones and tablets is how they provide such information right at our fingertips. While they excel in cities and urban areas, they don’t always perform the best in extreme outdoor situations. Designed with the outdoor enthusiast in mind, the creator of Earl has engineered a tablet that’s more »

Etón Corporation, a leading creator of high-performance, eco-minded consumer products, announces the availability of the BoostSolar. BoostSolar is a USB or solar powered backup battery for handheld devices and tablets. The high-efficiency solar panel charges an interchangeable, rechargeable lithium battery. The 5000 mAh battery is enough to fully charge most smartphones two and one half more »

Lenmar Enterprises has released their newest solution for portable power, The Helix. It is the first product created specifically for Lenmar’s Undead Power, a campaign started by the company back in February of this year. Products supporting Undead Power feature the green double helix, inspired by the structure of DNA. The Helix packs 11,000 mAh more »

What’s better than a solar panel that can charge your iPad? One that can charge two, of course. Suntactics, a California-based company, has been focusing on portable solar and off-the-grid technology products since 2009. The newest addition to their lineup of portable products is the sCharger-12. The Suntactics sCharger-12 is a dual-port mini solar panel more »

This Kickstarter project has funded pretty quickly over the past couple of days, and I certainly expect it to overfund significantly before the campaign is over. The concept behind the Siva Cycle Atom is using a bicycle as a generator to power a battery pack, which can be used to charge electronic devices via USB. more »

Who doesn’t love lasers? If you’re into lamps and laser lighting, then you’ll want to visit the Firefly Kickstarter page and check it out. The Firefly is a sleek new lamp design, using passively cooled, blue laser technology. It scatters hundreds of laser lights (fireflies) and illuminates your surroundings, using only 0.4 watts of household energy. This laser more »

The iSocket family of intelligent devices was launched by Intellectronics, Finland, in 2011, and has gone from strength to strength. The slogan said it all: “Control your home, save energy, save money.” Intellectronics believes this is what every householder wants and needs, hence the company motto: “iSocket in every home.” Due to economic concerns, the need for more »

Solar energy and portable power are pretty popular these days and Brown Dog Gadgets is feeling the love on their Folding USB Solar Cell Kickstarter project, which hit 150% goal in 10 hours! They’ve been selling USB solar kits for a long time but now they’re focusing on providing more power on the go. Their Kickstarter more »