LuminAID Solar-Powered Inflatable Light Review
The LuminAID is a solar-powered, inflatable light that you can charge on the go and inflate to create a lightweight, waterproof light. Pretty neat, …
A vertical garden in your apartment built through distributed DIY
Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in …
K-TOR Power Box Pedal-Powered Generator Review
The Power Box by K-TOR is a human powered 120 Volt 20 Watt generator or, to make it simple, it’s like a stationary bicycle …
How To Build a Thoreau Cabin For Under $1,000
Over the course of two years, two months, and two days Henry David Thoreau carried out his famous experiment in simple living in a …
With These Fully Transparent Solar Panels Your Windows Could Harvest Energy
It is called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator, and researchers from Michigan State University report that they can be used on buildings, cell phones …
K-Tor Pocket Socket 2 Review
The Pocket Socket 2 by K-TOR is a portable hand crank generator with a power output of 10 Watts and 120 volt DC, enough …
Boilerwerks Backcountry Boiler Review
Boiling water must be one of the most mundane and common activities in daily life whether you’re at home or in the great outdoors, …
Beautiful Home Inspired by Thoreau’s Cabin – Built from Stone
A replica of Henry David Thoreau’s cabin with some nice stonework & slate roof – 10′x15′ Windows are recycled from Yale demolition. Timberframe and …
Worlds First Portable Wind Turbine for USB Devices
This portable wind turbine, the Flutter, is touted as being the “Key to Power Independence” and with 31 days still to go it has …
Voltaic Systems 6 Watt Solar Charger Kit
I’ve been looking for a solar charger kit that I could compare to the 7 watt Goal Zero Guide 10 Plus Solar Kit that …