Phillips has come out with the Eco TV. This 42″ beauty from Phillip doesn’t skimp on features, it has 1080p, 4 HDMI inputs, and the coveted energy star rating. The Eco TV comes with sensors that trace the ambient light in the surrounding area and automatically reduces the picture’s brightness b7 up to 80% from peak brightness to optimize energy consumption. Phillips claims that in low brightness mode, the Eco TV will use less than 75 watts!
The best part of the EcoTV is that its lead-free, assembled and packaged with recycled materials and only costs $1,399 when it comes out this month. You can find 42″ LCD tvs costing well over twice that much on the market so the best choice is also one of the most affordable.
Partly funded by the UK Government, the Morgan Life Car was launched at the Geneva Show earlier this month. According to Morgan, the LifeCar’s purpose is to “demonstrate that a zero emission vehicle can also be fun to drive”.
The Life Car, based on Morgan’s Aero 8, uses hydrogen to generate electricity and says that the only emissions will be water. Morgan claims a range of 200-250 miles and sports car handling and performance.
The Los Angeles Times recently reported on new tests of 100 “natural” and “organic” soaps only to find 47 of them to contain a known carcinogen, 1,4-dioxane. This substance causes cancer in lab animals and just like cell phones, microwaves, and beer, they are slowly killing us.
It just goes to show you that you can’t be too safe. I remember hearing a commercial for diet pills, it claimed it was all natural and their sales pitch goes something like this: “it’s all natural, so you know it’s safe”. Since when did that logic make any sense? I can list tons of things that are natural but not safe. Let’s see, most mushrooms, poisonous plants, a really hungry lion, lava, great white sharks, petroleum, etc.
And there you have it, the carcinogen ,1,4-dioxane, is a byproduct of certain petrochemicals. Now I’m scratching my head, how does a byproduct of petrochemicals get in an all natural product. Oh I forgot, because petroleum comes from dinosaur remains. How can something older than Jesus not be safe???
After reading, it seems that the “drink pee” slogan is a little misleading, or at least it was to me. My first thought was that they found a way to “recycle” urine so that it was drinkable. I was thinking of something like a UrineBrita™, but it is really a display showcasing how we are part of a closed loop. The urine that gets flushed down the toilet comes back to us eventually.
I think that’s kind of a no brainer. I remember thinking in 8th grade science that the “fresh” water we drink had at some point been the waste of dinosaurs, jesus, george washington, and anyone else who was able to take a leak. I kept that little tidbit to myself but now Eyebeam is displaying this wonderful idea for all to see at the Feedback Exhibit March 13 - April 19, 2008 in New York City.
As for the DIY kit, it’s for turning your urine into a hydroponic environment to grow your “greens”. <insert joke here>.
I wasn’t able to make the Greener Gadgets 2008 conference which was held in NYC. There were tons of new green gadgets and green issues brought to light. Here’s a Youtube video from one of the conference events of a photographer, Chris Jordon, who took meaningful pictures of our runaway consumption.
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