Going Green: DIY-style

DIY Solar iPhone Charger

This
one’s not for the faint at heart when it comes to soldering but a DIY
guide for a MightyMintyBoost has been posted by Instructables user
Honus. Although the tutorial may tax your skills the result is a nifty
solar charger forged from various technical components and one Altoids
tin.

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Lifehacker’s Top 10 Battery Hacks

Everyone wants to get the most out of their
batteries. Not only does it cut costs, but extending the life of your batteries
helps the environment and can significantly decrease your frustration level.
Here are a few interesting pointers from the list:

• Ditch the DVDs. Spinning a video on disk
  is about as wasteful as spinning your tires when you consider the energy
  savings of running the video straight off your hard drive or a USB drive. So
  next time you plane on watching Snakes on a Plane on a plane, consider ripping
  it first
• Keep gadgets away from your hot,
  power-sucking legs by clipping devices to your belt. The additional heat given
  off by your body can impact on the longevity of your cell phone’s lithium ion
  battery life (though you’re not leaching enough energy to launch bolts from
  your hands like Ernest, it’s worth thinking about a belt clip)

Check out the complete list for other
battery saving tips

Build your own 125 MPG Hybrid car in your
garage!

Step 1: Become a Ford technical expert in
fuel economy

Step 2: Marvel that such a position
actually exists

Step 3: Take all those hyper-efficient
designs of yours that Ford wouldn’t employ and put ‘em to good use in a
garage-project.

The HyperRocket was designed by John, a
Ford employee, who in his spare time built this 124 MPG wunderkind bullet car.
The design calls for three wheels, a 250cc four stroke engine, and a patient
spouse that’s also trained in first aid.

Not a DIY-er? The whole shebang can be
yours for a paltry $15, 600, which is the opening bid on eBay

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SOBEaR

Finally a huggable bear that’s designed for
“anyone who does not know their own limits, or has problems controlling
themselves.” Yes, the future is now. Well, now is then so the future was just a
moment ago. Either way we finally have plush toys that dispense alcohol and know when you’ve had too much
(Disney’s had Winnie dishing drinks for years but his judgements never been
that great). SOBEaR is equipped with a built-in breathalizer and will cut you
off if you blow over after blowing into his face. How’s this green, you ask? It
saves the animal rights activists’ fuel from protesting the now abandoned
facility where real live panda’s were being trained to mix martinis.

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Steve is a self-confessed gadget addict with a soft spot for all green gizmos. He has a BA in English Literature and is currently completing his MA in Communication and Rhetoric.