From kitchen to car gadgets, and solar powered devices to electricity sucking ones, the Gadget Addiction website is heaven for anyone who loves to read up on news, reviews and the concepts behind popular gadgets.
Gadgets are designed to make our lives easier, whether it is quickly accessing apps or visiting sites such as O2 on your iphone, to kitchen utensils which seem to do all the work for us. Technology is evolving, becoming more advanced, intricate and creative, but that doesn’t mean it has to be expensive and electricity draining. More recently, scientists and designers are coming up with more and more eco-friendly or ‘green’ gadget ideas. These not only benefit the environment, but they make you realise how much electricity some devices need to operate. But can green devices be as reliable?
For example, prototypes of solar powered racing cars have been built and raced, which could even spark ideas for commercial cars. We already see the electric car, which uses half gas and half electricity and has proven to be more eco-friendly and quiet. However, its disadvantages have been that deaf and blind people who rely on their hearing, have trouble detecting these cars. The problem has been addressed and installing a car sound effect has been talked about. This problem could also arise for the solar powered car. In addition, it could only be used on sunny days, which poses a problem for many countries. Therefore, it is not a reliable gadget.
However, eco-friendly ideas have proven very beneficial in some cases. Take Maidstone Museum in the UK. A whole new wing to the museum was built with the intention of being totally green. The whole wing extension is heated by natural warmth, using a source heat pump. This is where rods are are placed deep into the earth which extract heat from the ground, but also provide cooling for the building. This technique helps to reduce the carbon footprint unlike a traditional gas boiler. In addition, solar roof panels will convert energy into electricity which will provide power to the museum This has proven to be a reliable and environmentally beneficial idea in Maidstone.
