The Greener Gadgets Design Competition was held last month in New York City as part of Core77's: "challenged the global design community to design
a "greener gadget"; to create innovative solutions addressing the issues of energy, carbon footprint, health and toxicity, new materials, product lifecycle, and social development."
Some of the entries in the competition are…um… shall we say interesting? In the interest of saving you time, I have reviewed all most some of the applications and came up with:
Ardell's top six Greener Gadgets
- Plug-in Watch – forget about having to replace batteries, just plug your watch into
your computer's UBS port. Wham!! Instant charge! The thing I don't get is why does the watch double as a memory stick? Now that would be cool! - Washup – have you ever lived in a small house where you wish you could do the laundry while you used the toilette? Well do I have a deal for you! Now you can re-use the water from your washing machine to flush your toilette! If you order now, you will receive the ultra-cool stainless steel model for no extra charge![@more@]
- Digital Tattoo Interface – Forget about carrying a cell phone around with you, install one in your arm. That's right – in your arm. This Bluetooth device is permanently implanted under your skin and runs on your "blood's glucose and oxygen". Let's put those tattoos to work!!
- EnerJar – this is the one device that boggles my mind… I mean, while the idea is simple (ie. pug the EnerJar up to any device and you can find out how much energy it is using), what gets to me is that there are already a billion different products that do the same exact thing on the market!!! *sigh* I guess the fact that it's a "free-ware" item guarantees it as the 2008 Grand Prize Winner.
- Kill-A-Watt Button – Since we all are lazy computer nerds, someone came up with a simple button that will shut down our computer, monitor, save all our files and save the world a ton of electrical power. It actually looks kind cool…kinda like an Apple mouse.. =/
Ardell's Grand Prize Winner is…
No Gadget by Simone Pallotto of Belgium.
That's right – No Gadget. Mr. Simone simple said:
"We are currently producing too many not useful things, being for practical or emotional purposes; too much trash we accumulate everyday!"
Way to go Simone!!!