5 Apps That Will Help You Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at Home

Being a part of the modern world requires you to interact with technology. If you are like most Americans and Europeans, you probably have concerns about how your technology usage impacts the planet. While many advances seem to be detrimental, that isn’t always the case. Sometimes technology really can help us live better, and it’s … Read more →

Solar Panels Projects Are Under Threat

Solar Panel projects are being slashed according to government sources today, with government ministers stating that the commercial solar farms are benefitting from feed in traffics. The government have also stated that they will be looking to take off in the region of £40million pounds from the yearly budgets or 10% from any projected costs … Read more →

Open Planet Ideas – Innovation by the people for the planet

Technology is deemed a very good thing for us.  It makes our lives easier and better. That is why Open Planet Ideas, in conjunction with Sony and WWF, is inviting you to help create a clean and green environment for the present and future generations with the use of existing technologies. If you have a … Read more →

Facebook Doubles Size of Data Center in Oregon

Facebook first told us about their plans for building a data center in Oregon back in January this year, a data center more than 13,000 square meters big. They have now decided to add another 14,000 square meters to it, according to IDG News Service. First part of the construction is scheduled to be finished … Read more →

Cardboard Computer Goes Into Production

Recompute has created a computer where the casing is made out of cardboard. The company announced on their Twitter recently that the cardboard computer can be ordered already now, even though expected delivery and price is not yet official. Apparently, by making the computer casing out of cardboard, they reduce the amount of material not … Read more →

Internet Explorer 8 Extends Laptop Battery Life

Who would have thought, there’s actually something that Internet Explorer 8 does better than the other browsers 🙂 When it comes to battery life on your laptop, surfing with Internet Explorer 8 is likely to provide you with 8% more minutes for surfing than if using Firefox 3.5.2. Safari 4 in Windows is the worst … Read more →

Fujitsu: Laptops Not Necessarily Greener Than Desktops

Several elements can cause laptops to take a greater toll on the environment than desktop  computers. Especially since the laptop computers with small power consumption has convinced many that laptops are “greener”, compared to desktop computers. But looking at the total impact on the environment, it’s not so certain that a laptop is actually greener … Read more →

Kinesis K3 Solar/Wind Power Portable Charger

Don’t you just hate being stuck out in the woods without any power and your iPhone is about to run empty? Get yourself a K3 from Kinesis Industries! This gadget can charge your cell phone, MP3 player etc., either by solar or wind power. The K3 is somewhat waterproof but otherwise heavy duty. It will … Read more →

Man-made Salt Water Clouds To Stop Global Warming?

Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author, academic and environmental writer, just came out with a new idea on how to stop global warming: Man-made clouds made by vaporizing ocean salt water up into the air! He estimates that the project would cost somewhere around 8.5 billion dollars and if I remember correctly, he mentioned something with 1900 … Read more →

Sony Ericsson GreenHeart: C901 & Naite

Sony Ericsson GreenHeart - Naite (left) C901 (right)
Sony Ericsson GreenHeart - Naite (left) C901 (right)

Sony Ericsson recently announced two new environmentally friendly mobile phones from their new GreenHeart line. Sony Ericsson “GreenHeart” is the result of a long commitment to try and avoid using dangerous chemicals in design and production.

Sony Ericsson C901 GreenHeart is the first high-end product in the GreenHeart line, it comes with an electronic user manual within the phone, rather than a paper manual. This reduces 90% of the paper. The phone also comes in a smaller package to reduce the costs of transportation. The device is produced of at least 50% recycled plastic and it’s equipped with a sensor that automatically adjusts the displays brightness to match the surroundings, which is nothing new though, but I assume it could be a bit more aggressive on the C901 than other phones? Sony Ericsson used a water-based paint to color the phone to avoid “volatile organic compounds”.

Sony Ericsson C901 GreenHeart also ships with the WalkMate application that allow users to compare their walking steps (pedometer) with the equivalent distance if covered by car. When it comes to the technical specifications, C901 GreenHeart is not bad either. It comes with a five mega-pixel camera with auto-focus and Xenon-flash. It supports smile shutter and face recognition, best-pic, red-eye reduction, PictBridge and photo blogging. Obviously the C901 also has a mediaplayer, stereo bluetooth, e-mail, games and FM radio with RDS. Sony Ericsson C901 GreenHeart comes with the MH300 GreenHeart headset also made partial out of recycled plastic.

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