There is news out right now that Apple has filed for a patent on adding photovoltaic cells to their iPods. That's right. I almost put this in the What? category, but I am staying strong that maybe it's a possibility. Can you imagine? I mean, I have replaced the battery in every iPod that I [...]
Read More Apple, holy cow that is cool, iphone, ipod, iPod Shuffle, photovoltaic, PV, SolarEric Lawrence won a Sustainable Award from Design Within Reach Austin's M+D+F competition recently for the Styro Light – his fixture that was created using the styrofoam packaging corners from Apple laptops. I think this is a well-exhibited design – the frame is aluminum, and there are 16 5W dimmable compact fluorescents illuminating the space. [...]
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