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Solar-Powered Digital Window Thermometer

Merry Christmas everyone! So, how’s your Christmas Eve? Was it a blast? Or was it simple just like the past years? Oh well, whatever it is, I’m sure you’re looking forward to another great Christmas day. So, what’s the plan for today? No concrete ideas in mind? Oh come on, you can always go out and have some fun! What’s stopping you? Is it the weather? Oh, I see. Maybe you’re thinking that it must be so cold outside. But how will you know if you don’t go out now? If you just have this Solar-Powered Digital Window Thermometer, you’ll know the temperature in an instant.

So, what’s with this solar-powered thermometer? Its main feature actually lies on its solar panel, charging itself during daytime, so you’ll know the current outdoor temperature without the need to go out of your house. But aside from that, it also displays the minimum and maximum temperatures of the day. Just stick it to the outside of your window, move those curtains to the side, and voila! No need to wait for the weather advisory online or on TV just to know the temperature outdoors. All you need is this eco-friendly thermometer.

Now you might wonder what it’s made of. Would you believe that it’s from durable recycled plastic? Yes, that’s true! So, no worries that it’s going to break when exposed to too much sunlight. And when you want to clean it, all you need to do is detach it from the window and wipe it clean with a cloth.

So, do you already know now what’s the temperature outside? Maybe you’ll do right after reading this article and stepping outside of your home. So the next time around, make sure you have this Solar Digital Window Thermometer. It’s available at Amazon.com for only $19.95. Buy one now!

Go Green with the Green Mobile Phone Charger

green chargerAdvances in mobile technology allow more and more people use gadgets such as cellphones. These cellphones are therefore powered by batteries. These batteries gets to be cut smaller and smaller by manufacturers as the demand for slimmer and better looking devices always continue to rise thus forcing less juice available for your phone to guzzle. This makes consumers plug in their phone more frequently like I do when I had a Motorola V3i which was really thin yet the battery goes kaput easily.

Laziness (which i think is very much inherent in our generation) is always the factor that makes us just let the phone charger plugged in for “later use”. But according to studies, 5% of a chargers power consumption is for charging the phone while 95% of it is wasted by letting it plugged in and letting electricity just pass through it.

The Green Mobile Phone Charger solves the problem of wasting electricity, not the laziness part unfortunately, by turning off completely when the phone is fully charged or when no phone is attached. The design of the product looks Apple-ish but that isn’t a minus as far as I’m concerned. There is also this cradle like base that makes your phone stand and look good while charging.

Available for Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones, I wish there were also for mini-USB charging ports like some PDA phones.

I’m pretty sure that even though only two manufacturers are supported, those two still compromise a huge chunk of global phone market share thus making the energy saving potential of this gadget significant. This eco-gadget would be the perfect thing for personal use or as a gift.