Articles Tagged “solar”

  • (LED) Lighting up the World

    While trekking in Nepal in 1997, Dave Irvine-Halliday was struck by the plight of rural villagers having to rely on smelly, dim and dangerous kerosene lanterns to light their homes. Hoping to make a difference, Dr Irvine-Halliday, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Calgary in Canada, founded the Light Up The World [...]

  • LED Light & Water Bottle

    Introducing the solar powered LightCap™, the water bottle with a light in the lid. The LightCap is the brightest idea you’ve ever seen. The LightCap is not only an unbreakable one-liter water bottle, it’s also the coolest solar powered LED light you’ve ever used. The cap has a built-in waterproof solar panel, battery pack and [...]

  • Illuminate Your Flower Pots With Solar Power

    The resin Solar GardenGlo planter by Patio Living Concepts uses sunlight to power six LED bulbs, which last 20,000 hours, according to the manufacturer. The planter comes equipped with a solar control unit, meant to be mounted to a ground stake and positioned in direct sunlight. The unit then captures and stores rays, saving the [...]

  • SolarCap Light Emitting tile

    The SolarCap system consists of modular, self-contained lighting devices that can be used for decorative or traffic flow purposes – powered only by solar energy. These unique devices incorporate the newest “EnergyCache” technology for energy storage, instead of the high maintenance rechargeable batteries that are currently used in solar deviced. Unlike batteries which must be [...]