I admit it: I really need to get more exercise. Now that I can finally walk without closely resembling Herman Munster that may well happen. And wouldn’t it be neat if I could kill two birds with one stone and provide a little extra electricity while doing it? If I …
This might not be the most financially sound decision you can make, but it is one of the more environmentally conscious decisions. Sometimes you have to weigh the pros and cons and decide which side is going to win. What I like about this is the ability to charge my …
It seems that most of us are permanently attached to our devices, no matter what we’re doing. I’m just as guilty as the next person, unable to resist checking my phone several times a day if I’m away from a computer. Which often leaves me looking for somewhere to charge …
While I have never lived in a house that has skylights, I have always wanted to, and I’ve always been jealous of my friend who have one or more of them. One of the things they complain about, though, is that they either cannot open and close them at all, …
For better or for worse, we’ve come to rely on our portable gizmos and gadgets for just about every aspect of our lives. With camping season right around the corner, though, it’s not like you’re going to find a lot of power outlets in the middle of the woods. Powered …
One of the things you may not know about me is that I am a fairly serious cook. I mean, sure, I’m not above opening a package of noodles and eating them for lunch, but as a rule my dinners are planned out and I’ve got around a hundred original …
Dyson is nothing if not innovative. They brought us vacuum cleaners that actually get to the places we need to clean, heaters and fans that don’t have blades, and a few other things that make our lives simpler if a fair bit lighter in the pocketbook. This newest idea, though, …
Depending on what part of the world you live in, right now you could be buried under several feet of snow, or you could be dealing with temperatures so hot people are trying to fry eggs on the sidewalk or anywhere in between. Where I live, winter has come, and …
It’s the weekend, so kick back, open a book, and enjoy the breeze from a giant wind turbine. The United States installed a record number of wind farms in 2012, which total up to 13.2 gigawatts of possible energy. And to think, Doc Brown freaked out over just 1.21 measly …
When you think about an oil company like Shell, you immediately assume that they’re only about the stuff that you pump into your car. Of course, that’s a big part of their business, but they also have to think about the future. We also have to realize that any one …
The holidays are coming, and with them the annual panic associated with having to buy gifts. Some people are so easy you could spend a million dollars on them before you reached the end of your ideas, while others end up with a gift card to somewhere generic because they …
We are all familiar with having a generator for a backup plan in case the power goes out for an extended period of time, right? Even if we haven’t experienced a need for one ourselves, we definitely have seen the need with recent natural disasters such as Hurricanes Sandy and …
