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Skyscraper Creates All Its Own Energy
May 12, 2007 by 29 Comments
This skyscraper, to be built in Dubai, is called the Burj al-Taqa (‘Energy Tower’), and it will produce 100% of its own power. The tower will have a huge (197 foot diameter) wind turbine on its roof, and arrays of solar cells that will total 161,459 square feet in size. Additional energy is provided by… [Continue Reading]
Aptera Test Drive A Success!
December 24, 2007 by 55 Comments
It’s the Aptera — a futuristic car that has generated a lot of buzz lately — and with good reason — the Aperta is a very, very efficient vehicle (just check out the video: you’ll see what I’m talking about). The car’s head-turning design has a purpose: the shape is highly aerodynamic (much like a… [Continue Reading]
Freshaire Choice: A Zero-VOC Paint To Be Sold At Home Depot
March 2, 2008 by 101 Comments
Wow, this is a truly non-toxic paint, and it’s going to be sold exclusively at Home Depot. It’s called Freshaire Choice, and it’s a zero VOC paint. According to the EPA, the air inside a home is, on average, two-to-five-times more polluted than the air outside. Paint is a large contributing factor to poor indoor… [Continue Reading]
The Best Rice Cookers
March 5, 2009 by 15 Comments
I recommend a fuzzy logic rice cooker if you eat rice every day, basically making your cooker an always-on device. Your rice will take about twice as long to cook as it does in on-off rice cookers — but if rice is part of your daily routine, that will never be a concern. In a… [Continue Reading]
Do Rechargeable Lithium-Ion AA Batteries Exist?
March 8, 2012 by 6 Comments
Do rechargeable lithium-ion batteries exist in standard sizes like AA, AAA, C or D? They do, but they don’t operate at 1.2-1.5 Volts. According to Isidor Buchmann, author of Batteries in a Portable World: A Handbook on Rechargeable Batteries for Non-Engineers, this is due to safety concerns — people might try to charge them in chargers made… [Continue Reading]
Electric Cars Making A Comeback In 2011
January 6, 2011 by 7 Comments
2011 is being heralded by auto industry insiders as the “year of the electric car”. Though we here at Metaefficient endorse a life free of dependency upon cars, 100% electric vehicles are certainly more fuel efficient than internal combustion vehicles and may be on their way to becoming user-friendly as well. For 2011 consumers interested… [Continue Reading]
The World’s First Flushable Diapers: gDiapers
November 7, 2005 by 14 Comments
gDiapers are innovative diapers invented by a husband and wife team from Australia. They are being billed as the first flushable diapers, and will soon be available in the U.S. The system consists of an outer shell (similar to a diaper wrap), an absorbent flushable insert, and a nylon snap-in liner. The whole ensemble comes… [Continue Reading]
Notes From The MetaEfficient Labs
April 20, 2008 by 13 Comments
I’ve been doing a lot of work in the MetaEfficient lab. I thought I would post an update on my experiments and research:
The Greenest Cell Phones of 2008
August 15, 2008 by 21 Comments
Most cell phones don’t even come close to being green — their chargers are energy inefficient, they contain hazardous chemicals, and they not are designed for upgrading or easy recycling. Recently though, some the big players in the field like Nokia and Sony Ericsson are making moves towards green design. As far as assessing which… [Continue Reading]
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