With this handy multiple pairing compliant Bluetooth headset you will have two options when it comes to charging the device – solar and AC.

The most convenient way to charge up the headset using the unlimited Solar energy. Infinite standby time under sunlight. It supports multiple pairing – connects up to two bluetooth mobiles/devices at a time.

Features:

• Charged by Sunlight: Built with Solar Charging Panel, Provides Infinite Standby time under sunlight
• Charged by USB: bundled with Usb charging cable, which can be charged by your Desktop(PC/Mac), Laptop or AC Adapter.
• Headphones support A2DP, Headset, Handsfree Profiles
• Noise Reduction Technology: Provides Call Clarity
• Support Multiple Pairing: Easy to pair 2 devices for 1 headset
• Cradle for Desktop & Car-Use: Headset resting stand
• Volumn control button
• Bluetooth: 2.1+EDR Class 2 (Enhanced Data Rate)
• Battery: 5 hours listening time, 5 hours talk time
• Exchageable Earbuds (S, M, L, XL)
• Ear Hook
• Dimensions: (L)54.5 x (W)17 x (H)11.3 mm
• Weight: 13.1 g

You can get this Solar Power Bluetooth Headset over at Gadget Brando for $66.90.

This USB 2.0 compliant 4-port hub doubles as a solar charger. Six included adapters allows you to charge just about any cell phone, MP3 player or other digital product available.

This solar charger can be recharged through direct sunlight, AC power or car power. It is convenient for you to take along with when you are out on business, on travel, on a long journey on bus or ship, etc. It is a portable, environmentally-friendly, lightweight, durable and versatile solar charging product.

Features:

• Portable and convenient power back up for your devices
• Use the sunlight to charge your mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players, MP4 players, PSP or NDS Lite
• Built-in lithium battery can be recharged by sunlight, AC power and stored
• USB 2.0 4-Port hub
• Fully compliant with USB 2.0 specification
• Backwards compatible with USB 1.1
• Plug and play
• Supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OSX and Linux
• Dimension: 64 x 64 x 16mm (approx.)
• Weight: 54g

The USB Solar Charging 4-Port Hub is available over at the USB Brando website for $20.

With this cool DYI solar robot kit you will get six types different robots for the price of one.

This “do it yourself kit” is a great beginners introduction to solar power technology and the end result is your very own little robot. There are 6 different ways to build it, so you could have a robot dog one minute, or a boat for your bath the next. If either of those don’t do anything for you then why not build your own little plane (moving or still), windmill or solar powered car.

The good news is that you don’t need a degree in robotics to start with, or have to try and figure out which screw is A678b and how part D456 slots into F9097a. The diagrams are big and very easy to follow, there are only 25 parts and no screws are involved.

You can build:

• Robotic Dog
• Boat
• Moving Plane
• Car
• Windmill
• Desktop Plane

The 6 in 1 Solar Robot Kit is available from the Red5 website for £13 (about $21 USD).

This new eco-friendly LED lantern can be charged either by using the good old hand-crank technique or by the energy from the sun. The lamp is also equipped with a mobile charger.

Features:

• Six high brightness LED lights with life more than 10,000 hours
• 3 LEDs / 6 LEDs mode
• Efficient Polysilicon Solar Panel
• Useful double charging methods: Solar and crank dynamo
• Crank dynamo mobile phone charging for emergency use
• Solar charging time: around 6 hours
• Dimension: 18.5 cm x 8.3 cm
• Product Weight: 210g

The Hand Winding, Solar Camping Lamp with Charger is available from GizFever for $34.99.

This tiny racing car on a keychain is equipped with two solar powered features – a LED flashlight in the front and a counterfeit money detecting UV light in the back.

Features:

• 2 Front White LED Light
• 2 Rear UV Light (Money Checking light)
• On/Off Switch at Top of the Car
• Solar panel under the car
• Dimension (Solar Panel): 3.5cm x 2.1 cm
• Dimension (Without KeyChain): 6.1 cm x 2.9 cm x 2.2 cm
• Product Weight: 20g

You can get the 2-in-1 Mini Racing Car LED Light for $4.99 over at the GizFever.com website. There are three different colors for you to choose from: yellow, black or red.

The British company Flashbay has a new line of carbon neutral USB flash drives called “Nature Series”, featuring a natural hardwood shell from an PEFC certified source.

The perfect blend of modern technology, environmentally sustainable materials and sophisticated styling, this USB Memory Stick is machined from European Maple (light wood). Complete with all the capabilities of a traditional Flash Drive and brandable by either colour printing or laser engraving, the Nature Series is perfect if you are looking for a distinctive product with a tactile feel and great visual appeal.

The Nature Series USB Flash Drive from Flashbay is available with memory capacities ranging from 32MB up to 8GB. (price available upon request).

(Ecofriend via EnviroGadget via Gizmo Watch via Coolest Gadgets)

Some of you might remember that Eco-Friendly Water-Powered Clock that was covered here at GeekAlerts last summer. This new model takes it one step further by allowing you to power the timepiece with just about any liquid – yes, even beer.

No batteries are required to power this futuristic clock. Fill it with any liquid – water, juice, milk, even beer – and it will keep accurate time and date displayed.

The Mini Hydro Clock is available from the Edmund Scientific website for $7.95.

(Random Good Stuff via Techfresh)

This 3-LED flashlight from 5.11 Tactical uses no batteries whatsoever and provides the longest uptime (90 minutes) and the fastest recharge (90 seconds) on the market.

The 5.11 Light For Life™ comes with a limited lifetime warranty and its internal components are rated for a life of over 50,000 cycles. That adds up to more than 130 years if you use and recharge the light once a day!

The flashlight’s body is made from a state-of-the-art polymer that is impact, abrasion and water resistant…

Features:

• Made of durable polymer.
• Impact, abrasion, and water resistant
• Recharges in 90 Seconds.
• Contains 3 LED’s rated for more than 50,000 hours.
• Box Dimensions will be 13” x 8” x 4”
• Comes with DC Charger, nylon belt ring, and a mounting bracket.

The Light For Life flashlight is available from the 5.11 Tactical website for $169.99.

(FlashlightNews via Dvice)

This leather case fits both the 2G and the 3G model of the iPhone and it is using the environmentally friendly solar power technology to provide your cell phone with some extra juice when the standard battery is running flat.

Features:

• Lithiumion polymer Battery capacity: 3.7V  1500mAh 
• Output voltage: 5V (max)
• output current: 600ma (max) + solar battery 100 (max)
• Charge voltage: solar battery 6V USB/DC 5V
• Charge current: 100ma (max) + 500ma (max)
• Charging ime: less than 3hours
• Peak power supplied by photocell: 0.61W
• Size: 125mm x 64mm x 25mm
• Weight: 100g

The Solar Powered Charge Leather Case for iPhone 2G/3G is available in two versions, flip top and side open, for $48 over at the Brando online shop.

(Via Geeky Gadgets)

A flashlight with massage feature might sound weird, but who knows, maybe that’s just what you will need after having hand-cranked your way to a brighter environment.

Product Specifications:

• Bright white LED torch
• Portable massager
• Cranking to generate power, no external batteries needed
• Rechargeable power storage
• Unique spotlight system, good for short and middle range distance lighting
• Max. luminous flux: 9.5Lm
• Max. brightness: 120000 Mcd
• Output voltage: 5.6V
• Max. power output: >= 2.5W
• Switch lifetime: >= 100000 times
• Massager switch: high strength or low strength
• Lighting switch: high brightness or low brightness
• Massage time of high strength after 1 min. cranking: about 3 mins
• Massage time of low strength after 1 min. cranking: about 4 mins
• Lighting time of high brightness after fully charged: 2.4 hours
• Lighting time of high strength after fully charged: 40 mins
• Lighting time of high brightness after 1 min. cranking: 18 mins
• Lighting time of low brightness after 1 min. cranking: 30 mins
• Size: 139*56*67mm
• Weight: 170g

The Wind-Up LED Flashlight with Massager is available from gadget4all.com for $25.

(Via Coolest Gadgets and Pocket-lint)

We have seen it in the shape of a rat and as a pig. Now the eco-friendly, batteryless, hand-squeeze LED flashlight is back with a brand new design; the vampire bat.

It is cute, brightly coloured, and suitable for children. It’s ideal as a night lamp and educational at the same time. Teach children not to use batteries but generate electricity by themselves. As well as normal flashlight operation, the Bat can stand in an upright position, in order to act as a nightlight.

The Bat Torch is available from the Ethical Superstore for £4.99 (about $9 USD).

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Yes, it’s another week and yet another hand-cranked gizmo. This time a LED flashlight that features a 320-degree rotatable head and is waterproof up 9.9 meters (29.5 feet).

Features:

• Emergency lighting for car maintenance, outdoor activaties, etc
• 3 Light modes: 1-LED, 3-LED and Flashing 3-LED
• Waterproof under 9.9 meters water
• Hand Cranking for power generation
• 320-degree Twistable lighting head
• Length: 15 cm

Charging Info:

• Over 40 mins 3-LED lighting when cranking after 1 minute
• Over 5 hours 3-LED lighting when full charge
• About 50000 hours LED Lifetime

The Waterproof Twistable LED Dynamo Flashlight is yours for $22 from Gadget Brando.

Remember that Water-Powered Clock that we wrote about last week? Now you can get a calculator powered using the same kind of environmentally friendly technology.

Add a few drops of water to the removable battery and insert it in the calculator for up to three months of use. When the display begins to fade, just refill the battery.

Features:

• Eco-friendly new battery can be re-energized by addition of water again and again
• Battery can be stored in a dry state indefinitely, and activated when needed
• Ergonomic design
• Rectangle shape
• Large LCD display
• 12-digit display for home, school or professional use
• Large easy to use buttons
• Buttons measure approx 3/8-inch square
• Includes standard adding machine functions such as memory + or -, last digit correction, rounding, automatic decimal, etc.
• Two non-slip feet on bottom of calculator

The H2O Desk Calculator is yours for $24.95 from the Solutions website.

Another week, another hand-cranked gizmo. Last week we had the wind-up remote control and this week it’s time to take a look at the PowerPlus Piranha wind-up shaver.

No more dead batteries when shaving: just wind it up and the internal dynamo generates energy to shave again. It also comes with an AC-charger, so you can charge it from the mains.

Here’s a video demonstration of the PowerPlus Piranha shaver:

Charging Info

• Shaving time after 1 minute winding: 1 to 2 minutes
• Trimmer time after 1 minute winding: 1 minute
• Shaving time fully charged: > 60 minutes
• Trimmer time fully charged: 45 minutes
• Charging time full charged: 8 hours

The PowerPlus Piranha Wind-Up Shaver is available from Nigel’s Eco Store, a webshop focusing on eco friendly products, for £24.99 (about $46 USD).

This tiny solar “racing” car, the smallest one in the world with its 33 x 22 x 14 mm in size, requires no batteries whatsoever. You only need to take it out in the sunlight or close to a strong artificial light source to get the wheels moving.

When the sun shines on the solar panel, the panel makes electricity that turns the motor and the wheels. A fun demonstration of solar power.

The World’s Smallest Solar Racing Car is available over at the ecotopia.co.uk website for £11.99 (about $23 USD).

(Core77 via Gearfuse)

The digital Bedol clock allows you to keep track of time in an eco-friendly way, without having to use any batteries whatsoever. The timepiece is powered by water and salt.

Powered by a splash of water and a dash of salt, it keeps perfect time with no batteries. Sounds like magic, it’s just simple science. Electrodes harvest energy from the water. A clock that improves environment, both inside and out.

Measures approximately 4 inches high by about 3 1/2 inches wide.

The Bedol Wall Wave Clock is available in four different colors: blue, charcoal, green and orange. The product is available from the Bedol website for $16.

(Via Coolest Gadgets)

With the steadily growing stream of eco-friendly gadgets, it was only a matter of time before the good ol’ wind-up mechanism should find its way into the remote controls.

Wind Up Remote Control not only lets you survey and control your multimedia empire from the sofa armed with just one for all remote controls, this handy device is a completely battery free remote control so there are no batteries to replace, ever! Yes, all you have to do is wind up a built-in generator using the easy-to-use dial on the wind up remote control – 30 full turns is enough to provide a full charge, which should last you about a week.

It’s quick, easy and works with a huge variety of devices on hundreds of brands, including Samsung, Sony, Phillips, Panasonic – use remote codes to synch everything to your universal remote.

The Wind-Up Remote Control is available from Gizoo for £19.95 (about $39 USD).

These handy two-way walkie talkies are powered by a wind-up mechanism, making them environmentally friendly and saving you both the cost and hassle of buying batteries.

They can also be charged via a mains adaptor or USB and topped up using the wind-up crank to ensure optimum performance and the longest possible usage time.

Specification

• Talk range: up to 3km (depending on surroundings)
• Talk channel: 8 channels
• Backlight
• Low battery alert
• Input power：DC 6V
• Rechargeable battery life (Lithium,500mAH)
• With full power: 1.5hr talk-time, 8hr standby.
• After 1 minutes cranking: approximately 2 minutes talk-time, 10 minutes standby time
• Weight: 135g
• Size: 125×70×40mm

The Wind-Up Walkie Talkies will soon be available with a suggested retail price of £59.99 (about $117 USD) over at the Thumbs Up website.

Wind-up flashlights and keychain mini LED flashlights – both quite popular items. Now you can get both of these merged together as one product.

Features:

• The Smallest Dynamo for small piece of keychain flashlight
• Brightness LEDs
• Suggest: Switch off the LEDs and rotate the dynamo
• Dimension: 4 x 3 x 1.3 cm

The Mini Dynamo Keychain 2-LED Flashlight is available in black, blue or red and can purchased from the Gadget Brando website for $8.

XKD, the company behind the remote control watches, has now released an environmental friendly watch that is completely solar powered.

Features:

• Powered and charged by solar energy
• Display month, day, week
• Stop watch mode
• Alarm mode
• Timing setting mode: 12/24 hour format
• EL backlight
• Size: 255*40*12mm
• Weight: 40g

The Solar Powered Watch is yours for $17 from the gadget4all.com website.

(Via Geeky Gadgets)