Mark Best

Vu1's conceptual design for its R-30 bulb.

(Credit: Vu1)

A novel design for energy-efficient lightbulbs can produce incandescent-quality light and does not contain mercury like compact fluorescents (CFLs), according to manufacturer Vu1.

The Seattle-based firm has been working on an alternative to CFLs and LED lights for five …

Brabus added its own touches to this Tesla Roadster.

(Credit: CNET)

As is becoming common at auto shows these days, a number of electric cars were on display at the Frankfurt auto show, with automakers showing off research into next millennium’s generation of vehicles. On hand were concepts from …

Originally posted at Frankfurt Auto Show 2009

(Credit: Panasonic)

Panasonic has launched a new household LED lightbulb in Japan that it says lasts 40 times longer than incandescent bulbs.

The screw-in bulbs are part of the EverLed line, and they’re scheduled to hit stores in Japan on October 21, with monthly production at 50,000 units. …

The BioLogic FreeCharge comes in a tiny silicone-encased box that hooks to your generator hub to transfer your body’s power into your iPhone.

(Credit: Dahon)

Every year at the Multnomah County Bike Fair in Portland, Ore., someone brings a bike hooked up to a blender and lets people pedal their way to their smoothie of choice. …

Check out our full review of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid.

(Credit: Josh P. Miller/CNET)

Spoiler alert: We gave the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid our Editors’ Choice award. Although to be fair, after seeing its doppelganger, the 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid, win the award previously, you had to have …

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

These days, every little bit counts.

(Credit: Dan Ackerman)

Apple’s OSX Snow Leopard update offers several noteworthy enhancements, and plenty of behind-the-scenes tweaks–but has anything in the operating system changed in regard to energy efficiency?

We took a 17-inch MacBook Pro and ran it though our standard energy use tests, …

This next-gen electric wheelchair operates for about four hours per charge.

(Credit: Veda International Robot R&D Center)

Sometimes function can successfully follow form. That may be the case for Japan’s Veda International Robot R&D Center, whose electric wheelchair for the immobile and elderly might be giving scooters …

Originally posted at News – Health Tech

Claims that the Amazon Kindle electronic reader is more environmentally friendly than paper books hold up, according to an analysis by the Cleantech Group.

The research and media company drew on existing studies to do a lifecycle analysis and found that the carbon emissions from electronic books are far lower …

Originally posted at Green Tech

(Credit: eniCycle)

The wheel is being reinvented yet again, this time in the form of the eniCycle by Slovenian inventor Aleksander Polutnik. Think of the foot rests as handle bars, with directional steering done by pressing on the left or right foot rest, and the speed controlled by leaning forward or backward.

Less of a Segway clone than the Orbis Urban Mobility Vehicle, this self-balancing electric unicycle is said to be so intuitive, the average new rider just needs a maximum of 30 minutes to master it. But don’t take our word for it. Check out the video after the jump to make up your mind as The Gadget Show takes up the challenge. In fact, you may get to try out the eniCycle in person sooner than you can say “gyroscopic stabilization,” as Polutnik’s on a one-wheel crusade to get this mass-produced early.

The foot rests act like handle bars. You press down on them to steer left or right.

(Credit: eniCycle)

…

The 200 Hour GlowStick sells for $6 at venues including Home Depot, Target, and the Red Cross Web site.

(Credit: Life+Gear)

Given that I’m a city girl about to go camping for the first time in years, I couldn’t help but pay attention when information on Life+Gear’s 200 Hour GlowStick …