The iDrink swimware line is perfect for those who want to go the beach, listen to music, and enjoy a cold and deserved beverage, but who don\’t want to get wet! The iDrink\’s photovoltaic film panels allow a fashionable fit while supplying the 6.5 volts @ 1.5 Amps needed to power a peltier junction and an iPod and keep you double cool! See you on the Jersey Shore!

Thinking about a way to raise awareness to energy consumption within a certain space, I have come up with the Solar Jelly light display. Solar Jelly reacts to its\’ surroundings according to the levels of light. It pulsates and moves when the levels are high enough, and it goes still, turning on a light, when the room light levels fall under a certain threshold. Solar Jelly is created using broken solar cells, utilized and connected in a way that their reuse generates a decent amount of voltage.

This project was created in the interest of sustainable practices, harnessing the energy of exercise, a task many of us should do more often.

The Alternator used for power was a found object.
It was found in a late model GM truck on it\’s way to the scrapper in Red Hook. Sustainatastic!

Our goal for this project is to show, and make you feel, how much human power it would actually take to power the devices and conveniences which we use every single day without a second thought.

This prototype was created to explore the feasibility of an outdoor directional way-finding devices. Through the use of a miniature solar panel, a battery array, charger IC, a ultra-sonic transducer, an alarm, and a radio transceiver: navigation is possible.

With this device it is possible to climb the mountain even with your eyes closed.

There are three components:

1) A four-digit number that you put on everything you want to track.

2) A cellphone that lets you send simple text messages to check in or out, or to enter in new items.

3) A web application where you can enter and view qualitative and quantitative data on all your stuff, including how, when, and how often you use/buy/replace what you own.

Botanicalls allows thirsty plants to place phone calls for human help. When humans phone the plants, they orient callers to their habits and characteristics, including how they like to be watered and cared for.
Botanicalls opens a new channel of communication between plants and humans, in an effort to promote successful inter-species cohabitation and understanding.

Greenspotter is an extension of the Green Maps project that allows people in the community to contribute to and edit listing of green (eco-friendly, sustainable) businesses, organizations, and resources using a kind of lite-wiki interface. The ultimate goal is to enable people to find green alternatives in their neighborhoods and towns and to help promote organizations that take an earth-friendly approach. Greenspotter will launch for New York City and Austin, TX and will open up to other cities soon after.