The Eureka Hard Surface Floor Steam Cleaner is a fast and effective way of cleaning hard surface floors without the need for chemicals. By using steam it cleans the floor surfaces effectively, drys quickly and also kills germs.

The Hard Surface Floor Steam Cleaner made by Eureka heats up water in around 4 minutes to a high temperature to steam clean any hard surface floor. Due to the temperature the steam kills of germs such as E. coli or salmonella that are on the floor while removing dirt effectively. As it uses steam the flooring dries off rapidly too, preventing any issues of wet slippery floors taking ages to dry. The steam cleaner works on just normal tap water, so preventing the need for any chemicals to be used in cleaning and sanitising your hard surface flooring.

The Hard Surface Floor Steam Cleaner comes with two ‘magic pads’ to be used to clean the floors with. These pads are machine washable to reduce the waste of disposable heads. It also includes a measuring cup and funnel to help you pour the water into the steamer, and a tray for preheating and cooling the water safely. The handle of the steamer is adjustable, the steamer is 125cm (49 in) in height at full extension. The handle can be detached so that the steamer can be used on counter tops to clean and sterilize them.

The steam cleaner’s head is 32 cm (12.5in) x 18 cm(7 in), this makes it effective in cleaning even large areas quickly, while its swivel head allows it to be easily maneuvered in small spaces. The cleaner has a 7.5 meter (25 foot) electrical cord offering you a large area of reach without needing to unplug it.  The cleaner weighs 5.5 pounds when empty of water, so it is light enough to move about a house or office with ease.

Some considerations though are that if you live in a hard water area the cleaner will become clogged up. This can be cleaned with vinegar when needed or soft/distilled water could be used instead of tap water. Though the steamer is suitable for hard surfaces, floors that are waxed or even unsealed should not be cleaned by them, as the heat will damage the wood, or melt the wax finish.

The Hard Surface Floor Steam Cleaner is just $65.99 with free shipping!

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The Current Regulating Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Booster is a small device to help make your car more energy efficient. The device works by regulating the current in the electronics to make sure that a stable current reaches the cars electrical control unit (ECU).

The Current Regulating Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Booster is said to help reduce the amount of fuel used by 18%. The company state that in independent tests they had run by an automotive testing service the device helped to increase a test cars miles per gallon from 28.1 to 23.8 in two weeks.

The Current Regulating Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Booster is inserted into a cars DC outlet, and comes with an adapter to give your car two DC outlets so that you can still use an outlet for another device.  The device is meant to reduce the electrical interference from items such as the stereo, air conditioning or lights to make sure that the cars ECU has a stabilised electrical supply to help it achieve its most optimum working environment. As the ECU controls the cars fuel injection and ignition systems it working better helps to optimize fuel efficiency of the car.

The Fuel Efficiency Booster is meant for use in 12 volt cars that are two or more years old and is not suitable for hybrid cars. There is some speculation to its actual effectiveness (though the independent testing would suggest it is effective), as the electrical equipment should be digital and therefore fluctuations in voltage should not cause any negative effects. The efficiency booster is available for just $79.95 plus shipping.

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The Compactor Trash Can (Smash Can) by Reduce is a great way to compact your household waste cleanly and effectively. By compacting garbage down you will save on bin bags and be able to fit a lot more into your bins.

The Compactor Trash Can has a specially designed lid that you push down on once the trash can (or bin) is full. This compacts the garbage within the can without you having to touch it at all, as it is all safely sealed away, nor will you get a gust of garbage gas in your face. This means any harmful germs or bacteria are kept away from you while your trash is condensed allowing you to use half as many bin bags as before, helping to reduce costs to you and to reduce the amount of plastic bags in landfills.

The can is pedal operated with a soft closing lid which means no annoying loud crash when the lid goes down and no worries about small fingers getting caught. The can has a 40 liter (10.5 gallon) capacity and takes standard bin bags, there is no need to buy heavy duty ones unless you wish to.

My one concern for this from an environmental point is the impression that it reduces garbage going to landfill, it does not, it certainly reduces the amount of bags, but the actual amount of garbage is unchanged. Nor does it reduce the amount of space taken in landfill as the garbage is compressed first when placed into a garbage truck and often again before reaching landfill. It does help reduce the amount of plastic bags in landfills, helps to keep your rubbish safely away from you when compacting it, is a safer bin around small children, and by using less bags it can help quicken refuse collection.

The Self Powered Trash Compactor costs $168.27 with free delivery.

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The Solar Powered Lunar Car is a complex model that will move across a flat surface once assembled correctly. The model comes in multiple parts to construct which helps educate children on a multitude of things, like gear box operation, motor operation and the potential of solar power.

The Solar Powered Lunar Car Kit is constructed from balsa wood pieces which come on a pre cut board, needing to be pressed out and pieced together. The kit contains the parts needed for making the model work and complex instructions. The model is not simple to construct but has detailed instructions with illustrations to help you arrange over 100 parts into a working model. Through making the model you can learn about how motors and automatic transmissions work, how a gear box is constructed and how it operates, how the wiring goes together to connect everything and how the solar energy is taken and converted into electrical energy that the motor can use to operate the model.

The Solar Powered Lunar Car is a great educational model, helping children to learn through play on a multitude of areas. Because of its complexity though adult assistance will be required, also to construct the model you will need a screwdriver, long nose pliers, a sharp knife and sandpaper to help smooth the pieces. The model can be run from a battery instead of solar power, but requires you to provide this AA battery.

The Lunar Car costs just £19.12 plus delivery.

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This Solar Powered Desk Fan made by Solar Technology has been crafted from perspex. The fan takes advantage of even a small amount of light from a desk lamp to turn its blades and keep you cool.

The Solar Powered Desk Fan is delivered in kit form, from pieces of laser cut perspex that can be easily slotted together by following the instructions provided.  The solar panel has been placed on the back of the fan, and though some thought should be used concerning the placement of the solar panel to take advantage of any natural or artificial light source, it is important to place it where you will benefit from the fans breeze. The solar panel is large enough to take advantage of even a relatively weak artificial light so is suitable for any office.

The desk fan is suitable for children aged 6+. It does make a decent learning aid to show the abilities of solar power, be it from natural daylight or from a desk lamp. The child will benefit from constructing the fan, learning how the parts go together and visually experiencing how effectively light energy is converted into electrical power to turn the fan blades.  The advantage to this device is that once children are bored of it, it can be ‘recycled’ into a handy device for any desk worker.

The Solar Powered Desk Fan costs just £29.95 plus delivery.

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This Bicycle Powered Generator is a concept design by the designer Elizabeth Joy Wong for a way of converting kinetic energy into electrical energy for everyday use.

The Generator envisioned attaches to a bicycle, which is peddled to turn the wheels, which then spin a friction drum. This friction drum is then powering the alternator, creating electrical energy. The electrical energy will be then stored in a portable power pack so that it can be used to power many different small appliances.

The Bicycle Powered Generator makes use of some basic principles to turn your motion (kinetic energy) into electrical energy that can be used around the house. Though it will never be a lot of energy, the generator does allow you to replace some of your electrical needs with a sustainable source of power. Many households have exercise bikes within them, this concept should allow you to benefit not only physically from the exercise but also financially in savings. The concept generator would then help reduce a households reliance on unsustainable electricity sources, maybe giving you a warm glow from both being eco friendly and from the exercise!

Source: Designer Elizabeth Joy Wong

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This Solar Powered Window Alarm by Smart Solar is an easy to install system to add extra security to your home without incurring any long term running costs.

The Solar Powered Window Alarm can be placed anywhere, though obviously it is best placed somewhere to take maximum possible benefit of the daylight there. Designed to be mounted onto the window to power itself through its built in solar panels, this alarm comes with sensors that can be placed up to 60cm away from the main unit due to the adjustable wire it is attached to. The solar energy is stored in a Li-on rechargeable battery supplied.

The Window Alarm produces an alarm noise at 6.8 khz which should easily wake you up should anyone open an alarmed window and trigger it. The only concerns would be its usefulness, as if a window is broken rather than opened it should not produce a sound. Additionally, it would appear that there is no way to tell how much power is stored in the alarm or for how long the charge will run. This leads to some concerns on if it would last a whole night, especially in the long nights of winter where the daylight can also be diminished for days.

The Solar Powered Window Alarm comes as a twin pack for £24.99.

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The D1 PC by Aleutia is a extremely small and energy efficient computer. The D1 compacts all the normal features of a PC into one tiny quiet case.

The Aleutia D1 is under half the size of most other SFF PCs (Small Form Factor Personal Computers) Aleutia claim, measuring only 26.8cm x 31.8cm x 7cm (10.55in x 12.52in x 2.75in) and weighing only 1.8Kg (though Aleutia do also claim it weighs 2.4Kg) compared to other SFF PCs which can weigh around 8Kg. The PC though is not lacking in ability, the D1 comes with an Intel dual core 1.66GHz processor, 4GB RAM, 40GB SATA-II HDD, DVD-RW drive  and many other components that go into making this a suitable PC for office or light home use. The D1 comes with the Ubuntu Linux 9.10 OS as standard but has been tested to be fully compatible with the current Microsoft OSs from Windows XP to Windows 7.

By using energy efficient processors and combining them with laptop components like the DVD-RW drive, the D1 features a low power consumption, using only 26w (though Aleutia also claim it uses 34w, either way an exceptionally low power drain) which could mean the D1 uses only 25% of the energy of other SFF PCs. Because of the energy efficient processors, the D1 also produces less heat, meaning it requires only a small fan to cool the system. The smaller fan causes less sound than conventional desktops, and can only be heard whirring when your ears are very close to it.

Source: Aleutia D1 Product Page

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The Solar Powered Clip Watch is a concept design by Mac Funamizu. The clip watch is meant to look like a button to help it not look out of place on any outer garment or bag. The time is displayed on the screen briefly once the screen has been pressed.

The Industrial Designer Mac Funamizu felt this concept dealt with the issue of getting your hands out of your pockets, or even pulling back gloves and layers of sleeves to see the time on a normal watch. By having the watch on outer garments, like your coat, the time would just be a simple press away. Of course you will need to press the watch face to display the time, which could still get your hands cold! Many just use their mobile phone to display the time, but with the rise in popularity in touch screens, which often do not respond well to operation by gloved fingers, this clip watch could be an excellent solution.

Because the clip watch has been designed to go on the outer layers of clothes it can make use of the light around it at all times, instead of being hidden away under sleeves and such like. A solar panel is part of the screen, taking in the light and using it to power the watch, so no issues with running out of power or replacing batteries. The watch screen only displays the time for a few seconds when pressed, as this is usually all that is needed when checking the time. This helps to conserve energy while helping the illusion that the watch is just another button.

Source: Yanko Designs

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This Solar Powered Racer is a great way to educate children through play. It effectively demonstrates the abilities of solar panels in converting sunlight into electrical energy, this energy is then used to power a motor which causes the racer to race along. The Racer then shows a child how sunlight can be turned into movement.

The Solar Powered Racer has been created by Science Time as an educational toy to show how solar power can help provide the world with clean, free energy. The racer kit comes with detailed instructions for constructing the toy, which detail how the 8 parts it comes in are easily fitted together. The racer kit is suitable for children aged 8+, though this seems mainly down to the smaller parts in construction, younger children may enjoy watching the toy race once it has been constructed under adult supervision.

The Solar Powered Racer once constructed requires only light to work, this can be provided by direct sunlight or a bright indoor light bulb (though for educational purposes using sunlight would be best). This toy should provide a child with hours of enjoyment from constructing the racer to watching it work.

The solar racer is available for just £7.45 plus delivery.

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