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In New York everything is ready to celebrate the next edition of theGreener Gadgets Conference, an annual event that promotes debate onenergy efficiency, sustainable development and? green electronics?. In parallel to the conferences, which will begin on February 25, it is convened every yearideas competitionof new devices or eco-gadgets. Inventions must meet a premise: that their use allows reducing global electricity consumption.
Although we will still have to wait to know the winner, for now the gadget most voted by the public on the Internet has beenGo, a device developed by astart-upindia callElephant which enablesrecharge a mobile phone while we talk without connecting to the electrical current. For this, it has a small friction wheel that, when rotating on any surface, generates mechanical energy. It costs less than 10 dollars, is light and environmentally friendly, and has become a “top seller” in India, where there are 250 million mobile phone users and most have serious power problems, with frequent blackouts. that usually last several hours.
Among this year’s finalists are alsoa computer mouse made of cork, and theFair energy clock, a smart plug adapter that can be programmed to supply electricity to an appliance only at certain times of the day, thus eliminating the criticized “phantom consumption” of many appliances instand-by. In addition to a Spanish gadget, the browserEconav 480, which provides drivers with tips fordriving efficiently and saving fuel.
