SmartPlanet News

Video: Hydrogen Road Tour

martin.lamonica@cnet.com (Martin LaMonica) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:52:01 +0100

Between 11 and 23 August, a caravan of hydrogen-powered cars travelled the US from coast to coast in a bid to raise awareness of the technology's promise.

Compressed air helps turbines turn without wind

martin.lamonica@cnet.com (Martin LaMonica) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:36:01 +0100

This new technology works by pumping air underground and releasing it later to drive wind turbines.

Sainsbury's rolls out rubbish-powered truck

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:16:01 +0100

Shoppers at Sainsbury's Dartmouth supermarket are enjoying fruit and veg delivered to them using rubbish as fuel.

Video: riding electric bikes in New York

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:41:01 +0100

Watch Kara Tsuboi take to the streets of New York on an Ultra Motor A2B electric bicycle.

Greenie bin boosts street recycling

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:32:01 +0100

This public rubbish bin hopes to divert some of our high street waste from landfill.

Electric bicycles: 10 reasons you should try one

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:17:01 +0100

Electric bicycles are coming of age. Here are 10 good reasons for jumping on one today.

Charge your iPhone with motion power… in 2009

martin.lamonica@cnet.com (Martin LaMonica) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:45:01 +0100

M2E Power says that six hours of cumulative motion can add 30 to 60 minutes of talk time to a mobile phone.

Friends of the Earth & Club4Climate war over 'eco clubbing' claims

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:43:01 +0100

A green charity and 'ecological nightclub' are involved in a war of words over a fund-raising bash in Ibiza.

Grasshopper organic porridge lands at Waitrose

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:04:01 +0100

The porridge ticks all the SmartPlanet boxes. It's healthy, uses organic-certified milk and organic oats and comes in a recyclable card pot.

Brit invents child seat for mountain bikes

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:15:01 +0100

Dubbed the Body Space Child Saddle, this seat was invented by Charles Gordon after he despaired of finding a kid's seat compatible with mountain biking.