Eco Green News, Technology, DIY Project and Hacks » Green Mods http://www.altwatch.com The Technology of Green Living Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 DIY Wooden Laptop, Taking Green Tech To A Whole New Level http://www.altwatch.com/diy-wooden-laptop-taking-green-tech-to-a-whole-new-level/ http://www.altwatch.com/diy-wooden-laptop-taking-green-tech-to-a-whole-new-level/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:16:14 +0000 Adrian Tapia http://www.altwatch.com/?p=183 laptop_wooden

Chris Fenton is on the beading edge of Eco Tech, with his homebrew DIY laptop built in a wooden case. While his laptop can’t compete with the latest Dells laptops, it is on par with the with computing power of a late 1980′s.

SPECs: a whopping 256 kilobytes total memory, 16k of RAM, Picaxe 28X-1 Microcontroller, 24 x 8 serial character display, in a Beautiful, hand/laser crafted wooden case.

[ChrisFenton]

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The Evil Techie has put together a quick solar oven project with some low cost everyday products. Using a car solar shade some Velcro patches and stick, he was able to come up with a collapsible portable solar oven concept.

Keep it in your car or take it on a hike, this 20 minute project will surely come in handy on a bright sunny day.

[Evil Techie]

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