Who needs apps telling them to pick up a pint of milk on the way home, anyway? This bamboo dry erase comes in two sizes, with a bunch of assorted accessories like magnets, a letter holder and hooks.
Lexon recently announced a new line of sustainably powered gadgets that are decidedly down to Earth. That is, they’re made from bamboo and maize bio-plastics. And let me tell you, corn has never looked better.
I’ve got so much to play with this weekend it’s not funny. There’s a PSPGo with Gran Turismo, Scribblenauts on the DS, Rock Band Beatles on 360, plus a Wacom Bamboo tablet, an Intel rocket, and I’m going to install Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro testing out Sun Virtualbox that so many of you recommended.
From a company that has long contented itself with simply designing and creating pen tablets, Wacom now sees itself in an industry leadership role with the release of its second generation Bamboo tablet range, unveiled today in Sydney. Global leader? It’s a bold claim.
Ken Musgrave of Fast Company comes to the conclusion that we need a “unit” of green measurement for products, much the same way that calories and fat grams are used in food. Yes, but it won’t be so easy.
Any set of speakers that only push 2W and cost $US30 probably aren’t the greatest, but you have to respect any piece of electronic gadgetry that’s made of ACTUAL FREAKING BAMBOO.
Look at you, Mr. Bamboo drive. You’re so eco-forward, abandoning plastic for a renewable resource. But wait, is that paper I see? You’re not going to write on that, are you??
Taiwanese computer brand Asus launched its “Green Collection” on Wednesday night at a fashion event in Sydney. While I’m not sure I understand the link between fashion and an environmentally friendly computer range (Were the copious amounts of hairspray used, non-carcinogenic? Or perhaps it was an allusion to the typical model’s diet… I mean air is natural, right?), there’s no denying the Bamboo Series was the best looking, and most interesting, thing there- even if it did remind me of my parents’ ’70s linoleum kitchen.
