Global warming has been one of the biggest issues facing humanity for the past few years. While Governments are chasing their tales to try and work out the best way to minimise human impact on the earth’s climate, it’s important to understand what’s happening on the planet to cause such concern. As part of our Earth Month coverage, today we’re going to look a little bit closer at The Greenhouse Effect. More »
Using the Aerogarden to grow plants without soil is by all means a neat idea, but the product isn’t exactly urban chic. We like this concept more.
If you got one of those 8.9-inch Eee PCs and found that the 12GB of included drive space just wasn’t enough, don’t despair! GreenHouse Japan has released two new SSD modules which sport 35MB/s reading speeds and 15MB/s writing speeds. The modules are specifically made to work with the 901 and 900 lines, and will cost $US143 for a 32GB version and $US292 for the 64GB one. [Greenhouse via Akihabara News]
Okay, these headphones from Greenhouse are pretty similar to the weirdo pig ones from a few months ago… but they’re worth it simply because I like the idea of having a mini model Angel and Devil pushed into your ears instead of boring old normal headphones. They’ve got a 5mW output, 20Hz to 20kHz response and are out in Japan in five different colour combos for about $US10. [NewLaunches]
This strange product from Greenhouse is worth talking about, if only so I could share that headline with you. In case you’re wondering, the pig is in soft silicon… to reproduce the texture of a real pig. After that news, you won’t care these weird ‘phones have a 20Hz to 20kHz frequency range, multi-sized silicon earbuds and 89cm cable with a gold-plated plug. The GC-ERC-PIG’s are available soon in pink black or white for just US$11, but that’s in Japan, pigheadphone fans. [AV Watch]
Apparently inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s push for domed cities, farmers in Kent, England are building a 220-acre series of connected greenhouses, where nothing will be grown in soil. Instead, nutrient-packed water will be used to grow 1.3 million plants hydroponically. The 7 greenhouses will increase the UK’s green vegetable supply 15%, and the green houses will be self sufficient during the dry season by collecting rainwater from October-April. No word on whether Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin will be allowed inside. [UK Guardian via Jaunted via io9]
Charge up Greenhouse’s rotating speakers via USB and they give you eight hours’ of sounds when you clip them on to your fifth-gen iPod. With an output of 770mW x 2, the GH-SPA214CC costs US$44 and will be out in Japan at the end of the month. They’re a pretty neat way to bug people on public transport. [Impress]
