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The Yeti 150 Solar Charger Will Be Great For The End Of The World

It weighs in at a cumbersome 12 pounds, but the Yeti 150 charger box by Goal Zero is an electrical beast: it includes AC, 12V and USB ports — which should cover every gadget you own.


Quantum Of Solace: Introducing Gizmodo’s Solar Car Challenger

Gizmodo has been supporting the University Of Western Sydney’s push to build a Solar Challenge car for this year’s Sun-powered race between Darwin and Adelaide. After much hard work, careful planning and many scrunched up pieces of paper over late nights, we’re proud to help introduce you to this year’s medal contender: The Solace — proudly supported by Gizmodo.


Wait, Water On The Moon Came From… The Sun?

Water on the moon is nothing particularly revelatory. But a new study suggests that H20 on the surface of the Earth’s nearest neighbour comes from a most unlikely place: the Sun.


Lunchtime Deal: $70 Off Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard For Mac

With the newest Logitech solar keyboard set to hit the market in the next week or so, Logitech is looking to clear the decks of old stock. That’s good news for you, because it means you can get the Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for $70 cheaper than RRP.


NASA Image Shows The Mayhem That Created Life On Earth

About 4.1 billion years ago, our solar system was a huge cluster of comets bombarding every planet orbiting the Sun and crashing into each other. That period of chaos is known as the Late Heavy Bombardment, and astronomers believe it was key to the formation of life in our planet.


Chasing The Sun Week 2: New Rules, New Design, New Ideas

Gizmodo Australia is along for the ride with the University of Western Sydney’s Solar Challenge team, and every week we’ll be checking in with our solar sailers to keep track of the build. This week, rumours of new rules forced a backup redesign of the car and a visit from an aerodynamics engineer.


Chasing The Sun: Meet The UWS Solar Challenge Team, Supported By Gizmodo

It’s Saturday morning and a winter fog clings to the hilly paddocks at The University of Western Sydney’s Kingswood campus. Inside block Z, a team of 25 engineering and industrial design students, alumni and multi-disciplined volunteers are building a solar-powered car from scratch. Come October 2013, in stark contrast to weather outside, they hope to race it from Darwin to Adelaide in the next World Solar Challenge. But before the team negotiates the desert, road trains, bush fires and better funded competition – they face immediate design and funding challenges. This is their story, and Gizmodo is along for the ride.


This Eco-Friendly New Zealand Home Is Powered Entirely By The Sun

Great Barrier House, built by Crosson, Clarke and Carnachan in New Zealand’s Great Barrier Island, is a sustainable solar-powered home constructed of sustainably-sourced timber in deference to its ecologically-sensitive island surroundings.


Stylish Sun Shade Is The Easiest Way To Harness Solar Power For Your Home

If you like the idea of getting free energy from the sun, but don’t want to deal with the complications of installing a solar array on your roof, Umbrosa has created a lovely backyard sun shade that does double-duty — turning those rays into electricity.


Why Don’t We Charge All Our Gadgets With Solar Power?

Keeping your gadgets going with power is tricky business, which is a little unusual when you consider that there’s an immense source of power constantly erupting over our heads. At a gadget level, there’s plenty of solar chargers out there, but uptake has been relatively slow — and for a very good reason.


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