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Yet another gadget that uses the power of the sun to provide comfort to sun worshipers, rinsing away sunscreen, chlorine or just providing a nice cleansing shower at the end of the day.

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Gardening can be an amazing source of relaxation and therapy. Just getting your hands in the dirt can be a euphoric feeling and there is a certain level of pride and accomplishment that one can receive from a well manicured lawn with plants.

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Here’s hoping that we see one of the large laptop manufactures get on board and pick this design concept up. The solar powered laptop is a completely autonomous device that is standalone and due to being self-contained, it has no needs for any external connections.

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Sometimes it takes a forward thinker such as Sheila Kennedy of KVA Matx to really open the eyes of developers as to just how much potential there is in household architecture to incorporate renewable energy sources into home designs.

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I’ve always admired Apple for their creativity, ingenuity, and their ability to think outside of the box. Many of their products such as the iPod, and iphone have revolutionized gadgets and have paved the way for other companies to come out with similar products of their own.

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Designed by Peter Wuthrich, Motosolino is being touted as the first sidecar in the world that is entirely solar powered. Pretty impressive and environmentally friendly.

Constructed with maple wood supplied from ecologically approved forests within Europe, the solar car is available in a variety of colors including yellow, red, gray, brown, green or blue and boasts 0.7 Watts of power.

Cost of the car is $99 and the product ships usually within 3-5 days while in stock.

Available at Fawn and Forest via notcot

Cute girl, sexy dress, now environmentally friendly.

The day for night solar powered dress designed by Despina Papadopoulos at Studio 5050 introduces style with a twist. Custom tailored with 448 white circuit board tiles, each housing an individual solar cell, RGB LED, or photocell and jumper connections. These interact with the black titles that are solar cells used to charge the batteries to power the device.

During the day, the dress charges. At night, that energy is released in the form of a glitzy light display. If you’re interested in attracting attention, the light display and the short hemline will certainly do that.

Available at Studio 5050 via Inhabitat