We’re huge fans of off-the-grid technologies. As a matter of fact, I’m broadcasting from a secret, underground location known only to an inner circle of LIAS readers known as The Meadows. The Illumi Charger, a solar powered USB wall charger, is one of the last things I would need to go completely off the grid, […]

Adele Peters’ Corky mouse uses piezoelectric elements to generate energy every time you click or move the mouse around on your desk, which is obviously quite often considering it’s a mouse. Using the same technology that battery-less watches use to harvest kinetic energy, the Corky mouse not only eliminates the need for disposable batteries but […]

Vapur has designed the first flexible water bottle that is so flexible you can fit it in your back pocket. The “Anti-Bottle” is reuseable, foldable, freezable, washable, and fully capable of eliminating the problem of the plastic water bottle. The eco-friendly and bottle is available for purchase here for $8.95.

I’m sure this will come as a complete shock to all those who know about Liam Gallagher, but he found the inspiration to his new clothing line Pretty Green from a most unexpected source: himself. As much as I like Oasis’ music and yet conversely despise the Brothers Gallagher’s tiresome antics and egomanical self-absorption, I […]

Yoav Kotik designs his Kotik Precious Metal collection of earrings, brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces and pendents from discarded bottle caps. Although they’re called “Precious Metals”, I’m not sure I see any actual precious metals — unless he’s being ironic, of course. Absorbing the pop iconography of these brands and their well marketed images — eg […]

Gramo Speakers just might be the perfect outdoor accessory for the audio-inclined. Designed by Pekka Salokannel, the Gramo Speakers are powered by three layers of photovoltaic panels on the surface — allowing you to listen to music plug-less (say while camping, at the beach, on safari, canoeing the Merrimack, etc). The solar panels also charge […]

Ostensibly these are eco-friendly and “green”, but really isn’t the Wood Music speakers just the same guts as any iPod speaker system…only stuffed in a log? Don’t get me wrong, I love the look of it — I think natural wood warms up any environment and I’d love to have it on my bookshelf. But […]

These solar-powered LED lights by Miniwiz illustrate the true potential of design intersecting ingenuity. Re-purposing the ubiquitous plastic bottle — that heinous bane of the enviroment — into a usable light source, Miniwiz have transformed a liability into an asset. You just screw the LED lights in place of the cap and leave it outside. […]