Projects

Multitouch input has been spreading throughout a huge variety of devices, from phones to all-in-one PCs. However, most multitouch displays that can function with your computer tend to be fairly expensive, so with this project we're going to make our own display, that can run on any operating system, and reuses some used/now useless materials.
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This week on the GreenerBusiness podcast we build three low impact camera stabilizers, to improve your photography.
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More stabilizers:
http://www.instructables.com/id/String-Tripod [String Tripod]
http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_the_spiderpod_a_modification_of_the_wi... [Wrap around tripod]
http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Hands-Free-Bicycle-Camera-Tripod/ [The Hands Free Bicycle Camera Tripod]
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1041948/1_image_stabilizer_for_any_camera_... [$1 Image Stabilizer]

This week on the GreenerBusiness podcast we solder together broken solar panels, giving them new life as a functional AA battery charger (which produces about 6 volts in direct sunlight and about 3 volts indoors).
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There have been numerous chairs made out of recycled or reclaimed cardboard. This week on the GreenerBusiness podcast we attempt to build our own unique comfortable cardboard chair.
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We're speaking with Bentley Christie, from the Compost Guy blog, about how to start composting this week on the GreenerBusiness Podcast.
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On this mini-show of the GreenerBusiness podcast we're refilling glass bottles, with delicious vanilla cream soda. This project is great to make a perfect environmentally friendly gift this Valentine's day.
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There have been quite a few ebook readers on the market but none, as of yet, has caught our attention as an easy environmental solution to printed media. This week on the GreenerBusiness podcast we take a short look at reading free ebooks on the devices you already have.

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Free ebooks:
http://wowio.com [Includes copyrighted books]
http://gutenberg.org [Public domain books]
http://archive.org [Largest selection]
http://manybooks.net [Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader]
Readers:
http://code.google.com/p/iphoneebooks/ [iPhone ebook application]
http://librarianbydesign.blogspot.com/2008/01/ebook-reader-not-kindle-no... [XO laptop as a book reader]
http://www.dancingtortoise.com/simplecomic/ [simple comic for Mac OSX]
http://www.fbreader.org/ [ebook multi-platform reader]
http://comical.sourceforge.net/ [multi-platform comic reader]
http://amarsagoo.info/ [easy text reading for Mac OSX, tofu]

This mini-show on the GreenerBusiness podcast we make a floppy disk cable business card holder and a cassette tape wallet.

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This week on the GreenerBusiness podcast we're making a turntable out of paper and other reused materials. If you have any unwanted records around and been meaning to do something with them, this is a great way to bring life into your dead media.

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This week we're making a portable solar powered USB charger with an LED flashlight. This episode shows how to modify a $10.00 solar path light into an Altoids tin that can then be used as a flashlight or fully charge your iPod, cell phone, or other USB device.

With this project the thing that makes it really useful is that you can leave the device in the sun, without anything hooked upped to it, then bring it anywhere with you to charge your USB devices, because it's hooked up to the four AAs not the USB port directly.

From a couple of tests, we found that when the AAs were completely charge the device gave over a full charge to an 2nd gen. iPod nano.

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You can see the original inspiration for this project here: instructables.com/id/Make-A-Handheld-Solar-Power-Supply/