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InCharge battery station

At the Greener Gadgets Conference last week in New York, designers showcased their ideas for eco-friendly gadgets as part of a green-design competition. From devices that create their own energy to those that minimize the need for any electricity at all, here are some of the finalists, as chosen by a combination of public votes prior to the conference, and judges' commentary and audience participation during the actual event.

The InCharge battery station by New York design firm Pensa encourages the use of rechargeable batteries with a self-sorting design that sends power only to batteries that still need charging. If all batteries tossed into the unit are already charged, the smart plug just shuts down all power to the device.

InCharge sorts AAA, AA, C, and D batteries.

Read more in our related article: "Innovations grow at Greener Gadgets confab"

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With the Empower device-charging rocking chair, I can juice up my iPhone while telling kids to get off my lawn.
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recently saw the film "2012," where Earth appears to finally tire of the human race and decides to get rid of us. That, coupled with what seems to be an
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increasing number of natural disasters, makes me think that maybe it's time we take this green-tech thing seriously.
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Linux Love 27th Jun
Apparently I'm not alone. Last week in New York, eco-minded thinkers gathered for Greener
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Gadgets, a conference aimed at sharing ideas for environmentally friendly gizmos.
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world were voted on by the public, then assessed by a panel of judges, as well as audience members.
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First place went to a concept app using an iPhone as a demo. The Augmented Living Goods
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project, invented by a student in the U.S., uses your smartphone's camera to scan the bar
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code on produce. It then consults a database and, after fixing your position with GPS, tells
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you how far your potential food has traveled and if it's currently in season locally, as
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And third place went to the Empower, a concept for an electricity-generating rocking chair (no, really) by Ryan Klinger also of the U.S. It's simple, but smart. The power is sent through USB ports to trickle-charge your phone or iPod, or even to a regular 110 plug for a laptop or other standard-powered device.

There were lots more great ideas, too. Click through our gallery to see other finalists, including an energy-generating rocking toy that teaches kids about conservation and power generation; a unit that sorts through batteries and only sends power to those in need of juice; and a lamp that doubles as a charging station for small electrical ipad bag blog of best sutudeg community the modern education news and country devices.
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informed, sustainable choices in what they purchase and eat.
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Second place went to something I'd actually like to see in every apartment in the near
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future. It's a solar panel with two integrated USB chargers. As more and more gadgets (cell
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phones, iPods, digital cameras, etc.) start adopting USB "trickle" charging, the demand for
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