It won’t be long before this type of product is being produced on a large scale which will bring the price down and make virtually every new home totally solar powered, which is going to be great for the environment and at the same time save people money on energy costs too.

This type of product is already available, but anyone wanting to use them would have to replace their old roof tiles or part tiles with this new product, but the problem that it presents to the consumer is cost, if the roof is built with these tiles then the cost is absorbed into the building costs, but when a home owner has to do this the cost may not ever be recouped.

Source [Tree Hugger]

What makes these light different from others it the way that you can change the colours of the lights which cold be altered to go in with different seasons or flowers etc, they are interesting and will make a great addition to any garden large of small.

They have a long lighting up time too, up to ten hours when fully charged. On regular solar lights the lighting up time is normally around six hours, which would not go through the night in most areas and so there will be a time when there is no light at all.

Product Features:

Dimension: 5″ diameter x 16.5″H
Material: Sturdy stainless steel construction; Splendid clear lamp shade
6 Colours Changing Effect, 3 Main Colour (red, green and blue) plus 3 short adjacent colours
Automatic dusk-to-dawn operation
Light time up to 10 hours, rechargeable AA Ni-Cad batteries included

These lights are on special offer at the moment, they were priced at $54.00 but now they are priced at $22.95

Source [Amazon]

Until now if you had the money and wanted a big sports car that oozed class and style you would have had to opt for the hugely popular Bentley Continental GT, and many people did. So it is probably no surprise that Rolls Royce thought that they could do that too, and they have with the Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe.

It is powered by the BMW designed and built 6.75 litre V12 engine, the body is made from lightweight materials and the chassis is made from aluminium.

Essentially this is not a car, it is a land boat, and it oozes class and style and has a price tag of around $400,000.

COLOUR AND TRIM
Exterior colours:
• Metropolitan Blue
• Admiral Blue
• Duck Egg Blue
• Jubilee Silver
• English White
• Semaphore Yellow
• Ensign Red
• Woodland Green
• Diamond Black

Hood colours:
• Silver
• Black
• Beige
• Deep Red
• Deep Green
• Navy Blue

Interior leather:
• Crème Light
• Black
• Fleet Blue
• Moccasin
• Pine Green
• Roseleaf
• Fawn Brown
• Dark Spice
• Consort Red
• Signal Red

Interior veneers:
• Elm Cluster
• Piano Black
• Brown Oak
• Ash Burr
• Mahogany Flare
• Rosewood World version

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: WORLD
Dimensions
Number of doors / seats 2 / 4
Vehicle length 5609 mm / 220.8 in
Vehicle width 1987 mm / 78.2 in
Vehicle height (unladen) 1581 mm / 62.2 in
Wheelbase 3320 mm / 130.7 in
Turning circle 13.1 m / 43.0 ft
Track, front 1687 mm / 66.4 in
Track, rear 1671 mm / 65.8 in
Width at shoulder height, front 1491 mm / 58.7 in
Width at shoulder height, rear 1298 mm / 51.1 in
Elbow room, front 1562 mm / 61.5 in
Elbow room, rear 1266 mm / 49.8 in
Head room, front 980 mm / 38.6 in
Head room, rear 943 mm / 37.1 in
Boot volume (DIN) 315 ltr / 11.1 cu ft
Fuel tank capacity 80 ltr / 17.6 Imp gal

Weight
Unladen weight (DIN) 2620 kg / 5776 lb
Axle load ratio, rear (unladen) 51.4 %
Gross vehicle weight 3050 kg / 6724 lb
Payload 430 kg / 948 lb
Axle load limit, front 1425 kg / 3142 lb
Axle load limit, rear 1800 kg / 3968 lb

Engine & transmission
Engine / cylinders / valves V / 12 / 48
Fuel management Direct injection
Displacement 6749 cc / 411.8 cu in
Stroke 84.6 mm / 3.33 in
Bore 92.0 mm / 3.62 in
Power output @ engine speed 453 bhp / 460 PS (DIN) / 338 kW @ 5350 rpm
Max torque @ engine speed 720 Nm / 531 lb ft @ 3500 rpm
Compression ratio / fuel type 11:1 / premium unleaded1
Transmission type ZF 6HP32
Transmission ratios:
1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4.171 / 2.340 / 1.521 /
4th / 5th / 6th 1.143 / 0.867 / 0.691
Reverse 3.403
Final-drive ratio 3.460

Steering & brakes
Steering type Rack & pinion, speed-sensitive variable-rate power assistance
Brakes, front / diameter Ventilated disc / 374 mm / 14.7 in
Brakes, rear / diameter Ventilated disc / 370 mm / 14.6 in

Aerodynamics
Drag Cd 0.37
Drag Cd x A 1.004 m2 / 10.8 ft2

Performance2
Top speed 149 mph / 240 km/h (governed)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h 5.9 sec

Fuel consumption2
Urban To be confirmed
Extra urban To be confirmed
Combined / range To be confirmed
CO2 emissions To be confirmed

Wheels (standard PAX alloy)
Tyre, front & rear Michelin PAX 265/790 R540 A 111W
Wheel rim, front & rear PAX 265 x 540 A ALU

Wheels (21 in alloy)
Tyre, front Goodyear EMT 255/50 R21 106W
Wheel size, front 8 in x 21 in
Tyre, rear Goodyear EMT 285/45 R21 109W
Wheel size, rear 9.5 in x 21 in

1. The engine is designed for octane grade 98 fuel; however, it may be run on fuel with a minimum octane grade of 91.
2. Subject to final verification.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: US VERSION
Dimensions
Number of doors / seats 2 / 4
Vehicle length 5609 mm / 220.8 in
Vehicle width 1987 mm / 78.2 in
Vehicle height (unladen) 1581 mm / 62.2 in
Wheelbase 3320 mm / 130.7 in
Turning circle 13.1 m / 43.0 ft
Track, front 1687 mm / 66.4 in
Track, rear 1671 mm / 65.8 in
Width at shoulder height, front 1491 mm / 58.7 in
Width at shoulder height, rear 1298 mm / 51.1 in
Elbow room, front 1562 mm / 61.5 in
Elbow room, rear 1266 mm / 49.8 in
Head room, front 980 mm / 38.6 in
Head room, rear 943 mm / 37.1 in
Trunk volume (SAE) To be confirmed
Fuel tank capacity 80 ltr / 21.1 US gal

Weight
Curb weight 2620 kg / 5776 lb
Axle load ratio, rear (unladen) 51.4 %
Gross vehicle weight 3050 kg / 6724 lb
Payload 430 kg / 948 lb
Axle load limit, front 1425 kg / 3142 lb
Axle load limit, rear 1800 kg / 3968 lb

Engine & transmission
Engine / cylinders / valves V / 12 / 48
Fuel management Direct injection
Displacement 6749 cc / 411.8 cu in
Stroke 84.6 mm / 3.33 in
Bore 92.0 mm / 3.62 in
Power output @ engine speed 453 bhp / 460 PS (DIN) / 338 kW @ 5350 rpm
Max torque @ engine speed 720 Nm / 531 lb ft @ 3500 rpm
Compression ratio / fuel type 11:1 / premium unleaded1
Transmission type ZF 6HP32
Transmission ratios:
1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4.171 / 2.340 / 1.521 /
4th / 5th / 6th / 1.143 / 0.867 / 0.691
Reverse 3.403
Final-drive ratio 3.460

Steering & brakes
Steering type Rack & pinion, speed-sensitive variable-rate power assistance
Brakes, front / diameter Ventilated disc / 374 mm / 14.7 in
Brakes, rear / diameter Ventilated disc / 370 mm / 14.6 in

Aerodynamics
Drag Cd 0.37
Drag Cd x A 1.004 m2 / 10.8 ft2

Performance2
Top speed 149 mph / 240 km/h (governed)
Acceleration 0-60 mph 5.7 sec

Fuel consumption3
City To be confirmed
Highway To be confirmed
Combined / range To be confirmed
CO2 emissions To be confirmed

Wheels (standard PAX alloy)4/5
Tire, front & rear Michelin PAX 265/790 R540 A 111W
Wheel rim, front & rear PAX 265 x 540 A ALU

Wheels (21 in alloy)5/6
Tire, front Goodyear EMT 255/50 R21 106W
Wheel size, front 8 in x 21 in
Tire, rear Goodyear EMT 285/45 R21 109W
Wheel size, rear 9.5 in x 21 in

Source [Carblog]

Although this car has been seen a few times this is the first real hands on feel of the Jaguar XF, now initially and depending on which angle you it from, it is fairly easy to mistake this car for a Ford, which it is, but upon closer inspected the blue oval feeling disappears and the cat shows it claws.

This car is a new direction for the saloon Jaguar, and if James Bond was married with kids, this is probably what he would trade his Aston Martin in for.

As with all Jaguars the car is virtually silent as it glides along the roads, powered by a choice of 2.7 litre V6 diesel, the more powerful 3.0 litre V6 petrol and there are two V8 models, all feature the six speed automatic gearbox, with power shift paddles on the steering wheel for extra fast gear changing.

Inside it is almost like a cross between a gentleman’s club and the flight deck of an aircraft which actually gives the car an advantage over its main rivals such as Mercedes, Audi and BMW. The prices for the XF start at around $66,000 and rise up to $108,000, which is competitive which the market and yet it will hold a better price than some of the rivals when it come to selling.

Source [Super Cars Info]

If this car actually went into production there would be two things happening on one hand there would be a huge queue of young girls wanting to buy one and on the hand there would be more people shouting out “Why?”

In either case this is not really going to happen but this one off car is a bit of an eye opener and would definitely stop the traffic in more ways than one. Its quite fitting that this car has been chosen for the accolade of being the Hello Kitty colours, that of pink and more pink, because although this is a Fiat and was a very popular model in the 1980’s, but it was in fact built in Poland and this particular model is currently a resident in Hungary, so it is a truly European model and deserves as much praise as it gets.

But there is still one thing and it has to why on earth Hello Kitty, there are many other themes out there that could do just as good a job, but with so many fans around could this ever become a serious trend like with phones and laptops?

Source [Kitty Hell]

Now sometimes there are things that should not really be attempted, placing an old Rolls Royce Nimbus helicopter jet engine into an old Dodge Minivan could be classed as something like, but then again why not, we believe that if it fits in, it’s good to go and as it happens, this huge engine does fit in.

What is really great about this vehicle is the fact that it can be driven as normal by using the standard motor but for a little overtaking power it can easily be switched over to the jet power, the only real modification is that the rear window would need to be opened up for the jets exhausts. Now the old Dodge can travel do a 1/8th of mile in 7.14 seconds, with the jet only at 2,100 revs!

Surprisingly the jet does not actually provide any thrust, the power driven through the drive shaft. In actual fact these types of jet engine do not actual flames either, this is produced for display purposes only when fuel and oil are sprayed into the exhaust before ignition, the crowds love a nice burn up. But there is one thing that concerns, I wonder what happens if they forget to open the rear window!

Source [Gizmodo]

It seems that even buildings are becoming ever more eco friendly, every time that new design comes out it seems to have some element of how it will efficiently use as many natural resources as possible. That is the same with the new Discovery Tower, which is located at 1501, Mckinney Street, Houston, Texas. It is a thirty storey office building that will have fitted at the top ten wind turbines, which at that height will most definitely get enough wind to keep them going for most of the year, even when there is little wind at ground level.

The cost of this building is going to touch a very un eco friendly $300 million and with the work just recently started it means that it will not be that long before we begin to see things taking shape. Even tough the building is not due to be completed until the middle 2010. It is then that we will see the building in all of its glory.

It is not just the wind turbines that make this building green, but it’s the whole package of air filtration, water-efficient plumbing, and an energy efficient heating & cooling system that will make this a very eco friendly building indeed, which is a great selling point.

Source [Jetson Green]

Many people love antique lamps and furnishings, but some of the old manufacturing process are at the least less than eco friendly, but then again in those days they didn’t really have much choice in the way things were made.

But thank goodness times have changed and now we are all looking for ways that we can still have the good things life, but without the worrying of how it has been made or what it are made from.

These lamps represent a time when things moved slowly, but thanks to modern day technology we are able to produce these fantastic looking lamps which feature nice lines and shapes, these blend I with the way that the colours work to produce a nice warm glow, almost as if they were powered by gas.

Another great thing about these lamps is the range of styles that they are available in, whereas in the past most of these would have been produced as a one off design, not any more there are many styles and sizes to choose from.

Source [Soufun]

This wallets outer part is made from a billboard so you get the all of the colours and patterns from just a small part of this giant poster, while inside there is space credit cards and your driving licence with clear windows etc. to keep everything safe there is a handy magnetic clasp which will hold everything together.

This is ideal for both men and women, as it is a good neutral size and shape which is timeless, so there is no need to keep up with fashion at all, in fact it is more likely that once people see you with this they will be wanting one too, so in actual fact it could be a fashion statement that you are carrying all of your cash and cards around in.

Priced at $22

Source [The Green Loop]

Features:

will firmly hold your trousers/trunks/skivvies at or below your midriff
won’t set off metal detectors
will hold a u-lock easily and securely
is recycled from old stuff
features GVS (Genuine Velcro Style)
will hold up to washing machine abuse no problemo?
looks really good
is handmade in the USA
is a 100% goat less product?

These belts are priced at $20, plus $2.50. Small belts are 36″ long. Medium belts are 39″ long. Large belts are 42″ long. XXXXXL belts are 82″ long and they come in many colours like white, red, yellow, blue, green, purple and many more to choose from you will not know which one or ones to choose.

Source [Zero Per Gallon]