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Solar light bulbs from plastic bott...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Sep 21, 2011 in DIY, events & society | 0 comments

A litre of light (Isang Litrong Liwanag) is a incredible project which aims to bring eco-friendly and cheap Solar Bottle Bulbs to disprivileged communities and millions of people who live in the dark. This is a really cool invention and...

Solar powered fuel cell toy car

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Apr 18, 2011 in toys | 0 comments

Once upon a time I had a RC car with a 3.5cc nitro engine. Lots of smoke and noise. I loved the thing, until it crashed into a sidewalk with 50 km/h… So that was many years ago and I haven’t had a toy car since. Now however...

DIY Stirling engine from a tuna can

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Apr 6, 2011 in DIY, stirling | 2 comments

I am currently working on my third engine, after my 1st and 2nd attempts failed miserably… I thought my third engine would run. I thought wrong. It was airtight, it turned smoothly but it seemed that the piston didn’t had...

Stirling engine homemade hot air di...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Mar 23, 2011 in DIY, education, stirling | 0 comments

OK, two days after my first attempt of building a homemade stirling engine, I somehow cooled off and tried again. I fished the 250 ml. soda can I threw in earlier out of the trash bin, straightened it, build the darn hot air engine…...

DIY Stirling engine out of a soda c...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Mar 21, 2011 in DIY, education, stirling | 0 comments

Homemade Stirling engine, attempt #1 Building a DIY stirling engine was high on my list for quite some time, because it seems a cool idea to have an tin can engine running with the sun as fuel. But before I would build a solar driven...

Sol Cinema: World’s smallest ...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Mar 16, 2011 in events & society, outdoor | 0 comments

Now here is one of my solar favorites. Sol Cinema: an 1972 caravan recycled into a fully working solar-powered cinema! Complete with usherettes. Originally, this small cinema is a arts charity Undercurrents project. Power With the help of...

SunMod Solar Modification Kit, sola...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Mar 16, 2011 in chargers, DIY | 0 comments

Watching television but the batteries from your RC are exhausted? Then get your lazy butt up and w a l k to your set to change channels! It’s good for your health too! But of course this is sometimes not possible, new TV sets...

Sunshine Buddies: happy solar Bobbl...

Posted by CoolSolarStuff on Mar 15, 2011 in toys | 0 comments

Nohohon Zoku …is Japanese and means ‘carefree family’, whatever that is… Looking at the same faces over and over, day in day out can be a little bit depressing. Ugly big nosed colleagues, miserable friends, annoying...

The world on Solar power!

Energy is all around us and is just waiting to be used. Whether it's light from the sun, burning candles or even a cup of hot tea, there's power out there! Why don't we turn this into useful power?

And wouldn't that be great? To only use the sun as source of energy! Or waste heat from household appliances. Since the sun will be around for a while, I guess it's better to take advantage of it while it last ;-)

On this site you'll find many stuff, gadgets, toys and DIY things which work on solar power and other heat sources. Take a look around and tell me what you think!

Michael Couch: Forgot to mention that one source of friction on the ...
Michael Couch: You can order a ...
Catherine: I guess this would be a nice solar project for my son's Show...
Morlino: Pest control is necessary, specially if you have a wooden ho...
Mark: I have one of those. My daughter gave me the pink one (you s...
Johnny: Definitely going to try out the pizza box version. Just saw ...

Sol Cinema: World’s smallest solar cinema!