thePULSEEton Microlink
Here’s another smart design from Eton, the French company known for its solar-powered Apple accessories. Small in size but big in features, the hand-powered Microlink ($31.99) is a contemporary emergency radio that boasts a large solar panel, quick recharging time and access to all seven NOAA weather band stations. Turn the crank for 90 seconds and you get up to 40 minutes of playtime. Or if you’re lazy, let the solar panel absorb energy from the sun. There is also a headphone jack as well as a USB port to charge your cell phones. A bright LED flashlight completes the emergency kit.
PowerFilm Rollable Solar Charger 
Using technology that was initially designed for the military, PowerFilm’s R15-300 Rollable Solar Power Charger ($129) is a super-lightweight and flexible charger for your cellphone, GPS, MPS and other devices. Featuring monolithically integrated solar panels, the 5-watt charger eliminates the damage-prone manual connections of individual solar cells. It’s also free of cadmium and other toxic metals and performs well in any sort of environment, with a waterproof fabric backing that keeps it dry on rainy days.
Philips Hue Wireless LED System
Dutch electronics giant Philips has just released Hue ($199.99), an LED lighting system that you control remotely on your tablet or smartphone. Billed as “the world’s smartest web-enabled LED home lighting system,” the Hue starter pack includes three bulbs that you screw into existing lamps and a bridge that you plug into your home Wi-Fi router.
With the Hue app downloaded onto your Apple or Android device, you can remotely control the whole system, which can handle up to 50 light bulbs that output 600 lumens and use about 8.5 watts of energy.
The Hue starter pack is available exclusively from Apple, both online and in stores.
Pulpop Speaker
Recycled paper is quickly becoming a favored material for portable, lightweight speaker solutions. First there was Eco-Amp, now there’s Pulpop ($56), an O-shaped speaker system made from post-consumer pulp.
The device was created by Taiwanese designers Balance Wu and Chin Yang, who surprised themselves with Pulpop’s “unexpectedly potent” sound quality. The recycled paper pulp system works with a standard double-ended headphone cable and is rechargeable through a USB port.
Available from Mollaspace.
