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Sep 06
Green House outs the GH-LED10WBW a new LED based lantern that runs on salty water
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Here you are the latest “Green” gizmo from Green House (no pun intended) the GH-LED10WBW LED Lantern! This rather “bland” LED light hide an ingenious system that let it runs on salty water (Salt + Water) instead of electricity and is capable to offer you up to 8h of light on a single charge of Salty Water. To make it possible the GH-LED10WBW comes with a unique power rode that will use the basic electrolyte principal on the Salt + Water combo to provide the GH-LED10WBW …
Sep 06
Japanese company Green House Co Ltd has quite an eclectic product portfolio, what with its women-only camcorder and peripherals like a PCI Express interface card with USB 3.0 support. Its latest device falls under another category entirely: the rivetingly named GH-LED10WBW is an LED lantern that runs on just water and salt; no batteries required. The light source provides eight hours of electricity per dose of saline water, and the lantern comes with a dedicated water bag for mixing the solution. The salt / water combo acts as an electrolyte with the magnesium (negative electrode) and carbon (positive electrode) rods inside the lantern. Users can get about 120 hours of power with the Mg rod before they’ll need to buy a replacement (the rod is sold separately to begin with). More than just supplying a battery-free source of light, though, the lantern can function as a charger, thanks to a USB port built into the casing. Pricing has yet to be announced, but the GH-LED10WBW will be available by mid-September.
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Green House’s lantern runs on salt and water, powers your gadgets via USB originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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