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MiniWIZ debuts solar-powered Solarbulb lamp / bottle cover
Engadget — ... We haven't heard a whole lot from MiniWIZ since it introduced its Hymini wind / solar charger quite a while back, but the company looks to have rolled into CES with at least one new offering: the seemingly 2001-inspired Solarbulb lamp. To complete the ...

[CES 2009] Miniwiz Solarbulb Bottle Lamp
OhGizmo! — By Evan Ackerman The Miniwiz Solarbulb is a little accessory for people who may not have the luxury of owning a lamp. It charges up in the sun, and after 5-6 hours, it’s good for 3-4 nights (I think it’s nights, seems like it might be hours, there was a bit of a language barrier) of white LED light. Then you screw the Miniwiz onto the top a bottle (it’s got threads on the inside) and there you go, insta-lamp. It’s going to cost about $24, available in February. The bottles in this picture, incidentally, are hexagonal and can be filled with stuff (or not) and used ...

POLLI-Brick: turning plastic bottles into green architecture
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine — ... comes a polymer architecture brick combining post-consumer materials with environmentally friendly function. The POLLI-Brick from MINIWIZ is made entirely of recycled materials and offers passive cooling, natural ventilation and solar/wind powered LED lighting... ...

Solar LED Lamp Puts Your Plastic Bottles to Use
Eco Geek Latest — ... A cool, quirky lighting gadget making its debut at CES this year was miniWIZ's Solarbulb. The lamp fully charges with three to four hours of direct sunlight and then provides six hours of ...

Polli-brick: plastic bottles for building
MAKE Magazine — (image via Notcot) A company called Miniwiz has created a recycled plastic bottle specifically for building. From Inhabitat's coverage: Made from recycled PET bottles, the lightweight bricks offer excellent acoustic and thermal insulation and can build anything from fences and roofs to pots for plants, skylights and beautiful walls of light... POLLI-Bricks possess incredible thermal and sound insulating characteristics in addition to an awesome strength to weight ratio, which should make them a hit with ...