I like to check Yanko Design blog – they always write about some weird and cool designs. Here I picked few interesting eco-concepts for a closer look.

What is the world of a normal geek today? Charging and charging devices. Piles of wires in every room of your home. Several electronic appliances that grow your energy bill even if you wouldn’t be using them. The world must change!!!

1. What would happen if the geek would share a sip of coca cola with a mobile phone?

This is such a funny concept of powering up your device. A phone that drinks coca cola to function? That’s what the designer Daizi Zheng proposes. The phone feeds off carbohydrates (sugar) and utilizes enzymes as the catalyst to generate electricity.

I wonder how the UI would be… Instead of “battery full” sign you would get “I’m high on sugar” info note. Later on they could teach phones to eat healthy and power them with rye bread.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/08/the-bio-alternative/

2. After all that cola and coffee the eco-geek’s hands are shaking.

No problem! He/she can switch to this other phone, which functions almost like a stress toy.

While you’re nervously waiting for that call, you can charge the phone’s battery by rotating it around your finger, or turning a mechanical wheel on the other end.

The world is never going to be the same!

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/12/01/fully-analog-cellphone-charging/

3. Crap! Again the eco-geek forgets to buy new batteries for the ultra high tech wireless mouse.

How about going to catch this non-tech wireless mouse from Logitech? The mouse doesn’t consume batteries, but it’s always functional after just few rotations of the …. tail.

The tail doesn’t get lost because it can be stored under the …. toy mouse.

Just be careful – It’s so cute you might start feeding it with cheese.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/12/10/mouse-key-key-mouse/

4. Tendency of having to search for your phone every morning?

Solution: Sticky Phone! The phone can be used like sticky notes, it could be even glued to the main door so that you don’t forget it.

The idea of the stickiness is however that it can be charged with solar power, while it’s stuck on a sunny window. Practical!

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/12/03/sticky-phone/

5.  Reduce clutter. Simplify. More margins. Less features. – The overratedly simple radio!

Here is the simplest and most sympathetic radio I’ve seen. It’s like a postcard.

Every little pad is one radio station. The pad is flexible material. On one side you have the speaker, and on the other side a solar panel.

A radio candy box! This one I’d take to the beach.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/30/radio-ga-ga/

6. Would exercising be more tempting if you could turn your Calories into Watts?

This concept is a revolution to the humankind. Never again you have to exercise just because “it makes you feel better”. You can exercise for a reason. The reason is simple: Power up the devices you use of course!

While walking, biking or waiting you collect energy, which can then be inserted into all the machines. A dream of an eco-geek! Imagine, you can be like a plant that gives air to breathe to all your little gadget-friends.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/30/make-my-own-juice/