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An increasing number of designers come up with numerous projects that make use of renewable energy, be it solar, wind, wave or all three.

One of the representatives of the "green tech" trend is the industrial designer Kubik Petr who is the author of this interesting alarm clock concept. The Alarm Clock resembles planet Earth and runs exclusively on solar power.

With the development of technology and music, designers had to come up with various new ideas to satisfy their customers. Sometimes ideas were groundbreaking and sometimes these were shocking. Alienware speaker system is a combination of a freaky and at the same time interesting futuristic design.

This handy gadget includes a rail mechanism that allows you to easily turn the magic box into an iron. Although the idea of a portable gadget is fresh and interesting, the device will not help you iron a lot of clothes, but still it is very effective and will serve you well during a trip.

The portable gadget features two heating plates that are placed on one another, having a spring between them. The two plates will help you easier iron collars - just put it between the plates and accurately iron it.

This device represents a foldable generator that produces energy by making use of wind power.

The main idea of this device is to provide electricity in locations where there's no electric service.

In addition, Eolic can be used as an alternative to the electric service in small housing.

As multi-touch technology appeared, it is used everywhere it is possible: laptops, GPS devices, mobile phones and this list of devices isn't full. Photo frames are not an exception.

Everyone knows that sitting in front of a computer for a quite long time could lead to physical problems and can get you mentally tired as well.

To solve this issue, designer Yuji Fujimura decided to create an ergonomic workplace that would provide comfort for your body during long hours in front of your machine.

From the technical point of view this is a speaker system that a pregnant woman can attach to her belly and help her fetus enjoy the beautiful vibrations of music, which, according to some researchers, stimulates mental capacities of the baby before it's born.

Designer Calvin Chen is the author of the Teaser, which represents a pioneering concept that was designed with the goal of cutting the level of food waste by making it possible for a person to taste a recipe prior to cooking it.

The gadget includes a touchscreen display and a printing system that emits edible flavor strip.

This is a concept that illustrates the possible kitchen of the future. Its designer is Eliza Shubert. One of the concept's main features is the fact that it transforms. As long as you don't use it, the kitchen hides on the wall, for example (check out the images).

This device is really interesting so make sure you figure out what it really does. Shade represents a tool that makes it possible for you to control and shape shadows. In order to produce new shadows in the room you control the light by simply touching and stroking in various ways the device's surface.

I don't know if you ever considered improving your kitchen, installing some technologically advanced devices and/or changing the shape and/or style of your kitchen, but after you read this article you will mostly likely think about the possible changes. I won't bore you with a long introduction, thus please enjoy the best gadgets for your kitchen.

Previously designers though about separating ovens and cooktop, but according to designer Ciprian Frunzeanu, they went in the wrong direction.

The designer presented its brand new idea that could save a lot of space and energy. His new concept is entitled Oven Re-Constructed.

Sharp recently unveiled its new AQUOS DX TV, which the company claims is the first 20-inch LCD TV in the world that has an average HD Ready resolution of 1366x768.

The AQUOS DX TV can also boast a digital TV tuner along with a Blu-ray and a built-in DVD recorder.

Recently ViewSonic has announced that it decided to move into the PC market and to prove it the company presented the first device from its computing line, the VPC100 all-in-one PC.

ViewSonic states that this is the first gadget from its line of products that will also feature nettops.

This chair you will surely never mistake for any other, it was presented at the Design Week in Milan.

The designer of this stunning piece of art is Gianni Pedone. He decided to base his Morfojet armchair on jet turbines.

The chair doesn't just look awesome and makes you look like the king of the discotheque, it actually features a built-in CD player and speakers.

A company called Pet Acoustics developed a device that manages the level of the music you listen to so that it won't harm your pet's hearing.

The new device is called "My Pet Speaker" and it represents a unidirectional speaker that features a 4-inch driver along with a cone reflector that expands sounds waves 360 degrees.

Amusity was designed by Idan Arbel, who says that his work represents a tangible user interface coffee table that can include your entire music collection.

Besides listening to the music, the user can also watch videos, access information on the artist, album etc. By making use of necessary information you can control the flow of the music tracks.

Surely there are lots of trendy iPod docks but none of them harnesses green energy like the dock you see here.

This dock was designed by Stefanie Koehler, who though about creating a device that would suit not only those hungry for originally but the eco-conscious people as well.

This device is called Symbio and it was designed by Elium Studio for Thomson. The gadget represents a cordless phone which, when connected via VoIP telephony, turns into an Internet radio, allowing you to surf through the regional, national and international radio stations.

Control4, the company that specializes in home automation solutions and products, came up with a program that represents an energy management system and which allows you to use your smartphone as a remote control for the system and an application store.