Low-tech Magazine: Wind up your laptop

Wind up your laptop : with a hand crank it is possible to generate 35 to 60 watts, on a bike this sustained power capacity rises to 100 or 150 watts

Computing without electricity : fast and complicated calculations are a product of fossil fuels

Bring back the horses : replacing tractors with real horse power could be the revolution that agriculture needs

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Download, print, fold, paste : the best cut-outs on the internet

Life before television : the stereoscope, the panorama, the magic lantern and the peepshow

Tiles as a substitute for steel : the art of timbrel vaulting allowed for structures that today no architect would dare to build without steel reinforcements

The age of speed : how to reduce global fuel consumption by 75 percent

A world without trucks : underground freight networks

Why the electric car has no (wireless) future

The right to 35 mobiles : the energy consumption of the mobile phone network

Faster internet is impossible : internet users continually need faster connections to surf the web at the same speed

Satellite navigation in the 18th century : who needs GPS?

Green, slow air cargo : air freight could become the most eco-friendly option if speed is reduced

Ecotech from the 1940s : if we really want more energy efficient cars, the Citroën 2CV shows us that we need not more, but less technology

The return of the sailing ship : considering the wind as an extra source of power, the fuel use of cargo ships can be reduced substantially

The ugly side of solar panels : how much energy does it take to produce a solar panel?

Nuclear reactors, but no fuel : already in 10 to 15 years time, there will be a severe shortage of uranium

Why bottled water is good for the environment : water drinkers should be praised instead of criticised

Life without airplanes : from London to New York in 3 days and 12 hours

Is ecotech the new asbestos? What will remain of greentech, cleantech and ecotech if nanotechnology turns out to be harmful for humans and the environment?

The pinhole camera : build a pinhole camera, turn your bedroom into a camera obscura and rediscover photography

Leave the algae alone : while the first generation of biofuels is wreaking havoc on the environment and the food markets, the second generation is set to make things even worse