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Eco Factor: Fuel cell to extend the range of EVs to more than 400 miles.

California-based fuel cell developers Oorja Protonics have unveiled new technology that according to the company can better the range of electric vehicles to up to 400…

Eco Factor: Concept boat powered by a diesel/electric hybrid engine.

Mercury Marine showcased its latest concept boat at the Miami International Boat Show. Dressed in striking graphics, the concept vessel promises a low-emission cruise with its…

Eco Factor: Portable fuel cell to recharge mobile devices.

Mobile base stations are working hard to set up their towers in the remote places of the planet to connect them with the rest of the world. However, in most of these places power is a…

Eco Factor: Fuel-efficient three-wheeled vehicle for Shell Eco-Marathon.

A team of mechanical engineering students at California Polytechnic State University is working on a three-wheeled vehicle for the Shell Eco-Marathon student competition,…

Eco Factor: Supermarket proposal will grow food onsite to reduce emissions.

Usually in a supermarket food items are transported from hundreds of miles away before they are sold to the end consumers. Rotterdam-based firm Van Bergen Kolpa Architects.

Eco Factor: Concept bicycle with unique levitation properties.

All those who love to ride a bike to work always hope that somehow the gravity lowers and they can ease their legs a little bit. While gravity won’t lower in any case, industrial…

Eco Factor: Device collects water droplets from thin air.

The United Nations estimates that by the year 2025 more than 66 percent of the world’s population will be suffering from water shortages. Though a waterless future is believed to be…

Eco Factor: Sustainable building designed to generate renewable energy.

Oppenheim’s proposal for a mixed-use tower in U.A.E is designed to maximize the quantity of units on the beach. This new approach will permit the introduction of new unit…

Eco Factor: Pavilion designed to be powered by solar energy.

Naco Architectures have unveiled the designs of the Monaco Pavilion that is under construction for the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The building expresses the identity of the client and…

Eco Factor: Engineered cactus generates renewable energy using photosynthesis.

In an effort to find new sources of renewable energy, researchers at France’s CNRS have developed a unique biofuel cell that can be inserted into a living cactus to…