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Eco Factor: Bike GPS made from recycled computer parts runs on solar energy.

Long and endless bike rides during summer could easily turn into trouble if you don’t have a GPS unit and are not really aware of the roads you’re traversing. Facing..

Eco Factor: Home minimizes energy consumption by maximizing passive solar techniques.

We all want to lower our monthly energy expenditures, but considering the cost of renewable energy systems, lowering your monthly utility bills might be an…

Eco Factor: Affordable wind turbines for commercial and residential uses.

WindTamer Corporation has developed what the company claims to be a new paradigm of wind power – more power from a small but efficient wind turbine. The company’s latest.

Eco Factor: Chair made from recycled plastic water bottles.

Polish designer Pawel Grunert has reused plastic water bottles, millions of which are discarded every day all over the globe, to design a chair for the Eco Trans Pop exhibition of…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission chopper powered by electricity.

Choppers are known for their distinctive looks and noisy engines that make you hear they’re coming from a mile away. Not this one though, as Orange County Choppers has built an…

Eco Factor: Recycled paper converted into artwork.

Londoners get free news and gossip papers at even underground tube stations, which usually ends up on the streets or in the first bin they encounter after their ride is over. While the use of that.

Eco Factor: Laser wind sensor increases the output of wind turbines.

Virginia-based Catch the Wind has signed an agreement with National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to test a laser wind sensor that automatically optimizes wind turbine direction to.

Eco Factor: Autonomous indoor plantation concept.

By the year 2015 there won’t be as much land available for farming as there is today. This decrease in farmland will require systems that can allow the growing population to feed itself….

Eco Factor: Sculpture made from recycled materials.

Eco-artist and sculptor Bettye Hamblen Turner has made use of trashed stainless steel, carbon steel and recycled auto and motorcycle parts to craft a stunning sculpture known as Paladin. The…

Eco Factor: Concept lamp powered by solar energy.

Solar energy, though expensive, gives campers what they want – charge on the move. Be it cellphones, GPS and even torches, everything that can help you out during an emergency can be charged via..