Eco Factor: Car powered by solar energy.
Out-of-the-box thinking brought Rinspeed into the limelight during last year’s Geneva Auto Show, when the car designer launched the diving car sQuba. Having a similar aim this year too, Rinspeed has…
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Eco Factor: Garden lights powered by solar energy.
Fireflies with their unique ability to glow at nighttime have attracted one-too-many people toward them. People in love with their green light will now be able to enjoy the faint glow year-round…
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Eco Factor: Light charged by solar energy.
Umbrellas don’t just prevent us from getting wet, but also keep our extremely important electronic gear from succumbing to water falling from the heavens. Designer Becky Barber thinks that along with…
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Eco Factor: Fighter plane cockpit created from recycled materials.
The passion to fly a fighter plane rests in many people, but there are just a few as passionate as Raymond Wood, who has spent more than a thousand hours building the cockpit of an.
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Eco Factor: Soundproof barrier for Amsterdam Airport allows algae cultivation.
The “Create a Barrier of Silence” design competition hosted by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has been won by an innovative noise-reduction facility developed by Toine..
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission car powered by electricity.
The advent of electric cars got some frowns from all those car lovers for whom performance was always rated above emissions. Electric cars, though, protect the planet from harmful GHGs but…
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Eco Factor: Energy information display based on Plogg wireless smart meter technology.
A Swiss research group at the Bits-to-Energy Lab of ETH Zurich has developed a browser-based system that delivers real-time energy statistics of all electric…
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Eco Factor: Structures created from recycled plastic bottles encourage youth to kick single use plastic water bottles.
Drinking bottled water might keep you in good shape, but the millions of water bottles discarded every day in landfills are…
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Eco Factor: Photo luminescent material embedded inside a mirror.
For many power failures, a dark washroom is synonymous to peeing under a streetlight. To keep your privacy intact Sotirios Papadopoulos has developed a light-emitting mirror, which…
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Eco Factor: Streetlights that turn on with a cellphone command.
The need to conserve energy has always been backed up technological innovations that take us to a newer world where technology and the environment benefit each other. However, this..
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