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Eco Factor: Solar energy generating plant.

Technology has certainly made our lives easy, but powering all those electronic items is not as easy on the environment. To make things better for the environment, industrial and product designers have…

Eco Factor: Battery-free remote control powered by movement.

Yesterday we discussed the soft solar battery that could be used in remote controls to stop harmful AA batteries from polluting the environment. Now a team of designers has come up with..

Eco Factor: Solar and wind power generators installed at Yamaha’s Nakaze plant.

Yamaha Motors has installed solar and wind power generators at its Nakaze plant in Japan. The installation comes according to the company’s initiatives to make the.

Eco Factor: Energy-efficient LCD from LG.

With CES 2009 just a couple of weeks away, companies have already started boasting about their new products that might steal the show for them. Earlier we discussed Energizer’s solar battery charger and..

Away from gifting objects of décor that will do nothing more than just hang on your wall or snatch space in your room, we suggest something very unique, useful, economical and ecofriendly gift this Christmas. The Iqua Vizor SUN is a solar-powered…

Eco Factor: Cars powered by used vegetable oils taking skiers to mountain resorts of Colorado.

Kristopher Klain is a man who envisions a greener Colorado with his veggie oil powered shuttle service to the mountain resorts in the state. Klain used..

Eco Factor: Foldable solar panel to be used as an AA battery.

Though AA batteries have been outclassed by the more efficient lithium counterparts, there are still some gadgets like your retro Walkman or your TV’s remote control, which still…

Eco Factor: Low-emission hybrid bus designed for the compact streets of London.

The Hector Serrano Studio has won the second prize in the New Bus For London competition with an ecofriendly bus called the “Welcome Back.” The designers bring in..

Eco Factor: Plant-based resin to be used to manufacture interiors of hybrids.

Hybrid cars added a new and green dimension to urban transportation. These cars not only ensure a low emission ride, but also take care of the speed and agility one gets.

Eco Factor: Solar-powered bridge monitoring device.

A weakened bridge not only poses a threat to traffic but also to the life below it. Getting the real-time status of a bridge might not be as easy as it seems, but if professors at Kansas State…