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Solar energy is one of the most impressive and easily available sources of green energy that has the potential to power everything from the PMPs we carry to the cars we drive. Toyota has already started exploring the potential of solar energy by…

Eco Factor: Piezoelectric devices to harness the motion of passengers passing through ticket gates.

A couple of days ago we told you how piezoelectric devices could be the key to speech powered mobile phones. While those piezoelectric devices were.

Eco Factor: Concept car powered by electricity and a conventional green engine.

Car designer Zdenko Vukoja has developed a concept car for Peugeot called “The 3GEO.” The car carries a battery pack which works simultaneously with a conventional.

Eco Factor: Autonomous boat powered by solar panels and methanol fuel cell.

After winning the World Robotic Sailing Championship, the ASV Roboat is now aiming to conquer the Atlantic Ocean with its computerized brain and a hybrid engine. The ASV…

Eco Factor: World’s largest solar facility with 6600 thin-film solar cells to generate more than a million kilowatt-hours annually.

Global Solar Energy has announced that the world’s largest CIGS thin-film solar array began full operations on..

Eco Factor: Sustainable hotel for Washington DC.

Miami-based architect Chad Oppenheim has conceived a hotel called “1Hotel & Residences” for Washington DC. Touted as Washington DC’s first luxury green hotel, the hotel will be built for…

Eco Factor: Solar-powered playground made from sustainable materials.

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans it left it without many houses and playgrounds. Since then kids in this part of the world didn’t have a proper place to play. However,…

AA batteries are the fuel that keeps your gadgets up and running. While they provide power for your cameras and other devices, disposed batteries prove to be a major threat to the environment. This Christmas promote the benefits of solar power and…

Eco Factor: Foot-powered Laptop charger.

Earlier today we wrote about a golf club powered cellphone charger concept, and here we are again with yet another innovation in alternative energy sources. Easy Energy has announced a foot-powered laptop…

The day when we would be using machines that won’t be powered by the little socket somewhere in the wall is still a couple of decades away. But this does not keep some designers and inventors from thinking that the calories burned during exercising.