This alarm clock does a lot more than just waking you up. It can also forecast the outside weather for you to start the day accordingly. It does this with the help of a wireless remote sensor. Oregon Scientific’s this clock is featured with glowing…
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When the world says, “Charity begins at home”, Beijing residents say, “water-saving begins from the toilet”. The driest major city in the world, Beijing is facing a severe water shortage problem in the city. Concerned, perhaps on the lines of this…
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Ya, you got it right. This is a plastic printer. Though there is nothing much special about the printer, but it is the material the plastic is made of, which puts it to the headline.
The plastic the printer is made of is plant-based! The material it.
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Installing the world’s largest solar power plant is on the way – it is all happening in southern Portugal. U.S. energy companies GE Energy and PowerLight Corporation, and Portuguese renewable energy company Catavento have started building it.
The…
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It costs a whopping $20K. Keeping aside the price, you will be surprised to hear the product that costs this – it’s a piece of furniture! Such an expensive desk is not priced because of its use, but of its style.
The Desk, named DC-3 Dakota Wingtip…
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We all know that water splits to produce hydrogen. But, with the soaring oil prices and building concerns for the global warming occurring due to greenhouse gas emissions, the demand for large scale hydrogen production has increased. To meet such…
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Manufactured by China Himin Solar Energy Group, these low-tech solar heaters have supplied endless flow of hot water to Dezhou city. These rooftop solar heaters by capturing the sun’s energy provide hot water for baths and washing to the city.
These…
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Swedish firm, Wost Man Ecology, have created an innovative toilet that converts human waste into manure. Termed Dry Toilet this could be the answer to all the toilet problems in poor countries.
These novel toilets are based on 19th century European.
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A series of environmental indicators are being developed for the production of rice in the region. With the help of these indicators, each country will be able to not only monitor, but also compare the environmental impact of its rice production with…
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North China will be getting a solar power plant costing 20 billion Yuan (US$2.5 billion). Once built, this plant would be China’s first large-scale commercial plant for converting sunlight into electricity. Solar Millennium AG will be building this…
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