Eco factor: Prefab room provides food and energy, improves quality of modern apartment living
Not everyone can afford a lush green garden, but that doesn’t take away the desire from owing one. For those of you who wish to live amongst plants…
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Eco Factor: Electric and solar powered bus allows cars to drive underneath.
Here is a plan that might sound a little crazy, but makes sense when thought with respect to urban transportation. Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment Co., Ltd, has…
Giant green buses to minimize congestion by allowing cars to drive under Read More »
Eco Factor: Water desalination plant produces potable water from seawater.
The city of Chennai in India has been suffering from a chronic water shortage for decades. The water needs are primarily met by lakes situated around the city, which…
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Eco Factor: Twin-engine aircraft concept with electric battery gas turbine hybrid propulsion system.
After presenting the pioneering D “double bubble” concept to the world, now the NASA supersonic research program is offering what can be…
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Eco Factor: Eco-friendly mobile phone concept powered by liquid fuel cells.
Cellphones connecting people with each other have already turned the world into a global village. But we need more and more features to keep up pace with the rise in…
Cloud BlackBerry concept cellphone offers unlimited storage and processing Read More »
Eco Factor: Solar panels that generate electricity from heat and light.
Until now excessive heat has been a limiting factor for solar panel efficiency, which decreases as the incident heat increases. Researchers at Stanford University have come…
Researchers plan solar panels that use heat and light to generate energy Read More »
Eco Factor: Redesigned wind turbine triples the production of wind energy.
Professor Yuji Ohya at Japan’s Kyushu University has unveiled redesigned wind turbine dubbed as “Wind Lens” that can triple the amount of energy generated by offshore…
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Eco Factor: Audi to produce an electric mini car for urban travel.
Breaking its silence, Audi has announced that it would be producing an electric mini car for urban travel. The plan was announced by Audi CEO Rupert Stadler at the launch of the…
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Eco factor: Enbridge works on the largest photovoltaic solar energy facility in North America.
It looks like Enbridge, the Canadian company behind the recent oil spill in Michigan’s Calhoun County near Marshall, is making an attempt to do some…
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Eco Factor: Chicago-area artists convert recycled refrigerators into stunning pieces of art.
Not even in my wildest dreams could I image a machine that keeps things cold transforming into a hot property. Well, this is exactly what an artist…
Artist transforms a fridge into VooDoo Retro Rod Read More »