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Audi recently joined hands with Renovo Design, a Portland based firm famous for its wooden frame bikes, to not make cars but bicycles. Audi has decided to lend its name to the cycle industry. The domain of expertise would now be widened and newer…

Adroitly visualized by Loseva Larisa and Emtsov Sergey from Russia and ingeniously designed by Ivan Romanov, this is the wind-solar power generator Horizon. Utilizing the Magnus effect (whereby a spinning object flying in a fluid creates a whirlpool..

When a river flows into the sea, the mixing of fresh and salt water unleashes energy. A team of researchers from Stanford University has estimated that the electric power generated from this mixing could provide about 13 percent of the world’s…

Now you too can contribute to the much talked about green revolution. Here we are neither talking about solar panels nor wind mills. It’s all about human power. Have you ever thought how much of our energy is drained while working out in a gym? But no

Well, since human beings are constantly evolving, so are their inventions and innovations. The latest being the possibility of charging of an Apple iPod with your own heart. Sounds strange? It is, yet very realistic and practical. Nanotechnology or a.

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It is estimated that one fifth of the world’s population does not have access to safe drinking water. Well it may seem a bitter paradox especially in the context that – there are 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water on the planet,…

An eco-friendly, yet modern place in the lap of nature! This is the wonderful proposition set forth by Eriksson Architects. This company, based in Helsinki,develops environment friendly architectural designs. They have prepared the blue print for the.

In yet another entry for the 2011 Seoul Motor Show, South Korea’s second largest automobile manufacturer Kia Motors has unveiled their Naimo electric concept car. Loaning its name from the Korean word ‘Ne-mo’, (pronounced ‘Neh-mo’, meaning…

In a progressive move, a team of students and teachers from Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics (FCFM) at the University of Chile has contrived of an all new solar racing car. In collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism,…

Malaysian designers Ku Yee Kee and Hor Sue-Wern have come up with the novel idea of transforming decommissioned oil rigs into habitable structures. With conservation of the environment being the order of the day, tapping renewable sources of energy…