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…
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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…
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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…
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Eco Factor: Eco-friendly umbrella made from waterproof recyclable PET.
It’s raining cats and dogs and I am sure your hunt for an umbrella has just begun. Let me help you in your hunt by introducing you to an innovative and sustainable umbrella…
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Eco Factor: Economical, self-sufficient and rapidly deployable models for universal buildings.
Catering to the need of shelters, both permanent and temporary, Shradha Bhandari came up with an architectural research and development project that…
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Eco Factor: Solar canopy charging station charges EV, electric bikes and most portable devices.
The US city of Portland took a new leap forward in promoting green-building, transportation and renewable energy within the city. Portland got its…
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