Eco Factor: Concept battery with a built-in electricity generator.
Designed by Song Teaho and Hyejin Lee, the finger-powered battery is what will keep your talks going for those extra minutes before you have access to a wall socket. The concept…
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered electronic gadget charger.
The Solar Mobile Charger is a multipurpose gadget charging device that harvests clean energy from the sun to charge portable electronic devices, including cellphones, GPS units, PMPs and even…
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Eco Factor: Low-emission car to run on a hybrid engine.
Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch the next S-Class with a plug-in hybrid model. The car will also see improvements in its weight and aerodynamic properties, which coupled with the hybrid…
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Eco Factor: Renewable energy supergrid to be developed in Europe.
Several North Sea countries have come together to develop a renewable energy supergrid that will connect wind farms across the north coast of Scotland, vast arrays of solar panels…
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Eco Factor: Prototype zero-emission car powered by electric batteries.
Swiss-based automaker Protoscar has already built a €1 million all-electric sports car prototype, the Lampo, and the company is nearly finished with a new model, the Lampo…
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Eco Factor: Katie Spotz to solo row across the Atlantic Ocean to raise $30,000 for Blue Planet Run.
Katie Spotz is planning to solo row across the Atlantic Ocean, a distance of about 2500 miles, which she hopes to cruise in about 100 days. Spotz..
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Eco Factor: Fish made from recycled materials teach children about sea life.
Masamichi Hayashi, a Japanese marine ecologist, has created a set of life-like robotic fish that have been produced from recycled materials, including raincoats and…
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Eco Factor: New process to convert waste glycerin into biofuel.
High grade glycerin is being used to make products like soaps, but vast quantities of crude glycerin is simply disposed as waste. Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. is now trying to…
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Eco Factor: Low-emission hybrid car.
Toyota has announced that in 2010, its hybrid the Toyota Camry sedan will start rolling off the line in China from its Guangzhou plant. The low-emission hybrid vehicle is already being produced in Japan and…
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Eco Factor: Engineered tobacco leaves to produce more biofuel.
Researchers at the Biotechnology Foundations Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University have found out a way to increase biofuel production from tobacco plants by engineering two…
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