Eco Factor: Entertainment center with speakers, TV and PlayStation made from recycled car parts.
For most of us our old cars are nothing more than heap of scrap metal, but avid DIYer Michael DiCanzio believes that his old car has all the…
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered electric car for the Global Green Challenge.
With just days left before the Global Green Challenge commences to decide who’s got the best solar-powered vehicle, the University of New South Wales thinks that its Sunswift.
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Eco Factor: E-book reader powered by solar energy.
We all know that reading your favorite novel in a digital format can help reduce the number of trees that are being chopped for paper. LG is taking the E-book craze a bit too far by designing a…
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Eco Factor: Conceptual self-sufficient home made from recycled and sustainable materials.
The Urban Bamboo Utopia (UBU) by Hungarian designer Dvorcsák Szabolcs is designed to reevaluate the relationship between humankind and the planet. The…
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Eco Factor: Sustainably constructed home generates solar electricity and harvests rainwater.
Designed by Farr Associates and constructed by Goldberg General Contracting, the Yannell Residence is often being referred to as one of the greenest…
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Eco Factor: Nanotechnology to further improve the cellulosic ethanol process.
Researchers at Louisiana Tech University are gearing up to further improve the cellulosic ethanol process by using nanotechnology. The researchers believe that the…
Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric vehicles powered by solar energy.
Chicago-based Solar Electric Vehicle Company is providing its ecofriendly 14-passenger vehicle to the Chicago Botanic Garden as part of the opening of the Garden’s Daniel F….
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Eco Factor: Water purifier produces 14,400 gallons of clean water every day using solar energy.
Chemviron Midwest has announced that the company has produced the world’s first solar-powered water purification system that could have a major…
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Eco Factor: Competition to help develop low-cost fuel cells for mass use.
After demonstrating the feasibility and performance of fuel cells, manufacturers weren’t able to control the cost of the technology that could aid its global adoption….
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Eco Factor: Self-sufficient bus stop generates solar energy for power.
The Istituto Europeo di Design of Barcelona and Capmar S.L., along with the EMT, has unveiled the first solar-powered bus stop in Spain. The totally self-sufficient bus stop…
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