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Eco Factor: Recycling plastic bottles to generate solar, wind, wave and hydroelectricity.

If you summarize the problems the environment faces today, the end result would be two main issues – the increase in landfill waste, which mainly consists..

Eco Factor: Hybrid car powered by a gasoline/electric hybrid engine.

The sleeping auto giants of Germany have finally woken up to witness a new change in automotive technology where thrust is given to fuel conservation rather than power and…

Eco Factor: Low-wattage lighting system can be joined together in any shape.

For all those parents who don’t want their kids to get out of the home during hot summer afternoons, here is your chance to make them home-bound while keeping them…

Eco Factor: Hybrid scooter powered by lithium-ion batteries fueled by a sterling engine.

Dean Kamen, the inventor of Segway personal transporter, is now trying to develop a new type of motorcycle that can run on anything that burns. Unlike…

Eco Factor: 1986 motorcycle modded to sport an electric engine.

An ingenious mind in Santa Cruz has converted an old 1986 make Honda motorcycle to run on green fuel and have no emissions at all. Based in Santa Cruz, Geoff Bjorgan, holds that green.

Eco Factor: Solar-powered bicycle pod with change rooms, showers and self-cleaning device.

Normal excuses for not riding a bike to office range from arriving to work laden with sweat to arriving wet during rainy season. All these excuses won’t..

Eco Factor: Electrically propelled Eco Yacht generates solar and wind electricity.

London-based Rainsford Mann Design has unveiled their latest design, the 80m Eco Yacht that is a result of the company’s in-house study of the potential…

Eco Factor: Energy-saving all-in-one PC from ViewSonic saves desk space as well.

Traditional computing systems can be both unattractive and expensive, but ViewSonic’s latest development can answer both these problems with an added benefit of…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission airplane powered entirely by solar energy.

With a wingspan similar to a Boeing 747 and having a weight less than a small car, the Solar Impulse airplane has been unveiled by adventurer Bertrand Piccard. The plane will…

Eco Factor: Wireless sensors powered by metabolic energy of trees.

With the rise in the average temperature, forest fires are becoming an ever-increasing threat to the delicate ecosystem of the planet. Not only do such fires account for billions..