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Eco Factor: Portable wind turbine for home use.

Wind turbines, a clean way to harness the ecological and renewable source of wind energy, are designed generally for commercial use. Oskar Zieta in collaboration with ETH Zurich has come up with a…

Eco Factor: Concept zero-emission bike powered by electricity.

Designed by Jacobus Marx, the BMW X bike is based on an active urban transport vehicle of the near future. The vehicle will be propelled by two 80KW in-wheel electric motors with…

Eco Factor: iPhone 3GS made from ecofriendly materials.

Apple has announced the new iPhone 3GS, which will be based on the iPhone OS 3.0. Coming in two variants of 16GB and 32GB memory capacity, the device will feature a faster processor, built-in.

Eco Factor: Multiple appliances controlled by a single switch reduce energy wastage.

How many times has it happened to you that you’ve turned off the computer but forgot to turn off the peripherals installed with it? If it’s not easy for you…

Eco Factor: Floating supermarket powered by solar energy.

With over 200,000 people living below sea level in the Kuttanad area of Kerala in India, the district authorities have set up a new facility allowing the residents to purchase goods from a.

Eco Factor: Recyclable housing unit is entirely self-sufficient.

Thinking about the future of living and adapting quickly to the change in requirements and the need to be self-sufficient in terms of energy, designers Alberto Lara and Paula…

Eco Factor: Small solar-powered plant on a cap preaches green message.

A student named Roland Saekow from the University of California Berkeley has this small “green world” on his graduation cap. It’s a small solar-powered plant with a wind..

Eco Factor: Concept car powered by electric motors.

We’ve seen a few transforming car concepts in the past, but unlike those vehicles which only shift their shape in two ways – a bike and a car — here is the “TransforMiss” concept that..

Eco Factor: Low-tech juicer made from recycled plastic bottle.

Scott Amron, a New York-based designer and founder of Amron Experimental, has come up with yet another mind-blowing idea of a Re-Juicer. This smart Re-Juicer will help you re-use…

Eco Factor: Mouse automatically puts a computer into standby mode.

This Eco Mouse has a small green button that has the word “ECO” inscribed across; pressing it will automatically put your computer into stand-by mode. Calculations can be performed.