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Eco Factor: Desalination plant produces potable water from seawater and generates green electricity.

Residents of Saudi Arabia have always felt crisis for freshwater and scientists have come up with some outrageous solutions to tackle the problem..

Eco Factor: Concept lunch box powered by solar energy.

Your picnic excitement comes to a standstill when you see the pizza you brought along become sticky and hard to eat. Keeping food items in the sun would definitely make them warm but would…

Eco Factor: Concept Vehicle runs on algae-powered fuel cell engine.

Designed by a bunch of designers, including Benjamin Cselley, Jupin Ghanbari, Jessica Covi and Erol Kursani, the Chiron Transportation is an identical multidimensional vehicle…

Eco Factor: MIT researchers develop displays that use less than one-hundredth the power of conventional TV screens.

Inspired by the masters of camouflage in the underwater world, cuttlefish, researchers at MIT are developing electronic ink…

Eco Factor: Solar-powered pool meter ensures the safety of your kids.

Owning a pool is cool provided you harvest rainwater for the same, but keeping an eye on your pool every second to make sure your naughty kids don’t try to take an unattended..

Eco Factor: Stadium powered by solar energy.

No one has ever attempted to power an entire stadium with solar energy before, but Japan-based Toyo Ito Architects are using solar energy beyond all conventions to power the main stadium built for the…

Eco Factor: Portable computer powered by solar energy and made from ecofriendly materials.

Spanish computer manufacturer, iUnika, has launched an ecofriendly netbook computer, iUnika GYY. The netbook weighs only 700gm and carries a 400MHz…

Eco Factor: Off-the-grid sustainable complex plan for Dubai.

Where on Earth do you see the craziest architectural dreams coming to life? Yes, it’s Dubai. After shocking the world with the most outrageous land reclamation projects, Dubai is all…

Eco Factor: Solar thermal power plant capable of generating 340MW of electricity planned for Arizona.

The Mohave Sun Power company has created a single-purpose company called the Hualapai Valley Solar LLC to develop a solar thermal power plant in..

Eco Factor: Robotic car powered by electric motors.

With technology advancing at the pace it is today, we’ve to believe that by the end of the century we won’t be driving our cars around the city. Rather, we will just be sitting on the then…