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Eco Factor: High-tech bike monitors your vital statistics.

Riding a bike keeps you and the environment around you in good shape. Burning calories for the environment and saving a few bucks during the ride seems a good enough reason to quit using…

Eco Factor: Renewable electricity generating turbine works in two modes.

Renewable energy is the need of the hour not just for normal household electricity, but for outdoor activities like camping as well. However, generating renewable energy by…

Eco Factor: Zero emission Honda S2000 powered by lithium-ion batteries.

Honda S2000 was already a green vehicle courtesy its 4-cylinder fuel-efficient engine. However, like always there was someone who found electricity better than fossil fuel….

Eco Factor: LED shower light powered by water pressure.

A dark shower cabin could make you cry if you are one of those who love a soapy wash. ECOlight by Sylvania could prevent all those tears with a water powered LED shower head. Designed to…

Eco Factor: Solar-powered LED lighting system.

Lighting systems have always kept designers on their toes to develop the most amazing and the most ecofriendly system of all. Riding the bandwagon is designer Yana klimava with a light she calls the…

Eco Factor: Renewable energy generating architecture design.

To bring an oasis to the concrete jungle of Madrid, Herzog & de Meuron have proposed a stunning design of a new headquarters for Spanish banking group BBVA. The 100,000-sqmile site is…

Eco Factor: Sustainable polar station opens in Antarctica.

Scientists have shown that solar and wind energy don’t just work well in the tropical landscapes by developing the first carbon-neutral polar station in the deserted land of Antarctica….

Eco Factor: Green electricity generated from waste factory heat.

Factories and manufacturing units burn lots of fuel for the products they make. This generates a lot of heat, most of which is wasted because till date there weren’t many…

Eco Factor: Shock-absorber system capable of generating up to 1KW of green electricity.

Driving your brand new car on a bumpy road seems more of a punishment to most car lovers. Some MIT students know that bumps on the road are imminent and they…

Eco Factor: Ecofriendly clock that runs on mud.

Clocks are becoming obsolete with the rise of newer and better technologies to tell you the time. However, the tradition of having a clock wake you up in the morning still remains intact. While most..