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Developed by NASA, the EcoSphere is complete eco-system that has been sealed in hand blown glass. The pod contains all the basic necessities of life – water, air and earth. Algae and other microbes sustain each other with nutrients. All the pod…

Eco Factor: Highly-efficient wind turbine design.

FloDesign Wind Turbine has developed a new turbine design that could generate electricity at half the cost of conventional wind turbine. The design has been inspired from jet engines and avoids the.

Eco Factor: A city designed with used plastic bottles.

Plato in 360 BC described a city named Atlantis, whose beauty was beyond any comparison. Mythologized for its abundance of striking temples and stunning vegetation, the city was supposed to be.

Eco Factor: Farmer builds 26 robots from junk to perform daily tasks.

A Chinese farmer, Wu Yulu, has proved that mechanical skills don’t come with after years of specialized education, but all that is needed is passion and patience. The farmer…

Eco Factor: Solar-powered artwork for San Francisco.

“Language of the Birds” is a site-specific artwork designed by Brian Goggin and Dvorka Keehn for a new public plaza in San Francisco. The artwork consists of 23 solar-powered book sculptures.

Eco Factor: Tractor powered by photovoltaic panels.

Austria-based Open Energy has stated that the company will be launching a tractor completely powered by the energy of the sun by 2010. The tractor will be powered by a 26-square meter solar…

Eco Factor: Car powered by a hybrid propulsion system.

Big cities today are far from being pleasant. Traffic jams, pollution and noise seem to be the requirement for any city to be called a metropolis. Recently we saw several car concepts that…

Diamonds have always been a girl’s best friends. This Christmas show your girl that she is special for you with a diamond-studded Fifi Bijoux Bahia Cuff Bangle. The exotic bangle is crafted from 18ct gold and is inlaid with fairly traded diamonds….

Eco Factor: Old subway cars recycled into sustainable studios.

To solve the expensive office space problem of artists in London, furniture designer, Auro Foxcroft, came up with an ingenious solution. He took old subway cars, removed all the…

Eco Factor: Sustainable resort powered by renewable energy.

Kimpton Hotels will soon be opening a new resort in Key Largo, Florida, that will be one of the greenest resorts ever to be developed. Developed by Northstar Resort Enterprise…