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Eco Factor: Cordless phones made from 20 percent recycled materials.

Motorola has upgraded their range of stylish cordless home-phones with two new entrants – D10 and D11 — that not only promise to enhance your living style, but also add a…

This Christmas make sure your loved ones don’t go for the evergreens for decorations. Gift them an eco-friendly Christmas tree instead that has been made of cardboard. The trees measure 3 feet in height and 3 feet in width and have been created…

Eco Factor: Plant caring pot design.

We always encourage our readers to plant as many trees and herbs as they can. Planting is just half the job and the other half is taking care of their lives and ensuring that they never run out of water or…

Eco Factor: Energy generator harnesses kinetic energy.

The ever growing demand for clean electricity has tempted designers all over the world to develop products that can generate electricity and care for the environment at the same time. Chris…

Eco Factor: Multipurpose robot is powered by solar energy.

According to a research conducted by International Federation of Robotics, there were 3.4 million personal service robots in use by the end of 2007. Since most of these robots are…

Eco Factor: GM’s new hydrogen fuel-cell powered car ready for open roads.

General Motors has announced that the company’s hydrogen fuel-cell powered car – HydroGen4 — is ready for open road testing. The company will be accompanied by nine..

Eco Factor: Battery-free digital clock powered by lemons.

Florian Dussopt and Julie Girard have used lemons not to make lemonade, but to power a special clock that replaces battery power with lemon power. The clock comes with a wooden plank that…

Eco Factor: Elmwood debuts reclaimed wood flooring and countertops.

There are varieties of options through which you can decorate your home floors. These varieties include wood, carpets, tiles and vinyl. But people who are more interested in…

Eco-Factor: LED lights powered by a small wind turbine.

If you are an environmentally conscious person, then I have some green idea for you this Christmas. Nothing expensive, but a tiny 20cm tall light-up wind turbine that uses 2.4″ propeller to.

Eco Factor: Replacing graphite anode with nano-silicon enhances current storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries.

The only factor preventing global adoption of electric cars is the limited driving range of cars running on lithium batteries. The…