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Traveling across seven seas can be more eco-friendly and fun without resorting to fuel-guzzling aircrafts or ships, if only Pathfinder finds its way to the production stage soon. The designer, has fantasized about an amphibian vehicle that seems to be an ideal solution for traveling across the globe in the future. read more »
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Eco Factor: Wind turbine inspecting robot. Recently news surfaced that a wind turbine in England was hammered by an alien spacecraft. We don’t want to unravel any answers to the ET mystery here, but we just want to acknowledge the fact that wind turbines have always been subjected to degradation which can any day result in a catastrophe. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Fa read more »
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EcoFactor: An electric public commuting vehicle that cuts down on carbon emissions. Designed by Nuno Teixeira, Mybus is a concept electric vehicle of the future that aims at giving a new green face to urban commuting. While the concept vehicle is all about its unique safety features that make sure that both the passengers and pedestrians are safe, its all-electric engine ensures... read more »
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Eco Factor: Concept car powered by electricity and a conventional green engine. Car designer Zdenko Vukoja has developed a concept car for Peugeot called “The 3GEO.” The car carries a battery pack which works simultaneously with a conventional natural gas or biodiesel engine. read more »
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Eco Factor: Pedal-electric hybrid concept boat. Designed by Manuel Schneider, “1Liaison” is a paddleboat that offers you much more than high levels of enjoyment. The paddleboat comes with an onboard battery for high speed boating. The propeller-driven boat can be powered by pedals just like a normal boat, but here the pedals are connected to a dynamo that recharges the battery. read more »
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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 wind losses associated with wind turbines. Normally, when wind strikes a turbine, about half of the wind is forced around the blades and t read more »
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November 21, 2030 - More manufacturers of electronic equipment are now joining the battery standard, based on the new generation of rechargeable batteries that can keep your TV run for 40 hours without recharging. They will soon be able to run basically all equipment at your home, the computer, toaster, lamps, vacuum cleaner, and they are even considered for washing machines. read more »
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In keeping with its progressive reputation, San Francisco is looking to pave the way for widespread electric vehicle adoption in the US. A Palo-Alto start-up called "Better Place" has received the green light from all three of the Bay Area's big city mayors to begin carrying out an ambitious plan to build a network of 250,000 charging ports, 200 battery-exchange stations and a control center read more »
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