Save Your Battery: Unplug Your Laptop
A recent article from Lawrence Berkely Laboratory suggests that readers should ‘ Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you. ‘ Researcher Venkat Srinivasan writes about batteries and battery chemistry...
View ArticleFollow Me concept EV for delivery services in a congested city
Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by an electric engine. Read the original here: Follow Me concept EV for delivery services in a congested city
View ArticlePlug-in, hybrid-electric yacht runs on wind energy even with lowered sails
Eco Factor: Catamaran uses a lithium-ion battery charged by wind as auxiliary power source. The Tang is a yet another good looking, high performance wind powered catamaran from Tag Yachts that runs on...
View ArticleMikou studio proposes functional and sustainable design for a German college
Eco Factor: Eco-friendly building with roofs covered with plants or solar panels. French Mikou design studio sees the Bottrop Higher Technical College in Germany as a symbolic structure that is a...
View ArticleMore Hydrogen from Sunlight
When there’s a good idea around, there’s more than one person pursuing it. And so it turns out that the artificial photosynthesis we covered recently isn’t the only approach being pursued to produce...
View ArticleCitroen Root concept three-wheeled vehicle is propelled by electric motors
AKSHAT YAGNIC: Citroen Root Concept electric car Transportation designers have been regular in designing concept three-wheeled electric vehicles for congested urbanities of the future. The reasons for...
View ArticleVolvo prepares to test three different prototypes of range extending EVs
Ayan Sengupta: Volvo Range extending EV Technical Concept 1 It seems like the Swedish automaker, Volvo, has decided to up the ante as far as technology for hybrid vehicles are concerned. This is why,...
View ArticleInnovations in Technical Education to Advance Sustainability: Student Leadership
This conference will bring together technical education practitioners and scholars to present cases, concepts, or ideas that advance, or have the potential to advance, sustainability through innovative...
View Article72-ton elevating house lifts 5 feet into the air to escape flooding
Larkfleet Group has created a revolutionary Elevating House that literally rises above flood waters. In case of a flood , the house can rise nearly five feet into the air in under five minutes – even...
View ArticleTiny power plant sucks CO2 from the air and turns it into fuel
Ineratec , an offshoot of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has devised a creative solution to the excess carbon dioxide (CO2) soaking the atmosphere. The company developed a small power plant...
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