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Eco Factor: Pedal powered vehicle assisted by solar energy.
Launched as an 8th grade project for Novato Charter School, the SOHH project was showcased at the Maker Faire. The Solar Human Hybrid Project (SOHH) is not one of those solar-powered...
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission lawnmower is powered by electricity.
Gone are the days when mowing your lawn in the morning could have triggered a neighborhood brawl....
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Eco Factor: New solar plants to be built on public lands.
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Eco Factor: Recycling plastic bottles to generate solar, wind, wave and hydroelectricity.
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Eco Factor: Wireless sensors powered by metabolic energy of trees.
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered laptop and gadget charger.
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made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Gas for heating homes and even running cars produced from wood.
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made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric car powered by solar energy.
The enhancement in solar technology has made it possible for car designers to incorporate tiny solar...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Chicken feathers used to make fuel cells cost-effective.
With the demand for chicken increasing substantially, poultry waste is also on the rise, which...
made popular Jun 24 2009
Eco Factor: The energy kit uses ethanol to produce electricity.
Fuel cell technology is viewed as one of the most remarkable sources of energy in the coming future....
made popular Jun 23 2009
Eco Factor: Kinetic energy generators make people conserve energy.
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made popular Jun 22 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission car propelled by electricity.
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made popular Jun 22 2009
Eco Factor: Hybrid bike powered by electricity.
Yamaha Motor Corporation has announced the launch of a new hybrid-electric bike the PAS Brace-L, as a type of advanced...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Eco Factor: Thermoelectric cellphone concept charger.
Tired of solar and wind-powered recharging solutions for your portable devices? Here is something entirely...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Georgia Tech Solar Jackets introduces solar headlights to an all-electric Audi TT turning it to a solar-assist electric car while retaining TT’s all-wheel drive....
made popular Jun 19 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission Audi TT runs on electricity, harnesses solar energy.
Originally a not-so-green car, Audi TT has been given a green makeover by members of...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission airplane powered by electric motors.
Research indicates that aviation is the fastest growing source of CO2 and with more and more people...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Eco Factor: Hydrogen fuel cell achieves 63% efficiency.
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made popular Jun 17 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission NEV powered by electricity.
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made popular Jun 17 2009
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Eco Factor: Modified bicycle generates electricity.
Recently University of Oregon announced that the exercise machines in their campus have been modified to generate...
made popular May 23 2009
Eco Factor: Exercise machines at the University of Oregon generate electricity.
We’ve seen some ingenious ways to generate electricity in the past and using exercise...
made popular May 18 2009
Eco Factor: Solar and wind energy harnessing cargo bike.
Bikes are undoubtedly the greenest way to travel, and sooner or later someone would have thought of making...
made popular May 8 2009
Designed at Speed Studio Design, the Trik-E is a three-wheeled vehicle that comes with weather protection to allow you to drive it around the year. Designed especially...
made popular Apr 21 2009
The day when we would be using machines that won’t be powered by the little socket somewhere in the wall is still a couple of decades away. But this does not keep...
made popular Dec 4 2008
Eco Factor: A vehicle that can use wind, solar and human energy in various forms to act as a future urban commuter.
Facile is one of the best green vehicles of the...
made popular Sep 10 2008
Pedal-power is really taking over modes of transportation apart from just that wonderful ride in the lake and that trip to the next block in your bicycle. It seems with...
made popular Aug 14 2008
This is what pretty much digging up gold from absolute trash means. This human-powered green vehicle (And it is also painted green just to drive home the point) has...
made popular Aug 11 2008
This is a fascinating little concept with the way Human –Power is being utilized to power various gadgets these days. The fact remains that pedal-power is a lot more...
made popular Aug 5 2008
Pedal-Power is nothing new or revolutionary but this new fun way of using it is really cool and is an example of green fun at its very best. More than anything else...
made popular Jul 24 2008
This is a weird little dilemma to be in as here is something that is really nice and touching, but at the same time you wonder whether it will really serve the purpose...
made popular Jul 11 2008
We have just covered the top 10 pedal powered vehicles here on Ecofriend and if you somehow happen to miss it then do make sure you check out that fabulous collection...
made popular Apr 28 2008
The Ferrari FXX pedal go-cart is a mighty good way for you to initiate your kids into becoming Ferrari worshippers like you and also have loads of fun racing around the...
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The need of the day is preservation of energy. It is probably a good way to fix, to some extent, the damage already done to the environment and to prevent further...
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No matter Aquaduct won the ‘Innovate or Die’ contest, but I tell you this ‘Bike-Yak’ wasn’t far from being really innovative, if not the...
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Some people keep redefining the word – optimum utilization, and that’s the reason people like Dave stand out from the normal. Let me acquaint you with the...
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Wash your clothes in your washing machine without worrying about electricity bills! It does not consume electric power for its operation - it is pedal powered. This is...
made popular Nov 9 2006
Power consumption is a big concern to run gadgets, needed to be run everyday, but cannot do without. With this in view, and the environment, Cyclean has developed a...
made popular Aug 8 2006
Generate electricity while keeping fit. Inspite of other freehand exercises, just sit on and padel furiously on the rebuilt PPPM I. Efficient and versatile, the Pedal...
made popular Mar 22 2006
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