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Eco Factor: Streetlights that turn on with a cellphone command.
The need to conserve energy has always been backed up technological innovations that take us to a newer world where technology and the environment benefit each other. However, this..
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Eco Factor: Urine broken down into hydrogen using electrolysis.
With the dearth of low-emission fuels and the high cost of renewable energy generating system such as...
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Eco Factor: Nitrogen-fueled fireworks produce less smoke and lesser toxins.
Be it Diwali in India or the Fourth of July celebrations in U.S., people love to watch...
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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: Highly efficient solar cells are tailored to suit their location.
UK-based Quantasol has achieved a world record for the most efficient gallium arsenide...
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Eco Factor: Kinetic energy cellphone charger.
Research indicates that in Australia, the number of cellphones in use is more than the population. Similar is the case...
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Eco Factor: Hybrid scooter powered by lithium-ion batteries fueled by a sterling engine.
Dean Kamen, the inventor of Segway personal transporter, is now trying to...
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered bicycle pod with change rooms, showers and self-cleaning device.
Normal excuses for not riding a bike to office range from arriving to work...
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Eco Factor: Recycled artwork made from used Styrofoam.
We all are quite aware of the fact that just like plastic waste Styrofoam too is extremely harmful for the...
made popular Jun 26 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission personal aircraft powered by electricity.
After being regarded as one of the most CO2-intensive industries in the world, the aviation...
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Eco Factor: Synthetic trees to capture CO2 from the air and convert it into liquid CO2.
Research scientists at the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at...
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Eco Factor: Tiny biological fuel cells being developed at University of Georgia.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have succeeded in developing a way to grow...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Eco Factor: New drill to lower cost of geothermal energy.
Researchers believe that if harnessed efficiently, the energy stored deep under the surface of the earth can...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Eco Factor: Personal aircraft powered by electric motors.
While Solar Impulse is just waiting to hit the sky on solar energy, the University of Cambridge has already...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission cars powered by ZeroFuel.
The emission problem doesn’t come with cars but with the fuel that is burned in their internal combustion...
made popular Jun 12 2009
Eco Factor: Solar concentrator system based on Dionysius’ ear.
Mostly all solar thermal power plants make use of parabolic mirrors to concentrate sunlight onto a...
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Eco Factor: Concept residences also serve as zero-emission electric vehicles.
Industrial designer Jeongche YOON believes that in future our homes would not just be...
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Eco Factor: The world’s largest dome covering Houston to protect the city from climatic perils.
For all you Homer Simpson fans in Houston, your home city might...
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Eco Factor: Nanomotors powered by photons might herald a new era of nano-robots.
With technology getting better and smaller with every new discovery, we are left to...
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Eco Factor: Passenger rail concept promotes public transportation as an ecofriendly alternative to cars.
The Emerald Xpress passenger rail concept was designed by a...
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Eco Factor: Concept vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cells and solar energy.
Student designer Damian Lucaciu from the RMIT University, Australia, has envisioned the...
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered streetlight design.
Whenever solutions to some of the gravest problems confronting humans today are sought, there is no better guide that...
made popular Feb 19 2009
Eco Factor: Water turbine to generate renewable electricity for Irish county.
Streetlights are something that need to be kept powered up irrespective of the fact that...
made popular Feb 11 2009
What can be better and greener for a city then getting street lights powered by natural elements like wind and sun? The brain behind such a practical idea is Mojtaba...
made popular May 27 2008
Streetlights have become common all over the world, be it a developing nation or vice-versa. The difference is that the developed world is emphasizing on using...
made popular Jan 29 2008
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