The Ample EO has been dubbed as the “world’s first e-quadricycle”, although I do not know who is going to verify of debunk that claim. Well, it is a unique ride by all means, where this small electric vehicle which hails from A…
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Bicycle-powered television used in a 17th century hotel
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 12th, 2012
If you have plans to travel over the weekend, a getaway to the Cottage Lodge in the village of Brockenhurst, Hampshire seems ideal. Why? That’s because, apart from the hotel’s award-winning service and features, it also has a bicycl…
Bio computer grows wheatgrass using its own heat
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 12th, 2012
Mike Schropp took donated computer parts and built a computer with a mini garden on top of its case. It’s actually a working computer, and yes, it grows wheatgrass. “I can’t exactly recall when the idea came to me, but at some point I…
Electro-Kinetic Shoe technology said to charge mobile phones
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 11th, 2012
24 year old Anthony Mutua of Kenya has developed an ultra-thin chip that, when placed into the soles of a shoe, can charge mobile phones . Basically, the technology can generate electricity when put under pressure, which would be a variant of t…
Case-Mate launches iPhone cases made from recycled plastic
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 10th, 2012
You’ve just spent a couple of hundred on your brand new iPhone instead of plonking down more money on plastic that may or may not be recyclable, how about taking a look at Case-Mate’s new series of iPhone cases made from recyclable plastic? …
Brammo Empulse Range of Electric Motorcycles; Pricing and Availability Revealed
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on May 9th, 2012
Given the demand to go-green nowadays, electric vehicles have been very much on the rise. As for Brammo, it originally announced its Empulse line of electric motorcycles back in July 2010 and now after 2 years it has told the world how much the…
Microsoft to be carbon neutral from July 1
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 9th, 2012
Microsoft has announced today that starting July 1, it will be carbon neutral across all direct operations including data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings. Kevin Turner, the Chief Operating Officer of Microso…
Volta Volaré open for purchase now
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 4th, 2012
The Volta Volaré, a four-seater GT4 hybrid private aircraft, has been dubbed as “the most technologically advanced private aircraft available anywhere on Earth”, is now available for you to place your order. Basically, this is one o…
Visio.M: A joint effort by BMW, Daimler and TUM to create an EV for the masses
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 4th, 2012
While electric vehicles (EV) are a good idea to help reduce our carbon emission and help save the earth, they are unfortunately not as widespread as manufacturers are hoping. There are a couple of reasons ranging from being expensive to being tr…
e-Tuk Vendo goes all electric
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 4th, 2012
Electric vehicles seem to be the way to go, and here we are with the e-Tuk Vendo from the Netherlands. Yes sir, what we normally would have associated with the Kingdom of Thailand and the death defying tuk-tuks, is not the purview of Thailand it…
Major automakers agree to fast charging technology standard
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 4th, 2012
If there is one drawback about an electric vehicle, it would be the need to recharge it at the end of a long day (particularly when the battery levels are dangerously low), and the charging time is no walk in the park, either. Good to know then,…
Volvo’s Mean Green is world’s fastest hybrid truck
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on May 4th, 2012
The engineers over at Volvo have proven that big-rigged trucks can also be fast and fuel-efficient. The Mean Green is Volvo’s one-off diesel hybrid truck that has set a world record in speed, being the fastest hybrid truck on the planet. …
Scientists at USC develop solar cells that can be painted onto plastic surfaces
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 3rd, 2012
We’ve seen solar panels utilize spinach which was used to replace the more expensive silicon components, and if going green is your thing, you might be interested to hear that scientists at the University of Southern California have managed to…
Honda demonstrates their Smart Home System
Posted by Tyler Lee on May 2nd, 2012
Ever wondered what a smart home might look like? If you’re curious, Honda has taken the wraps off their Honda Smart Home System (HSHS) which is a demonstration house located in Saitama, Japan. The home is basically equipped with a variety of e…
Green high-tech house costs £2.5 million in the market
Posted by Edwin Kee on May 2nd, 2012
Welcome to the world of developer Nick Sandy, who actually invested the better part of the last two and a half years to turn his rather spacious home in Sion Road that hailed from the 1960s into an eco-friendly abode that will definitely wet the…
Rimac Concept_One up for sale, is shy of a million
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 30th, 2012
The Rimac Concept_One is definitely a beauty of a vehicle, and if you are planning to own one of these in your garage, then might I suggest you do a double take with your accountant as to how much money you have left in your bank balance? We are…
Apple promises to build 100 percent green data center
Posted by Gene Ryan Briones on April 28th, 2012
You’ve probably read our previous post a few days ago about Greenpeace’s claim that Apple is using “dirty” 19th century coal energy to power its plant that hosts iCloud (like most people in the USA, as 50% of electricity…
Moss Table generates and stores electricity
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 26th, 2012
A table is a table, right? How else do you introduce additional functionality to this everyday piece of furniture? The Moss Table takes a different approach which might tickle the fancy of some, where it will have its fair share of photosynthesi…
Ford Focus EV Pace Car electrifies NASCAR
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 26th, 2012
Ford recently announced that they will be working on what is deemed to be the first all-electric pace car in the world, coming in the form factor of the Focus Electric hatchback. It was purposely set to lap the oval at the Richmond 400 at the en…
GE Energy launches the WattStation and WattStation Connect
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 25th, 2012
GE Energy’s WattStation was first conceptualized back in 2010 but it looks like the company is ready to begin rolling it out to the masses. Designed by Yves Behar, the WattStation is basically a charging station for electric vehicles (EV) that…
Wind Challenger project sees highly efficient cargo ships for the future
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 24th, 2012
If there is one thing about the future, it would be this – as sure as it will arrive, no one can really tell what would happen. Well, the Wind Challenger project has the idea of working on a ship design which is said to substantially reduc…
China aims to put 5 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 23rd, 2012
Electric vehicles are definitely the way to go if we were looking to do our part in saving the environment by reducing our carbon emissions, and apparently China shares those sentiments as well and has announced the country’s goal of putting o…
Grammateller: Solar powered ATMS in India
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 23rd, 2012
Vortex Engineering has come up with the idea of developing a solar-powered ATM that will dispense money to folks in a Tamil Nadu village in India. The company is a start-up that was incubated at Chennai’s Indian Institute of Technology, and th…
Wind turbine helps create clean water from the air in the desert
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 20th, 2012
Water in the desert is hard to come by which is why Eole Water has come up with a solution: a wind turbine that condenses water from the air. This idea was chanced upon by its founder Marc Parent who was inspired by the amount of water that he m…
Facebook North Carolina Data Center Goes Live
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 20th, 2012
Facebook’s new Data Center in North Carolina has now gone live and is online. The company’s custom internet infrastructure has begun serving life traffic as off Thursday. The alleged server farm will provide the social networking giant with…
Honda plans to recycle its hybrid vehicles’ batteries to reclaim rare-earth metals
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 20th, 2012
Hybrid vehicles have been designed to not only be fuel-efficient, but due to its fuel-efficiency, hybrid vehicles will ultimately consume less fuel and reduce carbon emissions. As environmentally-friendly as it is, Honda is looking to take thing…
eBall sees cars used as controllers in Pong clone
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 18th, 2012
Trust a creative agency to come up with a truly unique take on the idea of a classic Pong game – BBDO Germany were commissioned with the task of branding the Smart Fortwo electric drive as a “fun” ride, apart from the obvi…
Greenpeace says iCloud Powered with Dirty Coal Energy
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 18th, 2012
Despite Apple undertaking endeavors like constructing one of the country’s largest solar arrays and expanding its North Carolina data centers the environmentalist group Greenpeace just released a report named “How Clean is Your Cloud
2013 Chevrolet Volt upgrade will feature a new drive mode and new safety features
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 18th, 2012
With all the fuss and emphasis being placed on green energy, some of you guys might be considering getting yourself a hybrid or fully electric vehicle in order to do your part in saving the environment. If the Chevrolet Volt is a car that you’…
Organic solar panel generates electricity, paves future for greener buildings?
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 18th, 2012
I did wonder as to why we could not include some sort of energy collecting action going on in the windows on our buildings – and perhaps those questions have finally been answered. German startup Heliatek have come up with a new kind of or…
LG Optimus Elite arrvies at Sprint
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 17th, 2012
Sprint has just announced its latest eco-friendly smartphone, the LG Optimus Elite, which will arrive this coming Earth Day (that is happening on April 22), coming in Titan Silver and White shades. To make sure that most folks are able to afford…
Panasonic Photosynthesis concept presented in Milan
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 16th, 2012
Panasonic has decided to bring the ‘green is in’ mantra up a notch with their Photosynthesis concept that is paraded in Milan, Italy. The “Photosynthesis” concept installation, as it is called, is a showcase of its total …
NASA to harvest sun’s energy with huge ‘margarita glass’
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 13th, 2012
Our solar system’s sun is a force to be reckoned with, and NASA intends to harvest the sun’s energy with their latest idea – a gargantuan ‘margarita glass’, which in essence, is a solar panel that will float around …
IBM, Honda and PG&E Create Smart Charging System for Electric Cars
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 12th, 2012
As we know, electric cars are extremely good for the environment and as technology advances, they are slowly becoming as efficient if not more efficient than its petrol guzzling counterparts. Even then, electric vehicles have their own share of…
LG Viper 4G LTE now available for pre-order, 22nd April release date confirmed
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 12th, 2012
Good news folks, if you have been looking forward to getting your hands on Sprint’s first LTE-enabled device, the LG Viper 4G LTE, you’re in luck as pre-orders for the Android handset have begun. Also more interestingly, Sprint has confirmed…
Wooden electric bicycle hybrid
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 11th, 2012
Talk about going all the way when it comes to going green – this wooden electric bicycle hybrid that was developed by design students Jirka Wolff, Andreas Patsiaouras and Marcel Heise is certainly a sight to behold. They are currently stud…
The Leav is a fancy solar powered camping concept
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 10th, 2012
When you think camping, images of pitching a tent, building a fire and cooking a simple meal over it come to mind, but who’s to say we can’t go high-tech and green at the same time? Pictured above is the Leav, a concept camping solution by i…
DMC DeLorean Electric Available in 2013 at $95,000
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 6th, 2012
The DMC DeLorean was made famous by its use in the famous movie starring Michael J Fox, “Back to the Future”. The car which has reached an almost iconic status has shown up at this year’s New York International Auto Show. Although the veh…
PowerPot; First Thermoelectric USB Charger
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 6th, 2012
In the event of a blackout, a natural disaster or a zombie apocalypse, the one thing you would need is electricity. While we all have become so dependent on it, we tend to take it for granted. But if you think about it, there have been scen…
Sound engineer composes engine sounds for Audi electric car range
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 6th, 2012
I clearly (and fondly) remember Audi’s e-tron vehicles that were on parade at CES 2011, where they proved to be quite the hit with clean cut design as well as performance levels that were extremely green. There is one drawback about electr…
Scientists Find Substitute for Whale Vomit in Perfume
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 6th, 2012
For a long time now, ambergris which is a waxy substance secreted from within sperm whales to protect their digestive systems against sharp objects has been prized by perfume-makers. The reason they like using ambergris in perfume is because th…
Nissan’s Infiniti electric sedan could be ready in the next two years
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 6th, 2012
Earlier this week at the New York Auto Show, Nissan took the wraps off their Infiniti LE Concept. Now if you liked what you saw, the good news is that the Infiniti LE Concept is one of the few concept cars that will actually be going into produc…
Water Drops that Float on Oil May Help Clean Up Spills
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 5th, 2012
If you have been under the impression that oil always floats on water, you’re half-right. Chi Phan from Curtin University in Australia and his team have shown us that this is not always the case and it is indeed a discovery that could be usef…
Scientists develop solar-panels thinner than a thread of spider’s silk
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 5th, 2012
Scientists in Austria and Japan have recently revealed that they have been working on solar panels that is not only thinner than a thread of spider silk, but is also apparently flexible enough to be wrapped around a strand of human hair. These s…
LED Streetlights with Fins Look Flashy
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 4th, 2012
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Canadians Rally Against Wind Power
Posted by Pradeep Chandrasekaran on April 3rd, 2012
Hundreds of farmers and rural residents rallied outside a clean energy forum in Toronto on Tuesday in a bid to call for an end to subsidies for wind power. According to a report from AFP, noise from the colossal turbines were not only making th…
Berlin Boombox is a environmentally-friendly cardboard boombox
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 3rd, 2012
Boomboxes may not be as popular these days compared to back in the day, but we’re sure that the boombox still has a loyal following somewhere. If you’re looking to bring the trend back you might be interested in checking out this Kickstarter…
EDDY concept aims to create paperless office environments
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 3rd, 2012
Architects and interior designers usually require a lot of paper to sketch out their designs or blueprints. Not only is this a waste of paper but can be highly inefficient due to the amount of paper that they have to carry around. Enter the EDDY…
Fisker Atlantic plug-in EV spotted
Posted by Edwin Kee on April 2nd, 2012
Ever heard of Project Nina before? No, it is not some sort of Resident Evil spinoff, but rather, it has everything to do with Fisker Automotive’s Atlantic plug-in electric sedan that certainly looks like it is going to set the automotive w…
Altaeros Energies unveils their Airborne Wind Turbine system
Posted by Tyler Lee on April 2nd, 2012
Utilizing wind turbines is one of the alternative ways that we can generate energy while remaining “green”, and it looks like Altaeros Energies will be taking that to the next level – literally. The wind energy company formed out of MI…
