Eco Factor: Innovative design harnesses wind from any direction to produce renewable energy. While researchers at NASA have put their bets on airborne wind turbines to produce a large amount of energy, researchers over at ZENA System are taking a...

Eco Factor: Sustainable complex makes maximum use of natural resources. GPP Architects have unveiled plans for a sustainable educational complex for University College Nordjylland that will be built in Aalborg, Denmark. Christened the UCN IMAGO, the...

While electric car manufacturers kept rolling out electric vehicles throughout the year, there was no dearth of analysts who believed that the electric car revolution would need the grids to deliver more electricity, which won’t always come from...

With our planet in a desperate need of new eco-friendly energy generating systems, researchers over the globe have been working hard to develop systems that can power the world of the future in a sustainable fashion. The year 2010 saw some great...

Eco Factor: Airborne wind turbines to use high velocity winds for more power. While onshore and offshore wind farms are common in different parts of the world, a NASA researcher is envisioning a future where wind farms will not be built on land or...

Eco Factor: Low-cost water disinfection system powered by solar energy. The idea of using solar energy for purifying water has been around for ages and is still practiced in different parts of the globe. However, now a team of students from the...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric bicycle concept. Eco-conscious designer Juliano Bortolin aims to make zero emission bicycle transport more attractive for people who respect the environment and its resources with a new concept electric bike dubbed...

Eco Factor: Concept shelter works as a solar-powered water dispensing unit. With billions of people over the world lacking access to safe drinking water, industrial designers have taken up the opportunity to design systems that help improve the...

Eco Factor: Concept headset powered by renewable solar energy. Industrial designer Zhong-Fa Lie has come up with concept headphones that aim to swipe the floor under your feet by combining the features of portable speakers as well. Dubbed Hexound,...

Eco Factor: Machine generates hydrogen and syngas using solar energy. A team of researchers in the US and Switzerland have created a machine that like plants uses solar energy to produce fuels, which can later be used in different ways. The machine...