Ecofriend

Eco Factor: Tractor powered by photovoltaic panels. Austria-based Open Energy has stated that the company will be launching a tractor completely powered by the energy of the sun by 2010. The tractor will be powered by a 26-square meter solar...

Eco Factor: Pedal-electric hybrid concept boat. Designed by Manuel Schneider, “1Liaison” is a paddleboat that offers you much more than high levels of enjoyment. The paddleboat comes with an onboard battery for high speed boating. The...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered artwork for San Francisco. “Language of the Birds” is a site-specific artwork designed by Brian Goggin and Dvorka Keehn for a new public plaza in San Francisco. The artwork consists of 23 solar-powered book sculptures.

Eco Factor: Farmer builds 26 robots from junk to perform daily tasks. A Chinese farmer, Wu Yulu, has proved that mechanical skills don’t come with after years of specialized education, but all that is needed is passion and patience. The farmer...

Eco Factor: A city designed with used plastic bottles. Plato in 360 BC described a city named Atlantis, whose beauty was beyond any comparison. Mythologized for its abundance of striking temples and stunning vegetation, the city was supposed to be.

Eco Factor: Highly-efficient wind turbine design. FloDesign Wind Turbine has developed a new turbine design that could generate electricity at half the cost of conventional wind turbine. The design has been inspired from jet engines and avoids the.

Developed by NASA, the EcoSphere is complete eco-system that has been sealed in hand blown glass. The pod contains all the basic necessities of life – water, air and earth. Algae and other microbes sustain each other with nutrients. All the pod...

Eco Factor: Shipping container home has low environmental impact. “Port-a-bach” is a compact home designed specifically for those who love living a nomadic life. Designed by Cecille Bonifait and William Giesen of Atelier Workshop, the house...

Eco Factor: CFC-free inhalers cost more but prove green. The New Year will see all albuterol inhalers used in the U.S. getting eco-friendly and a bit more expensive. The ozone damaging CFCs used in these inhalers will be replaced by...

Eco Factor: Eco-friendly concept car powered by electric axle motors. One thing we don’t often see in concept cars is the focus on driver and passenger safety. However, designer Manuel Schneider and his team has designed a car that incorporates..