Eco Factor: Portable device to provide drinkable water.
The Savior Bud designed by Kim Hyo Jin and Seol Ah Sun follows the natural recycling process to obtain water from tree leaves. The portable device can be attached to tree leaves, where it captures water and stores it in a container.
Eco Factor: Ecofriendly charger harnesses energy of motion for green energy.
Markets today are flooding with devices that let you harness renewable energy in the form of sun and wind to recharge your portable electronic gear. However, they’re only going to provide juice under a perfect set of climatic conditions. Easy Energy has launched a new green charger that doesn’t depend on the climate but lets you charge everything from cellphones to GPS devices using your own energy.
Eco Factor: Zero-emission car designed to run on an electric engine.
Ohio-based Myers Motors have showcased a fully redesigned NMG Sparrow electric vehicle that offers users a little more style in a zero-emission package. The initial vehicle was good as its performance was concerned, but its huge looks pulled things down as it thought more to be an eyesore than a green machine with great performance.
Eco Factor: Sustainable community designed to be self-sufficient in terms of power and water.
There is no dearth of architects who believe that the future of farming isn’t on land but is towards the sky, in vertical farms. Designers at Tjep have a different opinion, they’re working on farms that will not only be used to grow crops, but serve as self-reliant communities.
Eco Factor: Solar-powered laptop charger.
With the market already flooding with portable electronic gadget chargers that run on solar energy, companies are trying to integrate other features in their devices that can help them gain an edge over others. Cleannergy is working on the same principle and have launched a new solar charger for laptop computers and other portable electronic devices that doubles as a solar-powered light for indoor and outdoor use.
Eco Factor: Sustainable house made from natural materials.
While most architects are envisioning futuristic structures that with the addition of nature-based materials are termed green, a home in rural Portugal makes us believe that nature itself has everything in it to be used as your next green home.
Eco Factor: Engineer builds new glaciers from melt-water.
We often read that the rise in pollution that enhances global warming is having a catastrophic impact on glaciers, which are quickly melting away. A retired engineer is waging his own one-man battle to save the world by discovering a way to create new glaciers.
Eco Factor: Low-emission vehicle designed to be powered by a hybrid engine.
UK-based manufacturer Axon Automotive has unveiled a plug-in hybrid car at the 2009 Milton Keynes Science Festival. The yet unnamed vehicle is designed to be powered by a hybrid engine featuring a full electric mode for local travel and a gasoline or bioethanol fueled engine for long-distance commutes.
Eco Factor: Bridge designed to harness wind energy from the movement of cars passing under it.
Designers Tiago Barros and Jorge Pereira have come up with a bridge design that will be used by bikers and pedestrians as a safe way to cross the road. Called Cross-Wind Bridge, the design will harvest wind energy from the movement of cars passing under it.
Eco Factor: Concept supercar designed to be powered by a supercharge-ion battery.
Edwin Conan (Yi Yuan), the auto designer who earlier thrilled us with the Green Speed air-powered motorcycle and the HSV Encore 2020, is back again with a futuristic vehicle aimed for the Audi brand. The concept vehicle, dubbed Avatar, is an all-electric supercar that is designed to be powered by a supercharge-ion battery.
