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Eco Factor: Electric paramotor used solar energy during the whole journey. A paramotor flight has nothing to do with ataxia, a debilitating disease, but it deserves mention when it’s the longest ever solar powered flight carried out in order to.

Eco Factor: Fast recharging battery for trains and buses charges in 10 minutes. The main reason electric buses aren’t that common all over the world is that batteries usually take hours to recharge, which makes them unfit for use in buses plying.

Eco Factor: Junk bike powered by electricity. What good are recycled objects if they’re developed for an exhibition or a show and are returned to the junkyard after the show is over? Omaha-based DIYer, Tony Parker, is showing the world a way...

Eco Factor: Concept Motorbike powered by removable batteries. Electric plug-in vehicles are the need of the hour. However, if you live in a skyscraper or if you park your vehicle in a place where you don’t have access to electricity, your...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered air conditioning systems. The best way to get rid of blackouts during heat waves is to use the energy from the sun to cool your home. Researchers at the Australian National University have done just that by developing...

Eco Factor: Lighting system uses the power of water to light up your pool. Lighting your pool with power-guzzling lamps can not only give you a electric shock while swimming, but can also make you feel the same when you check your electricity...

Eco Factor: Electricity generator gets charged up by turning its wheels. A Huntington-based company is on a mission to provide a solution for green electricity through a portable gasless and noiseless generator. The result is a machine they call...

Eco Factor: Piezoelectric devices to harness the motion of passengers passing through ticket gates. A couple of days ago we told you how piezoelectric devices could be the key to speech powered mobile phones. While those piezoelectric devices were.

The day when we would be using machines that won’t be powered by the little socket somewhere in the wall is still a couple of decades away. But this does not keep some designers and inventors from thinking that the calories burned during exercising.

Eco Factor: Small piezoelectric generators convert motion energy into alternating current. Researchers at Georgia Tech University have developed small size piezoelectric generators made from zinc oxide wires bundled together in flexible plastic....