Ecofriend

Eco Factor: World’s largest cruise ship designed to minimize waste and consume 25% less power. After two and a half years of construction and environmental consideration, the world’s largest cruise ship commissioned by Royal Caribbean...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered prefabricated mobile living unit. Designed by Olga Kalugina, the BLOOM is a mobile living module designed to offer hi-end living on renewable energy sources far from civilization. The self-sustaining module works...

Eco Factor: Piezoelectric devices embedded on highways to generate electricity from moving cars. Ten months after a concept was developed at Innowattech, which could solve the global energy crisis, the first practical test of energy generating...

Eco Factor: Researchers harness potential difference between a tree and the soil to power tiny electrical circuits. Trees are known to provide cooling, oxygen and shade, but a new research conducted by scientists at the University of Washington...

Eco Factor: Cars that harnesses the temperature of hot exhaust gases for electricity could be a reality soon. The world is currently looking toward new possibilities that help generate electricity from waste, and auto manufacturers don’t want to.

Eco Factor: Electronic Ink displays powered by solar energy. Korean manufacturer Neoluxiim has developed a new range of solar-powered E-ink displays that support rotating display images and text. The new displays are self-contained units with...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered portable electronics charger. With the number of portable electronic devices an average human owns on a rise, inventors are looking for green ways to charge these devices. Solar energy seems the most promising way to...

Eco Factor: Photobioreactor uses algae to generate fuel. We recently showcased Emergent Architecture’s Flower Street Bioreactor that was designed to be installed in Los Angeles. The architecture firm has designed an even better bioreactor system.

Eco Factor: Solar energy harvesting lamps for "greener" lawns. Of all the uses for solar-powered lamps, their use in gardens and lawns seem the most interesting, and you don’t have to keep them in sunshine regularly for recharging. Industrial...

Eco Factor: Gyroscope stabilized unicycle. Riding a bicycle to reduce your carbon footprint makes you arrive sweaty at work. For those who want to look a bit more fresh in the morning, try the EniCycle. The unicycle is powered by electricity and...