Ecofriend

Eco Factor: School’s computer lab powered by renewable energy. Climbing on the renewable energy wagon, Abbotsford Middle School has become the first school in Canada to power a computer lab with three different sources of renewable energy that...

Eco Factor: Pedal-powered system to increase the awareness on the use of bicycles. Considering the rise in the cost of fossil fuels and the increase in environmental awareness, people have started thinking more about traditional transportation...

Eco factor: Bikers using energy from their cranking to run electronic devices. Using kinetic energy to power gadgets has caught everyone’s attention lately, and pedal power is a fun idea that does generate usable amounts of electricity. A group..

Eco Factor: Pedal powered vehicle assisted by solar energy. Launched as an 8th grade project for Novato Charter School, the SOHH project was showcased at the Maker Faire. The Solar Human Hybrid Project (SOHH) is not one of those solar-powered...

Eco Factor: Modified bicycle generates electricity. Recently University of Oregon announced that the exercise machines in their campus have been modified to generate electricity, which could eventually illuminate some lights at the campus and the..

Eco Factor: Exercise machines at the University of Oregon generate electricity. We’ve seen some ingenious ways to generate electricity in the past and using exercise machines as electricity generators is one way which is gaining popularity in...

Eco Factor: Solar and wind energy harnessing cargo bike. Bikes are undoubtedly the greenest way to travel, and sooner or later someone would have thought of making use of the wind that blows right into your face every time you go for a ride. Soon.

Eco Factor: Trike powered by electricity. Folks over at Speed Studio Design have designed a three-wheeled vehicle that they claim to be a true alternative to cars for around-town transportation. Running on one rear wheel, the vehicle provides a...

Eco Factor: Couple attempting to span a distance of 12,000km on a four-wheeled bike. How far can pedal-power really drive humanity? Ask Australian adventurers' Roger Chao and Megan Kerr and the answer will be – across the continents. The duo is..

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.