Above and beyond the feat stated above, Azeem Hill – the gifted maker of the 100 MPG hybrid sports car – went on to upset the likes of MIT and other multi-million dollar tech firms to almost clinch $10 million prize at the Progressive Automotive...

Inspired by the first Citroen Car, the futuristic concept vehicle takes mobility to its next level of evolution. As the genetically modified, sculptural-hybrid auto, christened as Evo-Mobil, combines a machine of the past with a current car, it took...

Eco Factor: Photosensitive dyes could be sprayed onto steel for energy generation. Tata Steel-led Corus and Swansea University (Wales, UK) have collaborated to bring about solar conversion of steel sheets with a pioneering spray-on technology. As the...

Canadian eco-conscious designer Aaron Daley has been busy developing new solar technologies for a couple of years now. Just recently, he released a Concentrated Solar Power technology called ICARUS HEAT. The technology is ideal for buildings and...

Conceived by a team of architecture students from the Universidad de Chile, a giant skyscraper will assume the responsibility of purifying the water of the Mapocho River that flows through downtown Santiago, in Chile. The mixed-use, sustainable...

Eco Factor: Sustainable produce grown from restaurant waste. At the Royal Hall of Industries in Moore Park, Sydney, you could see a vanload of oregano, thyme and parsley plants that flourishes on kitchen waste from the Rockpool Bar and Grill...

You don’t need to be Picasso or da Vinci to create your own masterpieces. A modest ingenuity will do once you know how to go about it, even if you do not have all the means in the world to do so. The Eastern Ontario artist Emily MacLeod has been...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept rickshaw powered by in-wheel electric motors. Conceived for the LA Auto Show’s 2010 Design Challenge, the Maybach DRS (Den-Riki-Sha) is a concept electric rickshaw that takes Mercedes-Benz’s legacy of producing...

Eco Factor: Newly built training facility utilizes solar heating for its operations. The newly built Tesseract Building at A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm will now utilize rooftop solar panels to supply hot water for washing and dyeing the wool from the...

French industrial designer Charles Teyssier collaborated with Venezuelan designer Alejandro P. Figuerado to bring a remarkable specimen of tensile architecture into existence. Christened as X-tension, the installation makes use of tensile solar panels...