Eco Factor: Gyro-stabilized vehicle relies on integrated alloy hub electric motor for impulsion. The folks at Focus Designs have announced the arrival of SBU V2.0 – an all-new, completely redesigned, electric, self-balancing unicycle. Now...

Where mainstream bike designers try to push the envelope against modern bikes in putting too high a price on speed, style and grace, here we’ve a UK-based industrial designer who aims to defy common conventions with his concept electric...

Eco Factor: Hybrid-powered super-coupe to substitute for Lexus SC 430. The Lexus SC430 is steadily going out of the contention for being the eco-car of the future. A recent buzz over at Motor Trend suggests a hybrid-powered replacement for the...

Researchers at California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory now have a better grasp over fusion energy and the associated technicalities, thanks to the first dry run of the world’s largest laser in National Ignition Facility, which is a...

Eco Factor: Amazing sculpture made from recycled cardboard. Stockholm-based artist Nina Lindgren loves to push her limits for creativity within a strictly urban environment. Her sculpture project, dubbed as Cardboard Heaven, is one such insight into...

A range of green features included in the conception of Delft City Hall and Train Station enabled Netherlands-based Mecanoo to win the Green GOOD DESIGN Award 2010. The proposed construction will also seek to replace an obtrusive railway viaduct with...

My boyhood interest was in aviation. So maybe, it’s a missed career which I am trying to recreate or something. Gabriel Nderitu, a 42-year-old father of two and an aviation fanatic, has been busy at his compound in Kahawa West for quite some time...

Eco Factor: Silent electric generator to run on biodiesel and regular diesel. Norwegian company Nordic Power Systems (NPS) aims to develop a cutting-edge fuel cell technology that could power future electric vehicles and other machines with green...

Eco Factor: US to surpass one gigawatt of installed, solar power-generating capacity this year. Researchers at the Solar Energy Industries Association and GreenTech Media Research are feeling elated over the prospect of going beyond the magical...

You might have seen neglected road signs along a busy highway so many times. However, have you ever taken time to think if these could be morphed into sculptures, and those too – the kinetic ones? RBTS, a participatory community-based public art...