December 9th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
At the Tokyo Motor Show, the innovative Japanese design firm, D-Art has introduced the all-electric three-wheeler called – “Style” – a sound method of urban transportation in congested areas
October 17th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
Making green urban transit system work effectively demands the launch of a smart network containing a set of transit hubs and options that seamlessly blend automobile, rail, bike, foot, and other modes. One component of such a green transit network might be a folding e-bike, such as the ones being developed by Gabriel Wartofsky Design (GWD)
September 28th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
As far as innovation on the technology front, this one is a winner. In tabulating efficiency ratings, however, quantum cells don't seem to perform as well as either silicon-based or CIGS solar cells. This may soon change. Nature Materials writes that a new efficiency record for wrapping colloidal quantum dot solar cells may represent a step towards narrowing the gap
September 22nd, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
Fans of all-electric transportation get ready! Parker Brothers Choppers has introduced an all-electric two-wheeled machine that looks like it came from the movie Tron and was delivered here by a meteor from the future
September 2nd, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
Meidad Marzan, an industrial design student from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, has designed a remarkable concept device called the UrbanTile that would harness the solar energy city buildings absorb during the day for their lighting needs at night
August 25th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
Ask the folks at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and you’re likely to hear that the days of manually adding air to under-inflated tires will soon be a distant memory thanks to a new called Air Maintenance Technology (AMT)
July 5th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
A Canadian waste plastic-to-fuel company, John Bordynuik, Inc. (JBI), has developed a process that uses those plastics as a feedstock, and turns them into fuel
April 26th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
An Australian resident, Adama Kamara, has invented a cooking stove that allows people in developing areas to cook without breathing toxic fumes or contributing to deforestation in search of wood fuels
April 14th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
Two designers have created an innovative product meant to capture displaced wind from passing trains or subways and convert that wind power to electricity. Called the T-box, the device was designed by Qian Jiang and Alessandro Leonetti Luparini, winning a silver medal at the 2010 Lite-on awards exhibited in Taiwan
