Here is the coolest rocking chair I have ever come across in a long time. This one is designed by a famous designer, Rochus Jacob. Its design is very simple, and yet very effective. It comes integrated with an OLED lamp that can provide sufficient light while you are literally rocking in the chair, enjoying [...]

Did you ever imagine that you could generate electricity by just wearing some clothes? It is very much possible with “Captain Electric and Battery Boy“, which is a collection of three dresses developed by XS Labs. They are classified as ‘STICKY’, ‘STIFF’ and ‘ITCHY’. Each of them produces energy from movement to generate electricity in [...]

Developing and designing artifical trees is quite high on the green agenda of most eco-friendly architects and researchers; for one cannot deny that actual trees are still being felled down to make space for the concrete jungle. These synethetic replacements of the green faithful beings shall perform the same functions like a natural tree and [...]

‘SAVE ELECTRICITY’- One of the most sought after slogan that we usually come across. Now, most of us forget to do it or are lazy enough to walk back to the switchboard to turn them off. Here’s a lighting control unit that might probably make this task easier for us! A wireless system that uses [...]

Delhi is one of the fastest growing metros in the world, and a glitch accompanying its progress is the growing demand for energy and electricity that the city is not able to fulfill. In this situation, the city’s Indira Gandhi International Airport is having a tough time with its energy shortfalls. In order to get [...]

A British computer engineer connected throughout your house to Twitter. Andy Stanford-Clark gets in your profile in Twitter – which he accesses from the phone – posts saying “the heater is working on the toilet” or “the temperature of the fitness center is cool.” Ultimately, he aims to reduce the cost of electricity to his [...]

The air is clean. Traffic is minimal. There are no coal-fired boilers. 70 percent of households receive a water heating system that comes from a large centralized plant that uses electricity.
The European Commission has recognized Stockholm as Europe’s most sustainable city. The Swedish capital has achieved a record in energy conservation and quality of life. [...]

The Swedish government has agreed to remove the ban on building new reactors, thirty years after it agreed to the gradual end of this type of energy source. The ruling coalition in Sweden has justified the move, citing the need to combat climate change and the need to secure energy supplies at a time of [...]

While we all know that electricity is important to all of us, we are also consuming it more every single hour. Sometimes we do go overboard with our usage of electricity. This could perhaps cause a threat to our future. Imagine the scenario wherein we have to live with little or no access to electricity. [...]

 
Even the die-hard pessimists cribbing about having to spend more bucks to use an eco-friendly product, have to give in on this one. We may have a light bulb which is not only good for the environment, but could also reduce our electricity bills by three-quarters.
 
Cambridge University researchers have developed cheap, light-emitting diode (LED) [...]