Tag Archives : solar power

If it had not been for Raphael Domjana, a Swiss electrical Engineer, and his remarkable journey I would have still rated Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days as the best adventure travel tale ever written. In search of his quest to become sustainable and “safeguard our blue planet” Rapaeal Domjana wanted to prove to the world that alternative [...]

Alternative and renewable sources of energy such as a solar power and wind have long been deemed as some of the most efficient means of meeting our energy needs without having to make an adverse impact on the environment. Now, Vikas Pawar, an architect from  New Delhi, India has come with a rather unique architectural concept that envisions the presence [...]

Solar power is slowly making its way into our gadgets, and making our lives uber-stylish. The other day I wrote about the chic solar-powered handbag from Diffus that flaunts rather than conceals its solar wiring. You might even remember the elegant solar speakers by DeepDesign for Heimdall from last year. But nothing compares to the stunning appearance [...]

The designers at Nau come from multiple disciplines and together they create things that are unique to say the least. Their latest creation called the Ecco concept car is simply described by them as a zero emissions mobile living solution but in reality it is the wackiest futuristic camper you have ever seen. None of the design element that has gone [...]

The solar waves are running fast and its velocity can be measured by the fact that much-talked about world’s largest solar boat has finally felt water. The boat that left Monaco in late September 2010 is expected to disembark in Miami on 29 November 2010. Weighing 60 tones, the 102-foot yacht has a 50-foot beam and its top layer comes layered with [...]

Climate change and burning of carbon and its impact on the environment is now too well known. The answer is renewable energy and scientists all around the world have been working on it. Solar energy is one field where lot of work has been going on with some success. Even private companies have invested on projects in this field so that they could come [...]

These little dental cavity savers have been named as Soladey-J3X and are made by a Japanese Company. Dr. Gerry Uswak and Dr. Kunio Komiyama led a team of generous scientists to come up with this creation and I must say that this is going to be their gift to mankind and this is no exaggeration as we are talking about happy gums and no plaque related [...]

Two things struck me when I read about the Park Gate in Dubai. Firstly it looked absolutely gorgeous, and secondly, it uses solar power! Yes, designer Adrain Smith and Gordon Gill believed that a building need not be hot just because it is situated in a desert. And how they managed to keep this building cool in the sweltering heat? They used solar panels. [...]

The need of environment friendly transportation to save our ecosystem has forced nearly all countries to scramble and find innovative solutions to combat the issue of rising carbon emissions and the congested metropolitans. China, the world’s most populous nation is now heading towards an incredible lead in innovative eco-friendly public transportation, [...]

As the world of tablet computing exploded with the launch of the Apple iPad, the world’s most cherished tablet PC, India also finally decided to take a chunk of the tablet device market and has now officially introduced an all new tablet device, which is not only touch screen enabled, but will also be launched at an initial price of $35. However, [...]