Category: New Developments
Eco-Friendly Plastic – More Uses On The Anvil
No matter how much you try to get away from it, plastic has permeated our lives in so many ways that it is impossible to keep track of it. Apart from the ubiquitous plastic bags, if you see your kitchen, house, office, you will notice innumerable plastic items. And while plastic is extremely durable, it [...]
MoreAudi Launches An Eco-Friendly Wooden Bike
Audi, the car maker, has come out with a range of Duo wooden bikes which are lightweight and eco-friendly. The bike’s frame is a monocoque one by Renovo, the wooden bike maker. This collaborative effort is of superior quality and strong as well. The bike features a belt drive, aluminum and carbon fiber components, disc [...]
MoreCars Using Compostable Materials?
When we talk of green cars, we usually refer to their use of alternative power, whether it is electric or hybrid. If there is some solar power used in the car, it is to power some small gadgets. But the car itself is not eco-friendly. Ecovative Design which has been making sustainable packaging materials for [...]
MoreThe Solarball – A Compact Solution To Potable Water Woes
Many countries worldwide have a problem with drinking water as purifying systems are not very efficient. There are countless people, including children, who suffer from water borne diseases. In places where there is no potable water, people even die from diseases. Jonathan Liow, a student of Monash University, spent time in Cambodia and was concerned [...]
MoreBattery Operated LED Lamp
Australian Michael O’Brien, an industrial designer, spent a gap year in Paraguay, Mexico and Cambodia and had first hand experience of how difficult life was without electricity. There were many outages in these areas or there was simply no electricity. People had to use car batteries to operate their refrigerators and kerosene lamps as an [...]
MoreElectric-Solar Powered Scooter In A Suitcase
Terry Hope, an engineer, was working on a schooner and wanted to take a scooter on board, but the captain refused saying that he could not take anything that did not fit in a suitcase. Most people would have let it go, but Terry took it on as a challenge. It took him three years [...]
MoreRecycled Refrigerators Make Modern Chairs
Do you ever wonder where old discarded refrigerators go? Perhaps sold for their metal/plastic content or dumped in junkyards. Not to mention that most refrigerators are huge and weighty appliances. Dirk Vander Kooij, an Eindhoven (Netherlands) designer, took old refrigerators and made them into modern chairs. Recycling is eco-friendly and if you make use of [...]
MoreFirst Biodegradable PET Bottle By PepsiCo
If you think of the number of beverage bottles which people buy and then throw (or sometimes give for recycling) the quantities are huge. PET is not at all eco-friendly because it is a form of plastic and polyester. Though it can be recycled it is still not biodegradable. For the first time a biodegradable [...]
MoreAn Eco-Friendly Packaged Syringe – The Syreen
In earlier times, syringes used for injections were made of glass and sterilized before every use. The needles were changed according to requirements. So, in a way, they were more eco-friendly as they were reusable. After that glass syringes were mostly discarded and disposable syringes came into the picture. These are meant for only one [...]
MoreThe Corian Water Factory System – Resusing Bathroom Water
Water is such a precious commodity and yet it always seems to be wasted. Do you ever think that when you take a bath there is so much steam released, which is actually water vapor? You may even have an exhaust in your bathroom to get rid of the steam. Now if you could reuse [...]
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