Filed under: Green Tech , Web Electronic waste is quickly becoming a major concern, as cell phones , PCs, and other gadgets have started piling high in landfills around the world — especially in developing nations. Poorer countries often snatch...
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Filed under: Green Tech We’ve seen everything from solar-powered speedboats to passenger ferries cruising the waters , but never have we seen a solar-fueled vessel in the same ballpark of the mass of the PlanetSolar. The Huffington Post reports...
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Smart design meets city lights in these solar-powered LED street lights by Phillips . Inspired by how flowers open up to the sun to collect the sun’s energy, the Sustainable City Lights feature photovoltaic petals that open during the day to collect...
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Yesterday, at the Greener Gadgets conference in NYC , prolific industrial designer Yves Béhar unveiled never before seen plans for his “hackable” solar powered electric car . While Béhar and his design studio Fuse Project are not new to...
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Filed under: Green Tech Up to this point, the design of solar panels has been primarily a 2-D affair. But now, some scientists say that “folding” these flat panels into a 3-D design, like origami , could provide more efficient solar power...
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Filed under: Green Tech Oregon is set to get the first wave farm in the U.S. that will be an important testing ground for ocean generated electricity. Wave power has increasingly garnered attention over the past several years, thanks to the fact that...
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Team Inhabitat is LIVE on the scene at this year’s Greener Gadgets Conference as Yves Béhar kicks things off with today’s keynote! Yves is the founder of Fuseproject and has designed many of our favorite greener gadgets including the OLPC...
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Today team Inhabitat is reporting LIVE from the Greener Gadgets Conference to bring you the latest as design and technology luminaries from around the world discuss the state-of-the-art in green electronics. We’re excited to bring you today’s...
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With e-waste a growing worldwide problem, a bench made of keyboard keys could be an ideal solution. The Wolfgang Keyboard 170 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
With e-waste a growing worldwide problem, a bench made of keyboard keys could...
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Moosshiqk is the world’s smallest electric bike. It’s 12 inches high, 18 inches long and can be assembled and disassembled in 124 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
Moosshiqk is the world’s smallest electric bike. It’s...
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