This may look like a set piece out of Judge Dredd or The Fifth Element, but it could be a regular sight on the highways as early as 2012. The Antro Solo is a prototype gas-electric hybrid with an array of solar panels along the top of the vehicle to power it’s electric motor. The solar [...]
Posts Tagged ‘green’
Picture(s) of the Week: The Lilypad Floating Ecopolis
Belgian designer Vincent Callebaut calls the auto-sufficient amphibious city Lilypad a “floating ecopolis for climate refugees”. The floating structure is “directly inspired by the highly ribbed leaf of the great lilypad of Amazonia Victoria Regia increased 250 times.”
You can read all about it and view an astonishing gallery of the city’s design right here.
Tech Junk of the Week: Monowheel Doesn’t Care if You’re Uncomfortable
I’m all for cutting down on gasoline consumption and stuff, but if I’m gonna peddle around town using my, uh — muscles, I think I’ll stick to a bike. The Monowheel, designed by Ben Wilson for the the XXIst Century Man Exhibition in Tokyo, just screams, “Hey, neighborhood kids – Come push me over!”
Says Wilson on [...]
Computerized Gardening for Green Thumbless Geeks
There are tons of people like me who live in apartments with no back yard and wish they could have a vegetable garden — you know, connect with the earth, feel the dirt in your hands, smell the soil… Guess we’ll have to settle for no hassle, computerized gardening!
Maybe you’ve seen the commercials for the [...]
Earth Week for the Ladies: Solar Cell Handbags!
Who would of thought the photovoltaic (solar) cell would become fashionable? And by fashionable I don’t mean “the cool thing to be into…”, but like, stylish.
Eco-boutiques are sprouting up online and across the country, selling eco-friendly fabrics and designs that are stylish, sustainable, and quite useful. Like the Noon Solar handbag, which recharges your cell phone, iPod, or [...]
