Volkswagen’s state-of-the-art paint shop in Chattanooga, Tennessee will be the most advanced in the world and will start draping its first car in September (and more afterward when the plant goes fully operational in the first quarter of 2011)…
VW’s Chattanooga paint shop to hold eco-friendly process Read More »
The Bell Group, an Albuquerque-based industrial distributor recently unveiled New Mexico’s largest solar array. The project implementation team included SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., Affordable Solar Group and VE Group, the prime contractor with offices…
New Mexico’s largest solar array unveiled at Bell Group Headquarters Read More »
With none to challenge its status of being the world’s smallest car, the 1962 Peel P-50 will now come in two variants: the Peel P-50 and Trident. Peel will replace the scooter engine with an electric powertrain before it puts some 50 pint-sized…
Peel to resurrect world’s smallest car with an electric powertrain Read More »
With the Deepwater Horizon oil spill staining the Gulf of Mexico to a disastrous extent, we can see the market for remedial technologies pitching up at an unimaginable rate. Well, this time around the solution providers are researchers at the…
MIT researchers develop oil-collecting robot to fight oil spills Read More »
Environmentally friendly builds is no longer restrained to residential and commercial projects, now we can see parking garages too walking the green path. HOK has recently completed the design of the Windy City’s first eco-friendly parking garage…
HOK gives Chicago its first green parking garage Read More »
Researcher Signe Kielstrup from the Norway’s Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo relies on biomimicry while coming up with a lung-shaped fuel cell. The bronchial hydrogen fuel cell channelizes hydrogen and oxygen to its electrodes much more…
Lung-shaped fuel cell trims down platinum usage while increasing efficiency Read More »
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have succeeded in developing hi-tech rechargeable batteries that could in the future be woven into clothing to power portable electronic devices. Discussed at the 240th National Meeting…
Researchers develop hi-tech rechargeable batteries that can be woven into clothing Read More »
The Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of Danish engineers will launch their home-built rocket called Tycho Brahe-1 aka ‘HEAT 1X’ (Hybrid Exo Atmospheric Transporter) from a submarine in the Baltic Sea on August 30th. Touted as the world’s largest…
Liquid oxygen-powered rocket to send humans into space Read More »
The Nature Center, a portal to the forest of Hareskoven in Copenhagen has recently been declared the winner in the 7th cycle in the world architecture community, and shortlisted for WAF2010 in the category Future Projects: Education. Designed by…
Nature centre: Green portal to the forest of Hareskoven Read More »
Designed for the Sukkah City competition, 2010, Domesticated is a temporary structure erected for providing a sitting room for two to six people, where they can convene, reside or share their allotted spaces with others. The sort of hybrid…
Domesticated sukkah created from salvaged joists for urban nomads Read More »
