A team of 20 final year mechanical engineering students from the University of Central Lancashire aims to hit it big at the 2010 Formula Student competition, which is run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The team called Formula UCLan has…
UCLan team readying two green cars for 2010 Formula Student Read More »
On the second annual National Solar Day, i.e. June 19, the South Plantation High School’s Solar Knights Racing Team allowed about 50 elementary- and middle school-kids to learn about the actual working of Solar Knight 1. It’s the first solar…
South Plantation High School kids get a closer look at Solar Knight 1 Read More »
With the advent of technology came computers that brought with them glittering compact discs. But, today we can see piles and piles of discarded CDs ending up in landfills. Bruce Munro has found a way to reviving waste discs into something…
Discarded CDs shaped into mesmerizing inland sea Read More »
Brian Hess, founder of hydrogen fuel company Hessgen, mixed race fuel with hydrogen to power a 700hp Trophy Truck on the roughest 500-mile off road race, known as the Baja 500. His hydrogen-powered #88 features a hydrogen system located on the top…
Hessgen’s hydrogen-powered race car shines at Baja race course Read More »
Air travel has earned a bad name in terms of emissions and fuel efficiency. Many passenger airplanes consume nearly a gallon of jet fuel per second, meaning enormous greenhouse gas emissions. French aeronautics teacher Christian Hugues has come up…
Air travel goes 6 percent more efficient with Minix wing tip device Read More »
Aliens in Picnic installation, created with no less than 260 disposable plates and over 130 disposable cups, left all – in attendance at the Temple of Debot, Madrid – spellbound. Call it an army of UFOs or an iridescent cluster of canopied…
Aliens in Picnic – Wonderful work of recycled art! Read More »
Team Finland from the Aalto University has recently completed a house that aims to be a zero-energy house with the lowest possible carbon footprint. Dubbed the “Luukku House”, this eco-friendly dwelling is the team’s entry into the first…
Team Finland’s woody Luukku House wins architecture prize at Solar Decathlon Read More »
With all sorts of ventures are embracing green technologies for sustainable energy generation. Cincinnati Zoo has installed a new wind spire turbine in its Go Green Garden to meet the power needs of its ticketing and membership building. The 30 feet…
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Little angels are the future and if we wish for a greener tomorrow, we will have to encourage them to take up green practices. One such effort to encourage an interest in engineering and green technology came from Greenpower electric car challenge…
Students exhibit thier green credential at Greenpower electric car challenge Read More »
Trees have always caught attention of the eco-conscious, but the Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design hopes to pull a few art lovers by giving an artful twist to these live savers. The Rotterdam-based bureau has designed the “ATREE?”, an..
ATREE?: Artfully shaped tree installation that expresses thousand thoughts Read More »