Design
Singapore’s Bay South Garden to be the Largest in the Country
The designs for Bay South have just been released - it's a massive botanical preserve, which also features the tall solar trees which were also announced recently. So far, this appears to be Singapore's largest gardening project, and it's being met with great anticipation.
Sensitile Terazzo Tiles Bring LED-Lit Style to Your Floor
LED lights are finding their way into our households in more and more items. While Sensitile isn't exactly an example of green technology, it's still a curious insight into the future of LED lighting. Those fibers have the capability to be lit from any source - even a solar one. They transfer light around the panel's surface randomly, causing interesting ...
Sky Runner: Korea’s Pedal Powered Airplane
The Korean Air Force Academy, South Korea has developed a pedal powered airplane. Named the Sky Runner, the plane has a very lightweight construction, and weighs in at a mere 39.9 kilos. Made of glass fibers, Styrofoam and plastics, Sky Runner has a wingspan of 30 meters.
GE Wants a Greener Santa, Designs a New Sleigh
General Electric, the thoughtful corporate behemoth, has decided that Santa's centuries old sleigh is needs change for the modern age, and that it needs to get more environment friendly. Keeping that in mind, they have designed a new sleigh for Mr. Claus, and this one has the goodness of modern technology, and no boot space to carry all those gifts ...
Rinspeed May Unveil “Train Compatible” UC? Concept at Geneva
Rinspeed has a history of bringing oddly fantastic and interesting concepts to the Geneva Motors Show. The next year's show may see the unveiling of the strangely named UC? concept, is a small electric car that could hitch a ride in the train. Measuring just 2.5 meters in length, the electric car has about the same dimensions as the Smart ...
eva2o Concept Aims to Keep Fruits Fresh Longer, Without Being Energy Hungry
The eva2o concept from designer Dennis Cheng is quite a simple idea, that aims to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer without employing energy consuming devices. The basic idea is quite simple and age old, employing water evaporation to cool contents, quite like in earthenware. The designer says that in the UK, a third of grocery store food is purchased ...
Chinese Architects Plan an “Urban Forest” in Chongqing City
Beijing architects MAD may have a weird name, and their idea of an "Urban Forest" skyscraper in Chongqing city may exactly echo their name, but if they are able to pull off the 385 meters high metropolitan cultural complex, entire cityscapes could change. The Urban Forest will not look like conventional buildings, and not even have a conventional floor structure. ...
321 Water Bottle Inches From Concept to Reality
The 321 Water Bottle was first displayed as a concept back in January. Nearly a year has passed since then, and the designers of the bottle have now decided to put the bottle into production. The French-Press style water filter bottle recently received a People's Choice Award on Australian TV Show The New Inventors.
Solar Shelf Concept Generates Power and Protects Your Car
The Solar Shelf Concept was a design entry to the Green Life Competition, and has come up as one of the top three designs submitted to the contest. A basic requirement of the competition was that the design entered should be environment and design centric, and that the entry should not be unrealistic.
Wind Lamp Harvests Wind Energy to Power Itself, Other Lamps
The Wind Lamp is a concept that could help the environment and natural resources in a number of ways. This green lamp is designed to serve as a street lamp, and it could come in very handy at places with sufficient wind power. The lamp basically consists of LEDs and a wind power generator.
