Technology
Built from scrap Bicibomba movil uses pedal power to transform lives
There are very few contraptions devised from waste and fewer still, which are embracing owing to their simple functioning and worthiness. After Bicilavadora, the bicycle washing machine and the Bicimolino, the corn grinder, yet another application from waste Bicibomba movil has transformed lives of the people in rural Guatemala.
IBM’s intelligent traffic light system helps improve fuel efficiency
IBM has come up with a novel plan to redeem those habitual to wasting fuel on the traffic signals by keeping their engines running until the signal goes green instead of turning it off. The company has applied patent for a new technology that would stop or start engines at the traffic intersections with the aim to improve fuel efficiency.
‘Electric Bulldozer’ with zero emissions and smart safety alerts
Worn and rusted bulldozers, belching out black smoke while clearing landfills, plant debris, mines, quarries, road construction, agricultural operations, and building sites etc. are an eyesore to watch. These monster machines may be the coolest ones around in terms of their overwhelming size, but their record on environmental front has been least friendly.
Bugatti builds 800 HP electric supercar prototype
Supercars are all high end exotic cars with performance greatly superior to that of its contemporaries. There’s news that Bugatti has actually built an 800bhp battery-powered supercar that exemplifies the balance between environmental and dynamic performance.
PC-Aero’s zero emissions electric airplane recharges underneath solar hangar
While all electric vehicles have already become a road reality with newer energy, efficient additions made every day, how about an all-electric plane that glides green through the skies to your choicest destinations.
HYDRA, solar powered portable water purification unit provides clean drinking water
Water is the elixir of life, no life form can sustain without it. While lack of water to meet daily needs is a reality today for one in three people across the globe, around 1 billion people do not have safe access to clean drinking water.
Lenovo ThinkPad L series targets eco-conscious professionals
Lenovo may have missed out on the Earth Day for the release of its ThinkPad L Series laptops but the company has definitely been able to find an alternative for the eco-conscious professionals in the make.
View Sonic’s VOT125 PC Mini uses up to 90% less plastic and energy
You may not realize this at the first glance but View Sonic's VOT125 PC Mini is actually a full featured PC which opens your doorway to smarter greener computing. This small bundle is being sold as a compact, energy saving solution for business and home users.
MIT designed aircraft cuts fuel consumption to just 1/3 of the normal
It seems as if a wave of technological and scientific advancements is all set to revolutionize the aviation industry worldwide. After daily news snippets, citing one or the other breakthrough in the field, its researchers from MIT, that is once again riding the wave.
Futuristic hydrogen powered aircraft specializes in vertical take-off
This is an amazingly clever design concept aimed at removing one of the biggest hurdles that stand in our way of applying vertical take-off and landing to commercial aircrafts. With his Airbus A350H airliner, one particular designer Victor Uribe has tried ridding VTOL aircrafts off their extremely inefficient and heavy, smaller payloads and greater fuel needs reputation
