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Green Machines: India’s First IKEA Boasts Fleet of Solar-Powered Rickshaws

When in India, do like the Indians do -- at least that seems to be IKEA's approach -- which in this case means spinning up an array of small, nimble vehicles able to duck and weave through ...

Blades Of Allegory: 10 Artistic Painted Wind Turbines

Big fans of artistic expression should check out these creatively painted wind turbines whose cylindrical towers stay green even when they're multicolored. Modern wind turbines pose unique ...

Graceful Degradation: Flashlight Designed to Operate Despite Missing Batteries

There's nothing quite so annoying as having a battery-powered device with one too few batteries, which in many cases would render it useless. In a common-sense twist on typical designs, MUJI's ...

Living Lights: Grid-Free Lamps to Illuminate Cities Using Plant Photosynthesis

Microorganisms in this Living Light project convert chemical energy from photosynthetic processes into electric current, making these lamps perfect for off-grid and other green, cost-reducing ...

Panda Power Plant: Shaped Solar Panel Array Forms China’s National Animal

The world's largest solar power-producing nation is showing off its record-setting green energy production through an adorable new array shaped like a giant panda bear, the national animal of ...

Public Wattway: France Activates World’s First Solar-Paneled Roadway

Developed by Wattway and deployed on the streets of Tourouvre-au-Perche, a 1,000-meter-long solar-paneled roadway in France is the first stretch of a 1,000-kilometer endeavor. The ...

Electroads: Wireless Vehicle-Charging Roads Rolling Out in Tel Aviv

A series of roads and public buses in Israel are being retrofitted to test an electromagnetic induction system designed to recharge vehicles on the go, eliminating the cost, time, emissions and ...

Google Sunroof: Search to Save Money With Home Solar Power

Google has rolled out a search engine with a specific target in mind: your house, more specifically how much area of your roof could be covered in solar panels, what that would save you and where ...

Lightweight & Portable Egg-Shaped Drone Folds Up Into Shell

Boasting practical portability with an eye to aesthetics, the new PowerEgg stands out against its more ungainly competitors, able to fold up into a smooth oval when not in ...

Smog-Sucking Tower Cleans 30,000 Cubic Meters of Air Per Hour

Successfully crowdfunded last year, the Smog Free Tower has just gone from concept to reality; deployd for testing around Rotterdam, these machines are now using green energy to create zones of ...

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