Topic: Green - on March 4, 2009 at 1:15:00 PM CET
Cycling into the Future: 15 Crazy Concept Bicycles
Since bicycles work pretty flawlessly as it is, you might wonder just why we need crazy modifications like spokeless wheels and the ability to ride sideways. Innovation never ceases, and as a result we’ve been treated to a wild assortment of ideas from giant amphibious contraptions to bikes that fold up into backpacks. Some of these 15 concept bikes address issues like cost, portability and adaptability and others are just plain strange.
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Topic: Green - on March 3, 2009 at 12:39:00 PM CET
Beyond Green Roofs: 15 Vertically Vegetated Buildings
Vertical gardens bring lush, verdant life to even the coldest and barest of surfaces, both indoors and out. These ‘living walls’ increase interior humidity, purify the air and provide a much-needed touch of nature in spare, angular urban spaces like airports, museums and shopping centers. Here are 15 buildings with stunning vertical greenery, from 6-story elevator shafts to subterranean restaurants.
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Topic: Green - on March 1, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CET
MIT Unveils 90 MPH Solar Race Car
MIT's latest solar race car might look like a funky Ikea table with a hump, but don't laugh. It'll do 90 mph and is packed with technology that may end up in the hybrids and EVs the rest of us will soon be driving.
The university's Solar Electric Vehicle Team, the oldest such team in the country, unveiled the $243,000 carbon-fiber racer dubbed Eleanor on Friday and is shaking the car down to prepare for its inaugural race later this year.
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Topic: Green - on February 12, 2009 at 1:15:00 PM CET
VW will vorerst auf die Markteinführung von Elektroautos verzichten
Der Volkswagen-Konzern beabsichtigt, vorerst auf den Einsatz eines Elektromotors in seinen Autos zu verzichten. Die Aussage stammt von Ulrich Hackenberg, einem Mitglied im Vorstand der Entwicklungsabteilung des Konzerns. Der Manager begründete die Entscheidung damit, dass die Technik momentan „noch nicht reif“ sei. Auch sei ein Einstieg in die Batteriefertigung, die viele Konzerne als Schlüsseltechnologie sehen, nicht geplant.
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Topic: Green - on February 4, 2009 at 10:59:00 AM CET
The 360 Paper Water Bottle
That's what the people over at Brand Image are hoping, since they designed the 360 Paper Water Bottle. It's 100% recyclable and made from 100% renewable resources, plus it's completely food safe and capable of carrying all liquid types.
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Topic: Green - on February 1, 2009 at 2:34:00 PM CET
Recycling in Russia
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Topic: Green - on January 28, 2009 at 1:18:00 PM CET
BIOWALLS: Living Walls Filter Out Toxins Indoors (VIDEO)
By now we've all seen green roofs (and voted on our favorite green roofs), but what about green walls? Biowalls, a very cool concept, look amazing and actively, naturally purify the air indoors.
| Morristown building goes green with biowall |
huffingtonpost.com Assessment of Biowalls: An Overview of Plant- and Microbial-based [pdf]
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Topic: Green - on January 26, 2009 at 1:29:00 PM CET
Amazing solar-powered fridge invented by British student in a potting shed helps poverty-stricken Africans
It's the kind of simple yet brilliant invention that would have the tycoons of Dragons' Den salivating with excitement.
Not only is the fridge solar powered, it can also be built from household materials - making it ideal for the Third World.
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Topic: Green - on January 12, 2009 at 1:03:22 PM CET
Convert your Honda Accord to run on trash
We may not yet have a flux capacitor for time travel, but we do already have the equivalent of "Mr. Fusion", which if cleverly applied, will enable you to run your car on everyday "trash"-- today. This "magical" device is called a gasifier. And what it does is called gasification.
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Topic: Green - on December 16, 2008 at 1:21:48 PM CET
Chinese Automaker Unveils First Electric Car
A Chinese auto manufacturer, BYD, is introducing today the country's first electric car, a plug-in hybrid vehicle. It plans to sell at least 10,000 cars in 2009 for a price of less than $22,000. This put the company ahead of schedule against other entrants to this market, such as Toyota, due to release a similar car in late 2009; and GM, whose Chevy Volt will be launched in late 2010.
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Topic: Green - on December 7, 2008 at 1:30:56 PM CET
'Solar taxi' goes round the world
A solar-powered car has arrived at the UN climate change talks in the Polish city of Poznan after a round-the-world trip covering almost 40 countries.
At the wheel of the "solar taxi" was Swiss teacher Louis Palmer who made the 52,000km (32,000 mile) 17-month trip.
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Topic: Green - on September 22, 2008 at 5:56:00 PM CEST
All About Mr. Elephant, in His Becoming Green Suit
What does the “very rich Old Lady” see in Babar the elephant? What, for that matter, do we see in him? Something appealing surely, even if we would not follow her example and give him a full purse to go shopping for a suit of a “becoming shade of green,” or do calisthenics with him or buy him a red roadster.
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