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Student invents life preserver powered by solar energy

Eco Factor: Life-preserver keeps the user warm using solar energy. A Taiwanese student has developed a high-tech life preserver that looks like an ordinary plastic life preserver but has been designe[...]

Carbon nanotubes cuffs could tap waste heat from exhaust pipes for electricity

Eco Factor: Thermocell to generate electricity from waste heat. Apart from developing technology to harvest abundant solar and wind energy, there are a few researchers who are concentrating on waste [...]

Intelligent Waterpebble helps reduce shower time to conserve water

Eco Factor: Intelligent device changes color to save water. The Waterpebble by product designer Paul Priestman is a revolutionary device that can encourage individuals to reduce their shower time to [...]

Wood-eating gribble could provide low-cost biofuel from wood and straw fiber

Eco Factor: Gribble turns abundant wood into biofuel. Researchers at the University of York in Britain have identified the potential of wood-eating gribble to cheaply convert abundant wood and straw [...]

GO! multifunctional furniture harvests renewable energy

Eco Factor: Renewable energy-harvesting furniture. The brainchild of Indonesian industrial designer Rizki Tarisa, the GO! is a lounge, a workstation and an exercise bike that also generates renewable[...]