It’s here in concept and I simply love it! The Tanning Printer is a solar powered printer that doesn’t use cartridges. Instead it uses the process of sun-tanning the paper! You got that right sir…sun tan! It seems outlandish right now, but trust me the idea is worth exploring… the design is here, it [Read More…]
There’s more than meets the eye to these amazing-looking pieces of garden furniture: They’re actually solar power stations.
Unveiled at MIT’s 150th Anniversary Festival of Art, Science and Technology, they’re the brainchild of Professor Sheila Kennedy and her team, who dubbed them “Soft Rockers [Read More…]
A company from China, Umeox teamed up with Dutch company Intivation recently introduce their latest products in the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Umeox Apollo. The device has a solar panel embedded in the back of the phone and it may be the world’s first Android phone that uses s [Read More…]
Rajib Mallick, a professor from Worcester Polytechnic Institute developing anti-freezing pipeline, filled with liquid in it.
The pipe will be planted on the roadways and absorb heat from the sun then stored in insulated chamber. The liquid in the pipe when heated would be released to melt exist [Read More…]
A product design is not just an isolated object, but also the complex network of relationships that constitute it for what it will be understood in context. This work wants to build a network of environmental sustainability and putting the individual at the center of this network.
The [Read More…]
It is this kind of truly remarkable invention can (and did) get a student designer like Emily Cummins an invitation to visit with the Queen of England. It looks like an unassuming mixed-material cylinder, but conceals the astonishing ability to transform rays from the sun into vital food-cooling [Read More…]
We hate to point out the obvious, but it’s about time you threw procrastination in the nearest dumpster and started thinking about your holiday shopping duties. For the budding guitarist in everyone’s life (admit it, there’s always one), Tascam has a cutesy new guitar tuner that’s both a) afforda [Read More…]
Eco Factor: Electric car powered by onboard solar panels.
The AXA is a zero-emission concept car envisioned by auto designer Marian for busy urbanities of the future. This elegant concept features a rooftop array of solar panels that juice onboard batteries during sunny days. The designer has f [Read More…]
Students from Imperial College London have developed an innovative device called Equinox that promises to solve the problem of rural electrification in third world countries apart from aiding development. Equinox makes people’s lives better by ensuring consistent energy supply. It works in two pa [Read More…]
This collection of fine accessories exploring ways to incorporate the solar cells into textiles in which technology meets tradition. Decorative accessories such as handheld fans and dress are charged when used outdoors in daylight. When brought indoors in the afternoon they turned into a decorati [Read More…]
Solar lampion consisting of 36 small solar panels that make up the lantern design. This is the last version made for presentations of milan and published for the first time.
This solar lampion are not as many solar lamps that you ‘plant’ in your garden and then left without supervision. They s [Read More…]
