From the guys who brought us the Metro prefab cabin, here is the MetroShip – A 48 x 12 ft modern houseboat or a luxury condo that floats.
Made from super strong Aluminum hull with Honda outboard motors, this contemporary houseboat comes with an open loft style layout featuring a wide selection [Read More…]
With mobile or portable gadgets becoming an integral part of modern life, we need frequent charging to keep our mobile phones or MP3 players juiced up on the go. Developed by Mexican designer Edgar Guillen, the “Sunneat” is a personal charger that lets you charge your portable gadgets anytime, an [Read More…]
Eco Factor: Solar panels capable of harvesting artificial light developed by New Energy Technologies.
Installing rooftop solar panels to make a single home go off-grid is easy. However, using the same technique in skyscrapers isn’t feasible because the roof area available for PV panels isn’t m [Read More…]
Project managers open the doors to Refract House, ready for Solar Decathlon 2009, Photo by Kevin Gardner
What happens when an architect and an engineer walk into a Jesuit university in Silicon Valley and end up on a lightbender wholly rolling for the nation’s capital? This year’s Solar Decathlon, [Read More…]
Preparations for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 are heating up and many countries are getting in on the action by designing structures for the space. We couldn’t help but be dazzled by the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, but we were even more impressed to learn that the fas [Read More…]
Serpent by designer by Guillermo Bautista is a two-seater electric car that can accommodate four commuters,since there are two elastic surfaces in the back part that unfolds to lodge two more passengers. Ideal for highways trip, as it features an intelligent glass awning that changes its tonality [Read More…]
