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NV8 is a 3D-printed solar powered car produced by University students from Singapore. The prototype is the first Asian 3D-printed car of this type, it is light, super eco-friendly, and perfect for urban conditions. The Nanyang Technological University Venture 8, or...
BMW i3's advert was on everyone's TV screens this SuperBowl, which may mean a lot to the electric car industry. No matter what the rest of the world says, “American” football gets the most views in the United States, which...
Habits that ruin your home energy efficiency are easily acquired with all the daily tasks and duties we all have. However, energy-efficient homes have been trendy in the past few years, and people have been investing heavily into having good...
Making your own coke can battery is often seen as extremely unnecessary and not at all cost effective, simply because of the availability of energy storage technologies on the market. But if you have some spare soda cans, and want...
The US water management utility company, Clean Water Services, claims to be in a possession of a water treatment system that can convert human urine in pure drinking water. To demonstrate that, they approached a local  beer brewing company,...
Coffee cannot get any greener than this, as mobile coffee machines on bikes, carrying the logo Wheely's and powered with pedal power, are growing bigger than ever. And not only literally. Picking the morning coffee from a famous franchise on the...
Unwanted byproducts from the tequila-making process, combined with recycled plastics, make up a new material that can replace wood. This new product is much stronger than natural wood, making it much more desirable for furniture production than the ever-so-needed photosynthesizing...
Great news for all cycling Londoners. It has been officially confirmed that the city will soon have Europe's longest urban cycleways, which are segregated from other transport at almost all times. Earlier this week, the world's most hated and loved...
By now, we can clearly see it's a fact that climate change is changing a lot of things and, at least for some, that animal fight or flight mechanism is kicking in. Some of the climate change facts aren’t readily visible,...
Personally, I think both battery electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell cars, such as the Toyota Mirai, have a place in the future of transportation, but maybe the solution isn’t that clearly cut. Ahh, the age-old debate between battery electric cars...