Tag: Concepts &Amp; Prototypes - Page 11
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Color-Changing Polar Bear Doubles as Power Monitor
Image via GE Ecomagination GE's Ecomagination challenge is drumming up some interesting entries, not the least of which is a stuffed polar bear toy that glows various colors as a warning for home energy use. The plush toy would communicate with the
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Apple Solar Charger for iPhones...with Removable Leaves!
I have to admit, I love this concept. Most solar chargers are pretty boring. Yes, the more functional and compact-but-efficient, the better. But this whimsical design by Greendix looks really fun and useful. It is geared toward
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Carnivorous Clock Takes a Bite Out of Bugs While Telling Time
We have a strange fascination with carnivorous gadgets -- they're sort of eco-friendly, since they run on alternative energy, and they're a way to get rid of pests like mosquitos and flies without the use of chemicals. There's no
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Zapping Microbes With Electricity Could Cut Chemical Use in Wastewater by 50%
The mining industry requires significant amounts of water, and the water used becomes polluted with toxins including arsenic, mercury and sulfates. Typically, the water is cleaned with microbes which
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Clever Mobile Gardens for City with Too Little Green
With just six square meters of green space -- not all of it usable -- available to each resident of Istanbul, people seeking an escape from the city's concrete jungle may have to start carrying their own little patch of green around on their backs.
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Fancy Solar Cooker Concept a Possible Solution For Off-Grid Communities
Solar cookers for rural communities and villages in developing countries are a hot topic among designers. They can help cut down on the GHGs emitted by burning typical fuels, from wood to dung to kerosene, but they are often
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Solaris Watch Concept Brings Solar Power to High End Fashion
Designer Olivier Demangel has come up with a concept watch most any tech geek would be drooling over. It is a solar powered watch that makes the solar cell part of the stylish design. The minute solar cell is placed right
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12 Post-Apocalypse Floating Cities and Homes: From Crazy Concepts to Reality (Slideshow)
Nobody really knows how much the planet will warm up in the following years and what the consequences will be. But the growing number of natural disasters in 2010, and the recent wave of animal deaths
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12 Post-Apocalypse Floating Cities and Homes: From Crazy Concepts to Reality
Nobody really knows how much the planet will warm up in the following years and what the consequences will be. But the growing number of natural disasters in 2010, and the recent wave of animal deaths sure made many of us think about an apocalypse. The f
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Robots, Super Bee Cars and Crazy Bike Designs at Autodesk
Autodesk's San Francisco office features an amazing gallery of projects created with the company's software programs. The majority of them have a strong sustainable angle to them, from a Tesla Model S (which required a crane,
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Autodesk Shows a Glimpse of New Green Materials Design Software
Back in October, Granta Material Intelligence, the world's largest materials information technology company, and design software company Autodesk partnered up to bring the best information on materials to the fingertips of
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NASA Building and Bloom Laptop Show Future of Smart Green Design at Autodesk
Last week, design software firm Autodesk held a sustainability summit at their San Francisco office. The designs created with Autodesk software are often impressive, and very often have a sustainable bend. But there were two presenters
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When Your Dress Transports You, Fashion Design Morphed With Mobility (Photos)
Imagine your dress becomes your means of transportation! This was the briefing the students at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Barcelona received from BMW. The result are 5 concepts for future mobility
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One Tonne Life: Interview with Project Architect Gert Wingårdh on His Energy Efficient Building (Video)
Last week the One Tonne Life project began in Stockholm and TreeHugger was there to meet the key players in this fascinating low carbon lifestyle experiment. To recap, the Lindell family have moved
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One Tonne Life: A Swedish Family's Green Lifestyle Experiment Begins
This week in Sweden an unprecedented low carbon lifestyle experiment has begun. The Lindell family have moved into a solar powered prefab house in the suburbs of Stockholm that is specially designed to minimise energy
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Are Melting Clothes Tags a Solution for Saving Trees?
This concept for clothes tags that melt in the wash popped up on Yanko the other day and I've been thinking about it and what it says about sustainability within design. The idea is a tag that can be tossed in the wash with the
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12 Ways Bacteria Improve Our Lives, From Hard Drives to Highrises
When we think of bacteria, we usually think about the illness it can cause and our need to get rid of it. However, bacteria play enormously positive roles in our lives without us even thinking twice about
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Tron: Legacy Consultant Creates Robotic Fish That Can Move in Any Direction (Video)
And you thought the robo-fish news had died down...
