Emerging Tech

Green power generation isn’t easy for large buildings. Some high-powered businesses, such as casinos and office buildings, would need a solar power grid the size of Rhode Island (the smallest state, but come on). The Revolution Door adds a turbine to the revolving door of power hungry businesses. As people come and go through the doors, power is generated. Might ...

So you’re at a party, perhaps you have a few alcoholic beverages floating through your bloodstream and you’re feeling like an eco-friendly vigilante. All the beer in your belly makes you have to piss worse than a scared schoolgirl. You take a trip to the bathroom, only to your horror, you see that your buddy is still using a toilet ...

Just to prove that you don’t need environmental scientists to create green products for you, check out what this 15-year-old boy from Samarkand, Uzbekistan did to this DeLorean. We already know DeLorean’s are capable of so much, including time travel and stirring up buzz on the interweb. This DeLorean in particular is powered by a conventional internal combustion engine with ...

When I think of farming, I think of rural, “Oh my god, it’s so flat I can see the next state” kind of land. What I definitely don’t think about is a high rise building. These Vertical Farms, proposed by Columbia University environmentalists would provide a year round harvest. Because of its indoor setting, the climate can be controlled, offering ...

If one day we are forced to expand our lives to the moon, we don’t want to make the same mistakes we’ve made here on Earth. Enter Luna Gaia, a green concept idea for making the moon living experience not only enjoyable, but friendly to the lunar environment. Luna Gaia would be a self-sustaining habitat, which gathers solar energy and ...

Again we ask ourselves, “How do we know how much power we actually use?” Because you know we can’t trust those darn, meddling power companies. The Saver Clip is designed to sense the electromagnetic filed pulsing through your power wires. When you use power, an output is emitted from the wires in the form of electromagnetism. The more power you ...

No need for batteries with this calculator. The Water Powered Calculator runs by the power of hydro. To power the device you just pour water into the rear power panel, place the stopper, and the electrolytes in the water generate enough power to keep this little guy chugging along, squaring your roots. The device is said to be perfectly safe, ...

Coming to a European street near you, these Solar Trees illuminate the night using stored power generated from the sun. Each “tree” contains 10 solar powered lights, each one containing 36 solar power cells. The Solar Tree was demoed outside of the Vienna Design Week festivities and actually looks very cool. And while these aren’t the type of trees you ...

Those of you who like to bust-a-groove to Huey Lewis while snapping shots with your non-digital camera, we’ve got a little project that might inspire some creativty within your traditional minds. We’re sure you’ve got a shit load of old film canisters laying around. Bird-Electron has put together a Kodak Film Speaker system, recycling old canisters. Using empty film canisters, ...

There was a time where people who resided in boxes or old shipping containers were known as hobos or murder victims (and perhaps both). The Illy Push Button House is an entire living quarter built inside of an old cargo shipping container. Press a button and 90 seconds later your home is revealed, folded out from the container. Even more ...