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Fast Company Magazine has recently published the annual list of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Scrolling the list we find the latest news with many surprises such as Nike to 27th place, or twitter at the bottom of the list. The list shows the names of some companies which have never heard before. One such company is Huawei, based in Shenzhen, China, the leading provider of...read

Often we do not think, given the amount of time that we spend today or for business or pleasure, it is easy to realize the amount of energy we could save money with simple precautions Laser Printers: A survey of Swiss Federal Office of Energy has given surprising results about the power consumption of printers: the energy consumed to print is only 8% of the aggregate. This means that the...read

The UK is a nation obsessed with gadgets. Indeed, a recent report by the Sunday Times found that 94% of men, the main reason is thrilled when their partners announce their pregnancy is not the joy of having an early opportunity to take that creature's arms, but the possibility of buying the newest gadgets - or 'dadgets' - which will shortly be available to them. Here are some gadgets...read

The researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for ceramic systems and technologies in Germany succeeded building a biogas production unit based on organic waste, which combined with a battery produced by the same Institute is transformed into electricity. The IKS researchers in cooperation with several IMM-ss have perfected an installation, using as a raw material the corn strains. The...read

A system, developed by engineering students at Northeastern University, can help cut your energy bills. The system, called Empower Numbers (numbersempower.com), uses wireless sensors to monitor each appliance in your home individually. It also allows the devices to shut off from any location with a mobile phone or PC. Just connect the sensors to devices and wall outlets in your...read

There is a known myth about the hybrid cars that it has been discovered decades ago but not shown to the public because the gas industry dealers stopped it from being made public. Well, one can never say whether this myth is true; however the hybrid developers do not need to worry anymore about their unwanted and unsold cars due to the rapid increase of gas price that will eventually lead to an...read

There is a known myth about the hybrid cars that it has been discovered decades ago but not shown to the public because the gas industry dealers stopped it from being made public. Well, one can never say whether this myth is true; however the hybrid developers do not need to worry anymore about their unwanted and unsold cars due to the rapid increase of gas price that will eventually lead to an...read

If you love taking pictures outdoors until the battery allows you and your neck turns red, that's the strap of your camera for you. In fact it uses the power of the sun that usually causes a bad sunburn and charges the camera with it. The strap has a large flexible solar panel that looks just enjoy some 'sunshine. The project was created by Weng Jie. Would be ideal at major events, when you...read

Most of us have an old cell phone lying in some corner, unused or unusable. We have just moved on towards a more stylish or user-friendly or just a more recently released model. If this is true of at least two individuals in a household, imagine the number of cell-phones just lying there unused. These can be used, to help the environment and also save a lot of resources through basic recycling....read

Smart cars. Electric cars. Green cars. Yes, we have seen them. They are the tiny little boxy looking things on four wheels that we see going down the street on occasion. The thing is, do we look at them and wonder where they plug in? Sometimes we might even wonder what happens if their charge runs out and they are not in a place to charge them. Regardless of what we think of these cars,...read

There is a known myth about the hybrid cars that it has been discovered decades ago but not shown to the public because the gas industry dealers stopped it from being made public. Well, one can never say whether this myth is true; however the hybrid developers do not need to worry anymore about their unwanted and unsold cars due to the rapid increase of gas price that will eventually lead to an...read

There is a known myth about the hybrid cars that it has been discovered decades ago but not shown to the public because the gas industry dealers stopped it from being made public. Well, one can never say whether this myth is true; however the hybrid developers do not need to worry anymore about their unwanted and unsold cars due to the rapid increase of gas price that will eventually lead to an...read

A Florida company has transformed a fitness salon into an electrical power generator. According to “Inhabitat”, the people who are going there to exercise and burn calories are in the same time creating sustainable energy. Usually when people exercise using standard fitness equipment all the kinetic energy generated is completely lost. That’s why the ReRev Company has created a system able...read