Serbian designer Damjan Stankovic introduces a highly practical concept for traffic lights that promotes safer driving and helps preserve the environment as well. Having a circular progress bar on the red light, the Eko Traffic Light keeps on…
2009
As a child, didn’t you wait ardently for Santa to come on his sleigh and bring you beautiful Christmas gifts? For years, Santa has been riding the same old wooden sleigh pulled by reindeers. It time for a change now. Researchers at GE Global…
Auckland sets a precedent for eco-conscious road construction for the world with the construction of its first sustainable road made from 100 percent recycled material. The Denize Road in Mt Roskill is repaired by using material made by mixing old…
Yesterday, the South Korean Air Force announced the arrival of its new human-powered aircraft (HPA) called the Sky Runner. The 39.9 kg (79.8 pounds) plane went through preliminary flight-tests at the Air Force Academy in central South Korea last…
Each year we come across a number of stunning concept phones, and 2009 was no exception. Hardly a day passes when we don’t hear of a new concept phone. The recent trend has made it clear that designers and mobile phone makers have now turned their..
Thanks to some heartening efforts from Detroit’s eco-aware artists, the polka-dot-art movement is spiraling with the passage of time. As it could not have been possible to regain the constructional normalcy of the area, these artists are building…
Maya Lin’s last memorial What’s Missing? received huge accolades as upholders of climate change, and its adverse impact on endangered species treated it as a testimonial evidence of the irreparable loss. Now, to gather a wider approval to her…
Students of Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering Departments from De La Salle University, Manila have engineered their second (Sinag was the first one) solar-powered car dubbed Sikat. Sikat stands for “sunrise” in…
Last week, we covered the Ningbo Tengtou Pavilion that promised to promote the cultural heritage of China. Now this time, Haim Dotan Architects display the Israeli Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 that will highlight how humanity and nature,…
Students of Ridgewater College have displayed their creativity by designing amazing life-size sculptures from found materials. Under the instruction of Marjorie Nilssen, this semester the introductory studio art class gave the students to bring out…