Cook n’ Charge!
The EcoCharge system is a portable and green solution for giving your devices a quick boost by recycling heat energy. Using thermoelectric generator modules, the…
Electricity
The Great River Turbine
Michael Jantzen’s Great River Turbine is yet another hydroelectric power station that focuses on public outreach, allowing visitors to visit and witness first-hand the creation…
Living Architecture
The Turbine Bridge concept is a hydroelectric power station that also serves as a multifunctional space on Amsterdam’s Amstel River. On the main internal level…
Rockin Socket
Earlier today I was tearing apart my office looking for an extension cord (unsuccessfully). If only I had this wall socket design by Nguyen Tuan…
Seriously Smart Socket!
If you’ve ever tried to plug something into a socket in the dark (or without looking) you know that it’s damn near impossible! The LOL…
The Tamagotchi Effect
This clever device, called PowerPlant, gives users a visual (and organic) reward for using less energy at home. Wireless transmitters fitted to the main power…
Generate Electricity From All Those Cars
What if we used the kinetic energy from fast moving vehicles to change a magnetic field to generate electricity? Apply the same methodology to high-speed rails…
When Noise is Good for Lights!
C’mon noise can never be good or pleasant for anything! This pollutant give me enough grief when they tear down an old building and bring…
Spring + Gear + Motor = Energy
It’s completely brilliant! Can you take this idea apart? This is a portable spring driven power generator design concept by designer Satoshi Yanagisawa, one that…
Traditional Korean Switches
Whenever a bit of tiny design draws inspiration from gigantic architecture, it almost never goes wrong – and almost certainly goes so very right. This…
Windows of Protection
This is an automobile for the future of family transport and safety and it goes by the name “The Guardian.” Epic name! It’s automated enough…
Electricity Is A Dangerous Game
Developing countries and emerging economies are facing challenges in properly distributing and building out their electric grids. Unfortunately energy needs are now being met by…
Not a Tiny Airplane – On the Ground
Let me explain first the title: a single-engine Cessna is a type of small airplane, while this project is called “VESNA”, and is an auto…
Monitor Your Power Diet
Diet charts are hard to monitor, but keeping a tab on what your power-hungry gizmos is not so cumbersome, easy in fact. You need stuff…
Current Cart
The e~cart promises quite an electrifying experience! It’s a shopping trolley re-designed to be fitted with wheels that harness the kinetic energy, generated due to…
Wall Plugs No Frills
These plugs are circular. Holy goodness it is a complete revolution in interior decorating. It’s another step back from decoration, that’s what it is. It’s…