Human Hampster Wheel for Energy

Nadim Inaty

Green wheels on a simulator, which converts the kinetic energy produced by the human body into electricity. Several machines are connected to a central storage unit of energy, where electricity can be supplemented with road lighting and traffic lights. Designer Nadim Inaty imagines that the device can be placed in public places, and allow users to donate a portion of its running time in exchange for a place to start. If you are in any case, why not?

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Whenever it comes to green technology, the headlines are always grabbed by the more ‘conventional’ renewable sources of energy like wind and sun. Of course, statistically speaking, such forms of energy contribute to more than 18 percent of total electricity generation in the whole wide world. But that does not necessarily mean that green technology cannot evolve beyond the ever expanding scope set by these popular renewable systems. In relation to this, Dallas based industrial design and interaction firm Dido Studio has unveiled their plan for a novel yet sustainable lighting mechanism, which has the potentiality to exceed the seemingly set ambit in environment friendly technology.

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Top 10 self powered concept cellphones

A few years ago, mobile phones were considered to be a luxury product. But now it has almost become a must have article. Today, when the green concept is hovering over the human kind with an ever important ferocity, it is obvious that even mobile phone companies have tried to contribute their shares to the actualization of this concept. Given below are 10 such phones which are the proud claimants of this title.

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