There are millions of children worldwide who don’t have access to education owing to poverty. The condition in rural areas is even worse as many of them don’t even have electricity supply. Indian rural areas would suffice as an example of it. Prayas Innovations is
While environmental researchers and activists predict battles between nations for water, the scene is already set in India. With cans and buckets in hands, people lined up, waiting for water tankers to arrive. Those water tankers are made available not by the Govt., but are
Columbian industrial designer Alexander Mendoza Velasquez contemplated over far off dark places, which lack adequate street lights, and he came out with his solar powered streetlight design, Fullonum SOLAR.
Providing or gifting diaries and pens during a seminar or meetings is a very common practice. However, it could be done in many creative ways. While surfing, we came across an adorable Eco-Diary, designed by Johny along with his fellows Mariana O’Kelly, Este du Plessis,
A team of three, namely Rustom Jehangir, Joe Spadola and Josh Villbrandt planned to follow their passion for marine explorations, for which they planned to build a solar surfboard robot last year to take on robotic marine explorations. The surfer could carry a variety of
If a water stream passes through the middle of the town, piercing the most crowded urban space, wouldn’t it be a heaven to have gadget charging outlets on roadsides? For example, Seoul stream at Cheonggyecheon have, more or less, the same conditions; a famous and
A couple of years back, smart lighting space was introduced by the global leader in lighting, Philips, by bringing to us the Hue LED lights. Since then, new lights and accessories keep on adding to this growing family of smart products. Recently, a new light switch dubbed Hue
Looking at the necessity of time, environmental-friendly ideas are most welcomed and appreciated these days. Here’s an example, a 19th century building situated in a Cambridge, Massachusetts that has been transformed to a semi-transparent energy efficient house. The see-through walls of this 5,393-square-foot contemporary structure
Artist Gilles Cenazandotti collects the debris from sea-shores and use them to express his anguish and worry regarding the world of over-consumption with its overflowing waste production, the concern for endangered species, and his emotive efforts to free the see waters from the industrial and
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory have claimed to have 3D printed an organic photovoltaic that work better on cloudy days, or say is at it’s maximum efficiency in low light conditions. Away from presently used crystalline silicon photovoltaic, these cells are made up of