http://ecotalks.org Green is the word here: Eco-friendly gadgets, designs & products, Green concepts and technology Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:33:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After an array of solar windows flourished in the solar market, new transparent photovoltaic-glass windows from Rainbow Solar are  here to make their mark. In a recent study done by the NTUST (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology), the windows have proven their efficiency through energy savings of about ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/12/16/futuristic-power-generating-photovoltaic-glass-windows-via-rsi/ Hello folks! We took a long break, isn’t it? I’m happy to be back here and bring you an amazing energy neutral residential tower in the city of Almere, Netherlands that bagged an award at the latest design competition for urban villas and a residential tower for the Cascade Park. ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/12/16/faro%e2%80%99s-award-winning-energy-neutral-cascade-park-residential-tower/ With people all around the world distressed due to water crisis, efforts are on to create ways to conserve it. Nimbus was wise enough to take an initiative towards this and came up with this washbowl concept which is estimated to use just sixty times less water compared to the ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/11/09/nimbus-washbowl-a-futuristic-water-conservation-concept/ The enormous energy stored in the Earth’s interior will now power over one-third homes in Utah. Raser Technologies has finally announced the completion of the first geothermal plant in Utah over 20 years. Built over the countries largest geothermal hotbeds that have been exposed since the past 25 years, this ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/11/08/raser-technologies-gives-utah-a-new-geothermal-plant-to-power-homes/ In a quest to find alternative sources of energy, researchers have continued their efforts in and out of laboratories and nothing concrete has come out yet. Though there are many alternate sources of energy, they are expensive, unmanageable, or simply not friendly enough for lay users to use, to charge ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/11/03/chlorophyll-organic-battery-can-use-any-liquid/ ‘Water Scarcity’, the most commonly heard complaint all over the world, especially the developing countries where people struggle to get water even for drinking. The governments of all these countries have introduced ideas like rain water harvesting to make this problem a little easier, but these projects didn’t click- blame ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/11/01/evan-gant%e2%80%99s-rain-drops-concept-makes-rainwater-harvesting-easier/ Dubai, the land of fascinating skyscrapers will decorate its skies with its avant-garde Anar Towers very soon. The British company Atkins, which had in the past given Dubai other such beautiful buildings like Iris Bay will be the creator of this huge mixed-use project. This 125 story building will house every ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/10/31/atkins%e2%80%99-anar-towers-to-embellish-dubai-skyline/ Germany will see a new fleet of modern green houseboats this spring. Schwimmhaus was designed by a company called confusion-direction. Who wouldn’t want to live in an attractive home in the middle of water at a price that is less compared to a house on land? The pictures just show ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/10/30/eco-friendly-houseboats-with-a-contemporary-touch-by-spring-2009/ Chip Ransler and Manoj Sinha, founders of the Husk Power Systems (HPS) have found a way to give electricity to parts of India which still manage without one of the most essential energies today. This company focuses on providing power to the people in villages using rice husk (rice being ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/10/29/husk-power-systems-on-the-way-to-electrify-rural-india%e2%80%99s-rice-belt/ After electric cars that have created hype in the automobile industry, it’s the bike now. GPR-S is an electric motorcycle manufactured by a small electric vehicle spare-parts company Electric Motorsport. The bike comes with an elective speed charger which can charge it up within 1.5 hours, which would otherwise take ... http://ecotalks.org/2008/10/26/gpr-s-the-new-electric-bike-from-electric-motorsport/