Wind Power Video: Look, Ma, No Blades!

Model of Ewicon device at TU Delft (image via Mecanoo architecten)

A fresh video shows how using the wind to move electrically charged particles could be an energy producer, with no bird-battering blades. Read more →

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Hitachi ROPITS A Mobility Support Robot For Elderly

ROPITS

How would you like your car to come pick you up, then drop you off at your destination? Hitachi is developing such a vehicle with its ROPITS prototype. Read more →

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This Cigarette Boat Is All Electric, Powered By Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz EV sports car Cigarette 1 Electric boat concept

Mercedes-Benz has teamed up again with Cigarette 1 to design the AMG Electric Drive Concept, a powerboat using battery tech from the SLS AMG Coupe Electric car. Read more →

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Santa Gets A Fat Luxury Hybrid Sleigh Courtesy of Lexus

Lexus Santa LF-LC

Lexus has unveiled a concept self-propelled sleigh for Santa which makes use of hybrid technology, though we wonder if reindeer create less emissions. Read more →

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Mercedes SUV Of Tomorrow Powered By Fuel Cells

Mercedes-Benz G-Class Ener-G-Force

Mercedes-Benz is showing off at the LA Auto Show the G-Class Ener-G-Force fuel cell vehicle, envisioning what a police vehicle from the year 2025 might be like. Read more →

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A Nissan Leaf And What It Might Look Like On Steroids

Visteon e-Bee

Visteon, an automotive supplier, envisions what a Nissan Leaf in the year 2020 might be have in terms of interior technology, including a high personalization degree. Read more →

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3D-Printed Home Of The Future Resembles A Cave Dwelling

ProtoHouse

The ProtoHouse concept unveiled at the London 3D Printshow is unlike any structure currently in existence, and is built around the way that bones grow. Read more →

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Car Sharing Electric Car Concept A Smart Vision

EV car club concept

Designer Bharani Catna envisions what an ideal electric vehicle might be like for a car sharing service in his Design for Urban Drive Cycle concept. Read more →

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Giant Solar Saucer To Land In New York’s Freshkills Park

solar loop

The Solar Loop, envisioned for New York's Freshkills Park, is an eye-catching structure that makes maximum use of the sun's rays over the course of the day. Read more →

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This Solar Concept House Really Gets Around

Michael Jantzen Transformation House

Designer Micael Jantzen has a wild green house for the Jetson set composed of five sections of lightweight steel that rotate to serve different functions. Read more →

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