Make way for the first wireless eBike ever! Known as the Shadow (being lime yellow in color, it should have been called the Lime instead), this bike is the brainchild of Canadian based Daymak Inc. It uses lithium batteries in its belly that keeps the bike in motion with 1000W of power. That’s not all. The bikes batteries can also charge up your portable devices! Here’s what makes this electric bike unique. Unlike others of its type, this bike uses cutting edge technology like a wireless breaking system, a wireless throttle and also a wireless pedal assist system!

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Its white, uses solar power to charge and is also a dynamo charger. The Thanko Hybrid Mobile Charger measuring just 70 × 70 × 29mm in width, height and diagonally respectively, this mobile phone charger sucks energy from the sun to charge up your mobile phone. It is portable and can be whipped out of your bag and put to use on the go! That’s not all. Just incase the sun refuses to shine and the clouds take over, this charger can still efficiently power up your phone using its dynamo charger. All you need to do is slip your finger in the little ring at its side and tug at the 18 cm pull type cable. The Thanko Hybrid Mobile Charger is also equipped with three LED lights on its side.

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Here’s a piece of furniture that looks like a rock and purifies the air around. Air purifying outdoor seating would have remained unheard of if not for Alexandre Moronnoz’s CCC design. This rock-like seating is made out of a material known as Champignon Carbone Capture, which is where it gets it name from. Using TX Active Cement containing a photocatalyzer, these seats accelerate the oxidation process of pollutants found in natural and artificial light. It then transforms it into milder and less harmful compounds like water, nitrates and carbon dioxide.

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We’ve heard of the Novothink Solar Surge solar panel equipped case for the iPod Touch before. This funky case used a lithium-ion polymer 1500mAH battery to soak up the sun. Here’s another similar case of the same type, this time round, it’ll power up the iPhone instead. It is integrated with a lithium-ion polymer 1320mAH battery. The new Novothink Solar Surge takes around two-hours to charge up the phone for a 30 minute talk time. That’s if you use the 3G version. The 2G version just takes an hour of sunbathing. The case also has a free application for your phone that tells you how much more juice the phone needs from the sun to remain powered up through the day.

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We all go “Wow!” when a Bentley tolls past us. There’s something more to admire in this super luxury sedan now. The compatny announced at the Geneva Motor Show that all its Continentals will now be fueled with ethanol. The Bentley’s Continental line-up is the most popular so far, and with the release of the all new 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports, the whole series is set to go green. The cars twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W12 delivers 621 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque, enough to push this huge machine to a speed of 60 mph in 3.9 seconds with a top speed of 202 mph.

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Here’s a device that looks like a tree trunk and does your lungs a favor by purposefully pointing out how dirty the air around you is and does a small bit of cleaning and filtering too! Known as the Eco-Green Ring, this hook-onto-your-wall tree trunk-like device uses a series of lights to indicate the purity of air. Those tiny twinkly lights remind us how much just how much pollution we fill our beloved lungs with. Designed by Park Jun Seok and Kwon Hye Rim, the Green Ring uses a red light to denote that the air is dreadful, and green lights to show that it’s as clean as the top of a Himalayan mountain. That’s not all. This environment loving tree trunk also uses recycled materials like recycled plastic and waterbome paint, pushing the green factor upwards. So what powers up this device? Human power! All you need to do is pull the little branch on the side to rev up power supply.

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We usually use water from kettles to make ourselves that hot refreshing cup of tea. Well here’s an eco-friendly way to boiling water before you pour it into your mug. Known as the Echo Chrome kettle, this appliance is equipped with a reservoir that holds a full capacity of water ready for your disposal. The measuring button enables your preferred quantity of water to be released in a separate chamber for boiling. This prevents the wastage of water allowing you to boil only the required amount. This stylish kettle with its shiny smooth chrome finish also boasts of the celebrated Recommended mark by the Energy Saving Trust. This was the first time the award was given in the EST newly established kettle category.

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Hybrid cars are finding their place in the market and on the roads now with their evergreen and everclean policies. To push this technology further, here’s a new fuel injection system that will help hybrid cars deliver more than the do today. Developed by Transonic Combustion, this system helps increase fuel efficiency by heating and pressurizing gasoline before injecting it into the combustion chamber. This allows for a very fast and clean combustion which decreases the amount of fuel required to power up the vehicle. The system also uses supercritical fluids and does not require a spark to ignite fuel. Heat and pressure helps the fluid combust without the need of a spark.

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Transformer fans have something to smile about and drool at. Here’s an Optimus Prime robot from the Transformer series that has a green touch to it, it’s made out of recycled steel. Standing 2.5 meters tall, this replica is made out of bits and pieces pulled out from TVs, cars and a whole sack-load of industrial byproducts that would find their place in a garbage dump instead. Robosteel, the company that gave birth to this smaller and greener version of the Transformers hero has made sure that this green masterpiece stands through time. A layer of lacquer helps protect the replica from the elements and not the Decepticons who this Transformer has spent his eternity fighting with.

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Toilet systems get smarter and greener with innovations like the NoMix. This system in your bathroom apparatus helps separate urine and solid waste. This helps make the work of municipal waste plants easier and produces more methane to generate electricity. It also helps make the task of extracting phosphorous and nitrogen easier which can be used as fertilizers. Studies and surveys in 7 European countries have shown that around 75−85% of users are well satisfied with the NoMix’s designing, hygiene, smell, seating and comfort. 85% people have considered the use of these fertilizers as a good idea and 70% would purchase such food.

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The need to use renewable resources and save up on the depleting energy sources is being realized today. The spotlight today is now on the use of green energy sources. Generating electricity using renewable sources may seem ideal, however the question now arises as to how much power can a grid handle and distribute. Take Texas for an example. Just last week, wind power generation reached a record high of 6,242 MW. This may sound pleasant to our ears. Here’s the glitch though, officials had to curb wind power generation since it was too much for the electrical lines to handle and supply to urban areas like Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Planning to throw away the insides of your computer? Think again. You can make yourself a cool chess set instead! The chess board of this set is made out of the underside of a motherboard and 32 microprocessor chips. Bolts press fitted into the chassis helps elevate the board. The pawns are made out of capacitors while power transformers were transformed into rooks. To make the knights, power supplies with plastic encased relays were used with heads made out of inductor coils. Hard disk armatures were used to make the holy bishops while the beautiful queen was made out of a clock battery, RF choke filter ferrite core from data cable, electric motor core from pen-plotter motors and the crown out of hard disk platter washers with LEDs for jewels. The kings were made out of motor cores of two paper shredders with crowns made from hard drive washers, topped with the armature from old Zip drives.

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Now here’s a piece of furniture that lets you exercise, work and lounge at the same time! This contraption was an entry at the Ideation Award 2010. Known as the “Go” this device was designed by Rizki Tarisa. Besides all its “at-one-place” features, it also uses human power to generate electricity. All you need to do is pedal the exercise bike, burn up those extra calories in your body and generate power. The Go let’s you entertain yourself while exercising too. You can browse the Internet and listen to your favorite tracks at the same time in the same place. This awesome invention in a chair lets you fulfill all your entertainment, work and physical exercising needs in one place.

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The South Koreans are taking the concept of greener public transport seriously and are currently working on a way to power up using technology similar to that found in electric toothbrushes and razors! This electric transport system is powered by recharging strips embedded in roads. These transfer energy through magnetic connections. The vehicles have sensor-driven magnetic devices attached below that juice up as the move over the embedded strips. These recharging strips are attached to electric stations which are laid in bus lanes and roads. Meters of these strip segments are laid below the road powering up the vehicles.

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We’ve seen skyscrapers around before. Make way for “sea-bed scrapers” now. This underwater building designed by Sarly Adre Bin Sarkum is an underwater skyscraper. Known as the Water Scraper, this architectural marvel is a self contained city that uses a whole load of green and environment friendly technologies. Power generation is done using wave, wind and solar power. The city also produces its own food using farming, aquaculture and hydroponic techniques. A small forest on the face of the structure turns it a shade greener. Places for inhabitation and work are at the lower levels.

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