Polish Woodcarver Makes Functional Bicycles Exclusively from Wood
Slawomir Weremkowicz, a 59-year-old former plumber from Poland, creates functional bicycles using only wooden components. The talented woodcarver from Biala Podlaska says he had always wanted to be an artist, and since God gave him the talent of carving wood, he he thought he should do something amazing with it. So he decided to go […]
Sol Cinema – The World’s Smallest Solar Powered Theater
Nowadays eco-friendly is definitely the way to go, and green is a hip color, so the Sol Cinema follows the latest trends. It was created by artist Peter O’Connor with the help of some of his colleagues from the British art collective Undercurrents, in a travel trailer from the 1960’s. The Sol Cinema is fully […]
Ingenious Architect Uses Aluminum Cans as Shingles for His House
Richard Van Os Keuls has used flattened aluminum soda and beer cans as siding for his plywood house extension, after deciding conventional materials were too expensive. Van Os Keuls, an architect from Silver Spring, Maryland, first got the idea of incorporating flattened aluminum cans into his trade after seeing a car drive over a discarded […]
Artist Turns Caravan into a Mobile Garden
Kevin van Braak, a young artist from the Netherlands, has transformed his common caravan into an extensible garden he can take anywhere. In a world where real gardens, with trees and grass are still available, Kevin’s creation can seem a bit odd, but in a few years, it might be the closest many of us […]
World’s Largest Solar-Power Hotel Opens in China
Using thousands of permanent solar panels to harvest energy, the Solar Valley Micro-E Hotel is the largest solar-power hotel on Earth. Built by Himin Group, China’s leading solar products manufacturer, the Solar Valley Micro-E Hotel opened its gates Dezhou City, eastern China. It covers 75,000 square-meters and features thousands of solar panels and solar heat […]
The House of Plastic Bottles
Apart from the breathtaking Iguazu Falls, one of the most important tourist attractions in the Iguazu area is the House of Plastic Bottles, built out of plastic bottles and other recyclable materials. Alfredo Alberto Santa Cruz got the idea of building a house from plastic bottles while he was creating a playhouse for his little […]
XR3 – The Plug-in Hybrid Trike
I don’t know if I like the XR3 or not, Right now all I know is it looks…different. Robert Q. Riley has been working on the XR3 Trike for a long time now, but it looks like his three-wheeled car is finally ready to go into production. Designed to be as light as possible, the […]
Bambgoo – The Bamboo Car
Developed by Kyoto University Venture Business Laboratory, Bambgoo is a fully functional vehicle that runs for 50 kilometers on a single charge. This ecological concept car is 270 cm long, 130 cm wide, 165 cm high and only 60 kg heavy. That’s what’s so special about Bambgoo, its body is made out of bamboo. If […]