Berlin-based Werner Aisslinger claims to have designed the world’s first monobloc chair made from natural fibers — in this case the renewable raw materials are hemp and kenaf, compressed with a water-based thermoset binder to form an eco-friendly, lightweight and yet strong composite. Aisslinger notes that consumers are striving towards a lifestyle that is in […]

Eco-friendly company Gotwind has teamed up with UK-based company Orange to create an energy efficient way of charging your phone: Power Wellies. Think of it as a rain boot with an electrical outlet, except instead of actually being powered up by an outlet, your phone is charged by converting the temperature of your feet — […]

The EBIQ is a dual-purposed concept electric bike designed by Yuji Fujimura. First, when you pedal it stores energy in its lithium ion battery that you can later use to motor the bike if and when you get too lazy or tired to pedal. Secondly, it has a compartment in which you can store — […]

Adele Peters’ Corky mouse uses piezoelectric elements to generate energy every time you click or move the mouse around on your desk, which is obviously quite often considering it’s a mouse. Using the same technology that battery-less watches use to harvest kinetic energy, the Corky mouse not only eliminates the need for disposable batteries but […]