November 2013

Rickshaw Eco Makeover

IBNLive.com: With virtually all modes of transport going the hybrid way, here’s news that could make the rickshaw – which is now restricted to a few Indian cities and pockets of Asia – a possible mode of public transport. Twenty-six-year-old Sivaraj Muthuraman, a Tirupur-based innovator, has built a ‘hybrid’ rickshaw called the Eco Free Cab,

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‎Toys Made From Recycled Parts

io9: Italian artist Andrea Petrachi (a.k.a. Himatic) creates mechanical sculptures from things that most people throw away — everyday items like camera lenses, discarded electronics, doll heads, and lamp shades. His work is meant to symbolize our uncontrolled penchant for consumerism. But they’re also spectacularly wonderful — and often disturbing — works of art. Writing

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