This week multiform ultra-efficient travel stories got Inhabitat’s engines running as we watched a law built Daihatsu Mira EV travel the record-breaking 623 miles upon the singular assign. Unfortunately you don’t design to see which hypermiler hitting the states anytime shortly, though during least you won’t have to wait prolonged to get at the back of a circle of Toyota’s Prius Alpha MPV, that is set to launch subsequent year. And if air transport is some-more your speed, why not take to the skies aboard this zero-emission Elektra transport, which spends the downtime shower up the suns rays in a solar hangar.

While a iPad and its family are making waves today, we can’t wait to see a subsequent generation of inclination that exercise Sony’s brand-new energy-efficient OLED displays, that are thinner than the strand of tellurian hair.

This week Inhabitat additionally showcased an implausible spectrum of eco-efficient repurposed designs as we denounced 23 finalists in the Spring Greening DIY Design Contest. Perhaps you recycle your cardboard as well as Coke cans, though if you’re looking for a bit of inspiration from master design-recyclers check out this match flare made from hundreds of soda tabs, this Cone Light done from repurposed traffic cones, and this candelabrum stoical almost entirely of six-pack rings. We were also wowed by these panoply done from recycled video fasten which showcase an analogue take upon high-tech couture as well as this overwhelming lamp done from strips of old movie.