Inhabitat’s Week in Green: 9/11 Memorial designs, an electrical helicopter and laser headlights

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s best green developments and clean tech news for us — it is the Week in Green.

Today an afternoon of reflection dawns in Big apple because the city recognizes the 10-year anniversary of the September 11th attacks with the official unveiling of the National 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero . Tranquil though the memorial could be, it has had a tumultuous past – this week we showcased seven unrealized designs for the WTC site that may never see the sunshine of day, and we took a glance at what happened to Daniel Libeskind’s original plans for the WTC Freedom Tower . We also saw green buildings soar as Sydney unveiled Australia’s greenest office tower , we learned that the recent Batman movie could be filmed in a salt mine in Transylvania , and we spotted a great replica of the Trump Tower built from 65,000 LEGO bricks .

It was also a record-breaking week for green transportation because the world’s first manned electric helicopter took flight and scientists developed the world’s tiniest electric motor . Meanwhile, pedal-powered transportation got a big boost as Hertz launched an 0 electric bike rental program in London 0 and Silverback unveiled a chain of 1 bikes with built-in USB chargers 1 in your gadgets. We also brought you the most recent news from the Frankfurt Auto Show as Rimac teased the revealing of its 2 1,000 horsepower electric supercar 2 and 3 Audi 3 and 4 BMW 4 both unveiled vehicles endowed with ultra bright 5 next-gen laser headlights 5 .

Speaking of shining examples of green design, this week we brought you a primary examine the 6 Samsung Galaxy Skin 6 concept phone, which includes a flexible AMOLED display which can fold to suit inside your pocket. We also saw several inspiring methods to reduce waste as scientists worked on a 7 fuel cell 7 that generates power while cleaning up nuclear fallout, Think Geek brought us a clever set of 8 Fridgeezoo 8 icebox pets that encourage kids to avoid wasting energy, and we checked out Sloan’s innovative 9 AQUS grey water toilet system 9 that recycles your sink water. Finally, we brought you the state-of-the-art in wearable tech as we reported that scientists developed a 0 Terahertz “Invisibility Cloak” 0 and researchers discovered a coral reef secret which could cause 1 sunscreen in a pill 1 in five years.

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