Image via Alternative Consumer Here is an interesting concept for rainwater catchment. Created by Mostafa Bonakdar, a design student from Tehran, Iran, the structure is both a shelter during rain as well as a drinking fountain. It features both solar power and rainwater collection, with the solar power running a purification system inside. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image Credit: Lloyd Alter, from New York City: A Cyclists’ Paradise? The New York Times hosts an interesting five-way debate on the Bike Lanes of New York , the upcoming Scorsese sequel where cyclists with heavy chains duke it out with drivers with tire irons. It is about New York, but the issues really are universal. Sam Staley calls bike lanes A Subsidy for the Few :
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The Poco Pro from Iain Sinclair, manufacturers of fine tiny things, is said to be “the world’s thinnest” 1080p HD pocket camcorder. Poco’s specs tout dimensions of 54 x 85.6 x 5mm, much smaller than JVC’s Picsio , Samsung’s HMX-E10 , and even Toshiba’s Camileo , but we are definitely wary of image quality on a sensor as small as this one. We’re not entirely sure we get the purpose of its optional WiFi capabilities, either — the site claims they’re for “wireless data transmission,” but we don’t know if that’s to a PC or some sort of service. If you’re dying to find out, you can reserve a Poco of your own for
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President Barack Obama has arrived in his home state for a 10-day family vacation. He is joining his wife, Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, and dog Bo, who have been vacationing at the family’s rented oceanfront home since last weekend. (De
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Photo via .reid. ; energy logo via FTC Television shopping will be a little easier starting next year. According to a new amendment to the Federal Trade Commission’s Appliance Labeling Rule, any TVs manufactured after May 10, 2011 will have to have an EnergyGuide label on display so consumers know what to expect from different models when it comes to their energy bill. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: 1080 Films From Wangaari Maathai’s Billion Tree campaign to lush permaculture landscapes in Jordan , we’ve seen how individuals and communities can reverse desertification and bring life back to arid soils. Now a new dramatized documentary brings us the story of Yacouba Sawadogo, an illiterate African farmer whose pioneering techniques have, according to one expert, don… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Pete Birkinshaw , used under Creative Commons license. Cities everywhere may be lifting bans on urban beekeeping , but what with the mysterious red bees of Brooklyn , not to mention bee murder in San Francisco , you’d be forgiven … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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North Korea was at the ready with disquieting talk about a “sacred war of justice” on Thursday after South Korea executed elaborate military exercises to demonstrate its prowess near the feuding nations’ shared border.
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Image via Technabob Solar powered e-readers. It was just a matter of time, right? LG put out a solar powered e-reader prototype over a year ago, though the solar cell was embedded in a case, rather than the device itself. When looking at Toshiba’s latest e-reader, we’re starting to think that LG might have been on the smarter track. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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