Following its Wolf Ranch and House Zero homes, leading 3D-printed-architecture firm Icon continues to push forward its cutting-edge building techniques with a development in Marfa, Texas. Created in collaboration with the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the El Cosmico project will consist of a campground and facilities, plus both small and larger housing. The development was commissioned by hotelier Liz Lambert and will involve […]
3D Printed El Cosmico
Clean Energy Electricity
While most of us will never bear witness to them, many of the world’s smallest organisms have some incredible means of survival. Some soil bacteria, for example, can gobble up hydrogen from the air and use it for fuel if starved of any other food. It’s exactly this microbiological trickery that set researchers from Monash University in Australia on a […]
Odor Eliminator
If your home smells less like grandma’s cookies and more of a mixture of last night’s dinner, and cat litter, it’s time to make amends to your nostrils. VentiFresh Plus is an odor eliminator that can banish all that funk, and you can get it on sale just in time for spring. Home may be where the heart is, but sometimes, it […]
Research Shows A Mixture of Trees Best for Air
We all know that trees help clean the air in cities, but which trees do so best? According to new research conducted in Sweden, a mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees will give you the most bang for your buck. For the study, a University of Gothenburg team led by Prof. Håkan Pleijel analyzed the leaves and needles of 11 […]
Crystal-Shaped Timber Cabin
Wiki World has recently finished installing a sustainable cabin that pops up easily, while minimizing its impact on the environment. Situated in the Fragrant Lake of Huanggang City, China, next to the Inner Lake Peninsula and surrounded by a bamboo forest, the Sprite Cabin consists of a timber crystal-like structure with three peaked volumes that combine to create a modern hut-like […]
Ultrasonic Mosquito Band
We’re not the only ones excited by the oncoming of spring. Mosquitoes are gearing up to enjoy the refreshments that you are unwillingly about to supply. Don’t be the host of their festivities. Wear this Super Shield watch band and repel those nasty bugs. There are few things that can ruin a backyard barbecue faster than those annoying buzzing insects, all lying in wait, […]
“Wearable Vehicle”
Munich-based designer Andrea Mocellin has presented his latest personal mobility device. The Exo-Line is an exoskeleton-inspired, battery-powered wearable vehicle you can lower yourself onto chest-first for a “physically engaging riding experience.” Some would argue there’s not nearly enough going on in the wearable vehicle space. Perhaps not many, if anything’s to be gleaned from the echoing silence that greeted this Hungarian […]
Helping Blind Users To Unlock Phone
Entering passcodes on smartphones can be difficult for the blind, as they can’t see the screen, nor can they tell if someone else is peeking at it. The OneButtonPIN app is designed to help, by utilizing vibrations instead of visuals. Created by scientists at Canada’s University of Waterloo and New York’s Rochester Institute of Technology, the prototype app is intended […]
Fruit Waste Into Water Purifying Material
Solar stills provide a clever and simple means of purifying dirty or salty water, but they work at a rather slow rate. A new material has been shown to boost their performance, and it’s made from fruit waste which would otherwise be discarded. In its most basic form, a conventional solar still consists of a basin of undrinkable water that […]
Desktop Hand Warmer
Folks who spend much of their home-working time tapping away at a keyboard, and also suffer from cold hands, can find keeping their digits toasty during winter months something of an expensive problem. Danish startup Varme has sought to address such issues with a power-sipping desktop hand warmer. The Varme hand heater is the brainchild of engineer Søren Abildgaard and […]