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Peter McFarlane Transforms Old Circuit Boards into Gorgeous, Poignant Fossil Art | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From…
Paul Testa Designs an Earth-Sheltered Home to Meet Passivehaus Standards in the UK Mark Boyer, inhabitat.com This month, Paul Testa Architecture obtained planning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the United Kingdom. The Burrows is a highly sustainable single-family home that will be built into a hillside in South Yorkshire. Because… http://flpbd.it/xjzfJ Related articles…
LaunchPad Shipping Container Computer Labs Let South African Students Connect With Mentors Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Perkins+Will has partnered with Infinite Family, a U.S.-based non profit organization, to build shipping container computer labs in South Africa to help students connect with mentors. The firm completed their first LaunchPad… http://flpbd.it/hhYBw Related articles Twenty-eight containers transform orphange in…
Terreform Proposes Covering NYC With Vertical Gardens & Urban Farms to Become Self-Sufficient inhabitat.com In response to global urban population, Terreform, Inc.* has come up with an innovative way for New York City to deal with the issues that arise from this world wide problem. The plan, called New York City Steady State (NYCSS), calls…
Inside the Latest Office-Design Craze: Hot Desking Flash Steinbeiser, inc.com Inc.com staff As cloud computing and wireless Internet become ubiquitous, workers are cordless. Who needs a cube, much less an office? Just follow the leads of these cool companies. The cubicle’s days are numbered. A concept called “hot… http://flpbd.it/M8sTt Related articles 9 Sentences That Could…
Eat This Meal Rachel Swaby, wired.com Photo: Todd Tankersley Fueling your body is easy—if you can pull yourself away from fancy flavor combinations and the latest culinary trends. Just load your plate with foods that are proven to make you stronger and healthier, eat, an… http://flpbd.it/R32zo Related articles How to Plan Great Meals with Your…
ELIOOO is an Instruction Book That Shows You How to Turn IKEA Parts Into a Hydroponic Garden System | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bridgette Meinhold INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Waterstudio’s Koen Olthuis on FLOAT! Photocredits: Architect Koen Olthuis – Waterstudio.NL and Pieter Kers FLOAT! is a beautiful volume that explores the world…
Leonardo Ulian’s mandalas meld spirituality and technology By Kimber Streams, theverge.com Artist Leonardo Ulian has created a series of symmetrical mandalas by soldering together colorful computer components. The result is a beautiful collection of organized circuitry, which Ulian says was intended to combine t… http://flpbd.it/SuRVn Related articles Mona Lisa in Paris a copy, tests confirm…
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Researchers use silk and magnesium to create biodegradable circuits By Louis Goddard, theverge.com A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Tufts University has developed a process for building fully-functional circuit boards that dissolve in water, opening the way for new types of medical implant… http://flpbd.it/flvIs Related articles Biodegredable electronics biomats…
PadPivot NST Review: The Best Available iPad Stand Just Got Better Darrell Etherington, techcrunch.com I’ve seen a lot of iPad stands in my day. Comes with the territory. But only one has ever earned a regular place in my gadget bag and on my desk: A scrappy upstart from Kickstarter that made it to big…
The Year’s Best Infographics By Emily Elert, popsci.com The results are in from Information is Beautiful’s first annual award ceremony The design firm Information is Beautiful has announced winners of the inaugural Information Awards Inspired by Kantar competition. Prizes went to … http://flpbd.it/Zh0Nc Related articles The State of Application Security 2012 Infographic (veracode.com) Free Wi-Fi:…
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