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  • Living with a lot less

    Living With Less. A Lot Less. By GRAHAM HILL, nytimes.com I LIVE in a 420-square-foot stu­dio. I sleep in a bed that folds down from the wall. I have six dress shirts. I have 10 shal­low bowls that I use for sal­ads and main dish­es. When peo­ple come over for din­ner, I pull out my…

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  • Mu thermal imager turns your iPhone into an affordable thermal camera

    The Mu Thermal Imager Turns Your iPhone Into an Affordable Thermal Camera John McGrath, inhabitat.com Thermal cameras are invaluable tools for spotting heat leaks and winter proofing your home. The Mu Thermal Imager is a compact, affordable accessory that turns your smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer into a thermal camera! The device is the fi……

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  • Americans have closets full of unused clothes

    Average Woman Owns 22 Garments She Never Wears But Refuses to Junk ecouterre.com Photo by cohdra A wardrobe full of clothes but noth­ing to wear? You’re in good com­pa­ny. The aver­age British woman has 22 unworn items in her clos­et that she refus­es to throw or give away, accord­ … http://flip.it/Zs5SZ Related articles Ecouterre talks…

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  • Turn an old TV into a solar death ray

    Man Transforms Old TV Screen into 2000 Degree Fahrenheit Solar Death Ray That Can Melt Pennies Lori Zimmer, inhabitat.com DIY expert Grant Thompson has a use for those heavy old rear-projection televisions that have been collecting dust in your basement—he transforms them into solar-powered death rays! Thompson takes advantage of the convex screens’ ability to…

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  • Drop Eco hotel for the modern nomad

    The DROP Eco-Hotel is a Portable Prefab Pod Home for the Modern Nomad Mike Chino, inhabitat.com In-Tenta designed the DROP Eco-Hotel to provide a mobile dwelling for modern nomads. The prefabricated structure consists of a central tube capped on either end by big fully operable bubble windows that provide natural ventilation. The pod hotel i……

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  • Eco cycle aquaponics kit

    ECO-Cycle Aquaponics Kit Turns Any 20-Gallon Aquarium Into an Indoor Garden Mike Ready, inhabitat.com The ECO-Cycle ™ Aquaponics Kit is an innovative retrofit system that turns an aquarium into a productive garden. Sized for a standard 20-gallon aquarium and suitable for smaller tropical aquarium fish and goldfish, the ECO-Cycle engages families a… RT @inhabitat: The…

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  • A turtle deformed by a six pack ring

    Peanut: The Story Behind a Poor Turtle Deformed by a Six-Pack Ring Ana Lisa Alperovich, inhabitat.com You may recognize Peanut, the small waisted turtle that obviously didn’t get her slender figure from exercising. Photos of this poor turtle have been making the rounds across the internet over the last couple weeks, but what’s the story…

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  • NASA based air purifier

    The Ultimate Air Purifier Uses NASA Technology By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com This $800 device, designed by NewDealDesign, zaps particles using titanium dioxide. As the space pro­gram shift­ed its focus from putting life into space to sus­tain­ing life in space, the plen­ti­ful tech­nolo­gies to emerge from its hol­lowed… The Ultimate Air Purifier Uses NASA Technology http://flip.it/QjvGU…

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  • Mazda rethinks the Diesel engine with fewer emissions, max efficiency

    How Mazda Reinvented the Diesel Engine By Lawrence Ulrich, popsci.com The company’s new diesel engine will get 44 mpg plus meet strict emission standards. Diesel-engine design­ers have long grap­pled with a dilem­ma: Reduc­ing emis­sions meant either cut­ting effi­cien­cy or adding expen­sive equip­ment. With the… RT @PopSci: How Mazda engineers reduced pollution, boosted mileage, and nixed…

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  • Don’t eat Fukushima fish

    Fish Near Fukushima Reportedly Contains High Cesium Level AP, huffingtonpost.com TOKYO (AP) — The Japan­ese util­i­ty that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant says it has detect­ed a record 740,000 bec­querels per kilo­gram of radioac­tive cesium in a fish caught close to the plant. That’s 7,400 times the gov­ern­me… RT @HuffingtonPost: Record level of radioactive…

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  • Verticulture: plastic bottles into glowing walls

    Verti-Cult: Miniwiz Unveils Glowing Green Wall Made From Recycled Bottles Helen Morgan, inhabitat.com Taipei-based Miniwiz just unveiled a brand new system that transforms old bottles into gorgeous glowing green walls! Dubbed Verti-Cult, the system is made from 100% recycled Polyethylene milk and juice bottles collected from local schools in Hsinc… http://flip.it/1U84H Related articles Self watering…

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  • Night reading on ipad to protect melatonin production

    (via How to Enable Night-Reading Theme in any iPad or iPhone App) Related articles iPhone App Leads Wellesley Police To Suspect In Car Break-Ins (boston.cbslocal.com) His name wasn’t Earl: but he returned my lost iPhone with some iPad Karma (daniweb.com)

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