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  • Mazda’s Newest Race Cars Are Powered By Chicken Guts

    Mazda’s Newest Race Cars Are Powered By Chicken Guts Joann Muller, forbes.com When the gru­el­ing 2013 Rolex 24 endurance race kicks off at Day­tona Inter­na­tion­al Speed­way on Jan. 26, the field will include three Mazda6 race cars pow­ered by an unusu­al type of renew­able fuel. The ultra-clean, syn­thet­ic diesel fuel… RT @Forbes: Mazda’s newest race…

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  • How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls To Cook Stoves

    How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls To Cook Stoves BY RACHAEL CHONG, fastcoexist.com Heather Fleming’s Catapult Designs does innovative product design—but for the developing world. Editor’s Note This is the lat­est pro­file in Catchafire’s Gen­eros­i­ty Series, a multi-month cel­e­bra­tion and inves­ti­ga­tion of bold… RT @FastCoExist: How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls…

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  • PVC Plastic Is Why You’re Fat

    PVC Plastic Is Why You’re Fat BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com Add another chemical to the list of things that are invading our bodies and making us gain weight. If you’re look­ing to blame some­thing for your weight issues, there is no short­age of scape­goats: Genet­i­cal­ly mod­i­fied food, BPA, diet sod… RT @FastCoExist: PVC Plastic Is…

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  • In What Order Should Quilts, Down Comforters, Blankets & Sheets Be Placed

    (via In What Order Should Quilts, Down Comforters, Blankets & Sheets Be Placed? | eHow.com) Related articles Tips for Purchasing a Down Comforter (decorating.answers.com) 12 Geeky Quilts and Blankets – From Arcade Gamer Blankets to Cosmic Trekkie Covers (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com) Where to Buy Bedding for a Long Twin Bed (decorating.answers.com)

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  • CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs

    (via CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs – CE Pro Article from CE Pro) Related articles SendGrid At CES 2013 (sendgrid.com) What We Learned at CES and What Brands Have to Know – Day 2 Recap (slideshare.net) CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs (cepro.com) XShot Camera and iPhone Accessories…

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  • Brooklyn’s New DeKalb Market is Made from 22 Salvaged Shipping Containers – Exclusive Photos! DeKalb Container Market

    Where No Cars Go says:, inhabitat.com Emerg­ing from the Jay Street stop of the R train, vis­i­tors encounter a wall of orange, red and white con­tain­ers behind white fenc­ing that holds up a ban­ner to wel­come vis­i­tors. Pass­ing through an alley between two dou­ble stacks of… Brooklyn’s New DeKalb Market is Made from 22 Salvaged…

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  • Kickstarter’s New Greenpoint, Brooklyn Headquarters Will Boast a Green Roof and Glass-Lined Courtyard Kickstarter Greenpoint

    inhabitat.com   It makes sense that Kick­starter chose the pen­cil fac­to­ry as the home of its new head­quar­ters con­sid­er­ing the build­ing’s his­to­ry and the fact that pen­cils were con­sid­ered an inno­v­a­tive, life-improving prod­uct (at least when they… Kickstarter’s New Greenpoint, Brooklyn Headquarters Will Boast a Green Roof and Glass-Lined Courtyard Kickstarter Greenpoint Related articles Kickstarter’s…

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  • Panasonic launches home energy fuel cell

    Inhabitat http://flip.it/abwDn http://flip.it/aeqTB Related articles Panasonic trims Ene-Farm fuel cell size and price (phys.org) Panasonic CEO Attacks Sprawl in Bid for Profit (bloomberg.com) Panasonic Launches More Efficient Ene-Farm Home Fuel Cell (bfreenews.com) Panasonic reduces size and price of “Ene-Farm” home fuel cell (gizmag.com) Panasonic Enhances Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Stadium (prweb.com) Hard choice for…

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  • Cricket Trailer Showcases Space-Age Design

    NASA Architect’s Cricket Trailer Showcases Space-Age Design | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building dim says:, inhabitat.com The Crick­et Trail­er, designed by NASA Archi­tect Gar­rett Finney, is a mini mobile home inspired by the tight but effi­cient quar­ters of the NASA space sta­tion. Finney, who helped design the “habi­ta­tion mod­ule” where the…

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  • Goal Zero Unveils A Plug-And-Play Solar Generator

    Yeti 150: Goal Zero Unveils A Plug-And-Play Solar Generator For Emergencies Or Off-Grid Adventures at CES 2013 | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building bmw2002tnt says:, inhabitat.com Sus­tain­able gad­gets are mak­ing waves again at this year’s Con­sumer Elec­tron­ics Show in Las Vegas. Last year, Goal Zero wowed CES atten­dees with its Yeti…

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  • The Globe (Hedron) Is a Geodesic Greenhouse

    The Globe (Hedron) Is a Geodesic Greenhouse for Urban Farmers | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building timotheos says:, inhabitat.com Pre­dict­ing food short­ages in the 21st cen­tu­ry, Zurich-based Urban­Farm­ers AG and Con­cep­tu­al Devices have teamed up to pro­duce plans for the Globe (Hedron), a geo­des­ic green­house that rests on the top of…

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  • The Well is a Giant New Beer Hall

    The Well is a Giant New Beer Hall Inside a Former Bushwick Brewery inhabitat.com Bush­wick‘s Otto Huber Brew­ery may be long gone, but its new ten­ants have rein­car­nat­ed its spir­it with a cav­ernous new beer gar­den inside the old facil­i­ty. Dubbed The Well, the trans­formed for­mer beer fac­to­ry is now home to 16,000… RT @inhabitat:…

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