FlyKly’s Smart Wheel lets any bike go electric and get connected Devindra Hardawar, venturebeat.com Tickets On Sale Now Forget those clunky electric bike conversion kits — FlyKly’s new Smart Wheel is a simple (and stealthy) way to add some juice to your existing bike. The New York City startup, originally known for its cheap… http://flip.it/jseqV … Continue reading Flykly smart wheel makes any bike electric and web enabled
This Camp Stove Collapses Thinner Than the Bark Used as Kindling Andrew Liszewski, gizmodo.com When you’re heading out into nature with nothing but a backpack, the long hike ahead of you is going to be far more enjoyable if you pack as light and minimally as possible. But that doesn’t mean you have to completely … Continue reading Littlbug camp stove
Is this the magic compost bin of your dreams? Holly Richmond, grist.org We know: $70 is A LOT of money to spend on something to hold your apple cores. Especially when a plastic bucket works just fine. (For that price, it should also make you dinner … and wash the dishes afterwards.) But the CompoKeeper … Continue reading DIY high tech compost bin
New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents John Upton, grist.org ShutterstockNew Yorkers can eat all the organics that they want — but that won’t be enough to protect them from the Big Apple’s stubborn pesticide problem.Despite living in a dense city with only tiny patches of agriculture (much of it organic,… http://flip.it/inoiQ Related … Continue reading New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents
GoSun: Portable solar oven cooks food in as little as 10 minutes - Images gizmag.com http://flip.it/h5dvj Related articles Be Cool: Make the World's Easiest Solar Oven (sierraclub.typepad.com) Prepare a Cardboard Box Solar Oven (outdoorcookingandgardening.wordpress.com) Typhoon Haiyan: How Technology Can Help (livescience.com) Solar ovens and solar cooking (makezine.com)
Like The Evolution Of Apple’s iPod And iPhone, Nest Is Building One Product At A Time Aaron Tilley, forbes.com Today Nest officially unveiled the follow up to its popular learning thermostat with a smoke and carbon monoxide detector called the “Nest Protect.” Getting a look at it in person, co-founder and VP of engineering Matt … Continue reading Nest builds social, data driven CO detector
Tropospheric Gas Detector Jake Spurlock, makezine.com Make: Projects Build a Tropospheric Gas Detector with two gas sensors. By using the MQ-2 and MQ-6 together, you can obtain accurate ground-level air pollution data. By Category: Arduino Time Required: 15 minutes Difficult… http://flip.it/BVILM Related articles This 13-year-old Maker teaches MIT alumni (atmelcorporation.wordpress.com) Why Predictive Analytics Is Important … Continue reading Build your own tropospheric gas detector
Mobile Pop-Up Shop Kit Transforms Vacant Storefronts Into Instant Community Hubs inhabitat.com An eclectic team of architects, designers, urban planners and filmmakers are giving new life to vacant storefronts on the Lower East Side with their ready-made kit of furnishings stored in a … http://flip.it/tJzAZ Related articles What Tech Hasn't Learned From Urban Planning (nytimes.com)
Stop Wasting Water Washing Dirty Jeans…Freeze Them! ecouterre.com Photo by duncharris Turn those blue jeans green—or at least maintain their deep indigo hue—by putting them on ice, literally. Employed by denim enthusiasts to prevent premature fading, the … http://flip.it/V1L1b
Daniel Lieberman: ‘Dieting is a disaster for everyone’ Interview by Ian Tucker, theguardian.com Harvard’s professor of human evolutionary biology explains why obesity is the major 21st-century problem – and why we are ill-equipped to deal with it Daniel Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard and has published… http://flip.it/F9R8p Related articles Making … Continue reading Anthropological perspectives on why dieting is a waste of time
How Efficient Is Your City? America’s 34 Largest Towns Get Ranked thinkprogress.org CREDIT: National Geographic / Gregory KushmerekEven the U.S. cities that have gone the furthest in building energy efficiency still have a lot of ground they could cover, according to a new report. Boston, Massachusetts — the report’s highest-scor… http://flip.it/tQvi2
The Duck Chalet Kent Griswold, tinyhouseblog.com My husband, Jeff, and I wanted to share our latest summer side-project that is now for sale – the Duck Chalet! It stemmed from our love for small, intuitively designed, and cost effective dwellings.We are both green home designers and builders her… http://flip.it/FEJnw
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