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Does Your Child Have Nature Deficit Disorder? inhabitots.com Remember the good old days, when your mom told you to go outside to play all day and just to be sure to come home when the streetlights came on? Yeah, me neither (nor do most of my friends). But m … http://flip.it/3vnE2
One-armed bandit: Electrolyte integrates bicycle electrics in lefty fork C.C. Weiss, gizmag.com We’ve looked at a surplus of electric bicycle designs over the years, and while we’d be hard-pressed to call any particular design “usual” in this diverse category, a common feature shared by many is a frame-integrated battery pack. German… http://flip.it/OApO1
Incredible Spray That Makes Anything Totally Waterproof is (Finally!) Available Kristine Lofgren, inhabitat.com Say goodbye to water damaged phones and soggy shoes – Rust-Oleum just launched NeverWet, an amazing product that can waterproof nearly any surface or object. The ultra-hydrophobic spray coating was developed by Ross Nanotechnology, and it repels… http://flip.it/sCufA
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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/AoUGo Related articles Ecouterre talks…
16-Year-Old Student Uses Fruit Flies to Investigate Benefits of Organic Produce Morgana Matus, inhabitat.com Anyone who has ever taken a course in biology or left produce out on the counter for a little too long will recognize the noble fruit fly. Easy to breed, feed and observe, they are the subject of choice for many…
The Next Big Thing in Business: Food Steve Tobak, inc.com LAST WORD If you’re looking for a business, industry, or career to sink your teeth into, look no further than your next meal. 10 reasons the food industry is booming. You’d never know the economy is in a slump from the state of the food……
Unilever’s Aggressive Sustainability Practices Have Paid Off BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com New numbers released by the corporate giant show the incredibly cost-saving benefits of pursuing cleaner policies. Mega-corporation Unilever, owner of everything from Ben and Jerry’s ice cream to Dove soap, announced that it has managed to mak… Unilever’s Aggressive Sustainability Practices Have Paid Off…
Students Build A 22-Foot-Tall Home For Local Bees By Sammy Medina, fastcodesign.com The Elevator B tower is part of a larger effort to regenerate a historic district in Buffalo. It’s not a good time to be a bee. In the last several years, unprecedented numbers of honeybees have been killed off, and no one is…
Want To Be Happy? Live Near A Park BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com New research finds that the effect of green space on personal well-being is more than you might guess. As urban planners debate the merits of, say, a new shopping center versus maintaining the local park, they might consider this: over… Want To Be…
A Grand Plan For Feeding The World With Insects BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com We need more protein for the developing world, but we really don’t need to be raising more livestock. The solution might be buzzing around your head right now. How do you feed 9 and half billion people without destroying the planet? Accord……
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