AbleNook portable dwelling assembles in two hours Bridget Borgobello, gizmag.com A few years back, young architects Sean Verdecia and Jason Ross put their heads together to come up with a cheap, flexible and mobile emergency housing system that would provide families with dignity and privacy during a natural disaster. The… AbleNook portable dwelling assembles in … Continue reading AbleNook portable dwelling
Tag: Kickstarter
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 … Continue reading Kickstarter’s New Greenpoint, Brooklyn Headquarters Will Boast a Green Roof and Glass-Lined Courtyard Kickstarter Greenpoint
A bike horn that helps you avoid homicidal drivers
Loud Bicycle: Car horn for your bike Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net An outstanding Kickstarter project - a bike horn that is as loud as a car horn! Cycling in traffic can be frightening and dangerous. The Loud Bicycle horn prevents accidents by alerting motorists with a familiar sound. The safety benefits of … RT @BoingBoing: Loud … Continue reading A bike horn that helps you avoid homicidal drivers
Soma Compost able water filter
Soma: Drink Better Water with a 100% Compostable Filter core77.com I’m sure I’m not the only person who hides the Brita when company comes over and feels terribly guilty tossing those carbon-filled plastic filters every couple of months. In fact, it’s always been a bit of a mystery to me why there wasn’t a… RT … Continue reading Soma Compost able water filter
Twine: finally a device to begin the Internet of things
On Sale At Last: Twine, Your Gateway To The Internet Of Things By John Pavlus, fastcodesign.com The hit Kickstarter product hopes to popularize “the Internet of things” with thoughtful product design. A year ago, two MIT Media Lab graduates raised half a million dollars on Kickstarter to create Twine, a cigarette-pack-sized chunk of… RT @core77: … Continue reading Twine: finally a device to begin the Internet of things
Memoto records every minute of your day
A Wearable Camera To Record Every Single One Of Life’s Precious Moments BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com The Memoto is a “lifelogging camera” designed to capture and then re-stream everything that happens to you. Does this mean the end of memory as we know it? The cyborgian future that awaits us is full of enhancements to … Continue reading Memoto records every minute of your day
Design and cleantech: a winning combination
Design and cleantech: a winning combination Posted by Chris Sherwin, guardian.co.uk In his third article on sustainability and design, Chris Sherwin makes the case for using design to help clean and green technologies succeed A few years ago, green start-up Intelligent Energy (IE), the proud owners and developers of a world-cla… http://flpbd.it/ex0Vi Related articles Denmark … Continue reading Design and cleantech: a winning combination
The Sick Turn To Crowd Funding To Pay Medical Bills
The Sick Turn To Crowd Funding To Pay Medical Bills Eliza Barclay, npr.org Surely you’ve heard of crowd funding sites like Kickstarter that have helped thousands of filmmakers, musicians and painters leverage Facebook and Twitter to raise money for creative projects. But crowd funding isn’t just for hipste… http://flpbd.it/qq3h9 Related articles To Fund a Political … Continue reading The Sick Turn To Crowd Funding To Pay Medical Bills
Scoot: a better way to get to work
scoot. Related articles First Impressions on a First Flight on Scoot, Singapore's Newest Airline (jaunted.com) To Skate or to Scoot (5min.com) Scoot's smoothest moves (todayonline.com) Have you heard of Scoot? (teacherlingo.com) Top Two Achievable Apps for the Electric Motorcycle (tsrperformance.com) Proposed e-bike ban sparks debate (blogs.windsorstar.com) WITH VID: E-bike debate picks up speed in Windsor … Continue reading Scoot: a better way to get to work
Desktop Factory: 3D Printers
Desktop Factory: 3D Printers. Highlighted in Business 2.0 recently the price of 3D printers have dropped which means you can now if you know CAD develop prototypes for any company. Related articles The Army Deploys 3D Printers To Afghanistan (webpronews.com) Want A Cheap 3D Printer? Back This Kickstarter (webpronews.com) Touching "Magic Arms" video shows some … Continue reading Desktop Factory: 3D Printers
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