Fritz Haeg is unleashing an attack on the American lawn, this “carpet of conformity.” Over the next three […]
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Lintec is marketing in Japan solar-powered traffic signs that have no electric wiring and consume no electricity. The […]
The Interactive Institute has unveiled new STATIC! prototypes that explore how everyday products might be designed to better […]
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The Leipzig Aerosol Cloud Interaction Simulator facility hosts a “cloud simulator”, a huge tower with all the instruments […]
For more than 30 years the 980 people living on the Carteret atolls have battled the Pacific to […]
Aerial thermal imaging is being used to record heat loss from residential properties, enabling councils to pinpoint energy […]
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Grimshaw architects (the team behind the Eden Project in Cornwall, pictured below) are planning to turn a Lancashire […]
robot clothes‘ Wildflower Meadow Glacier is an autonomous robotic sculpture that plants flowers and monitors local climate change […]
Lancaster University in the UK is working on an irrigation system, which would let growers know when their […]
Cape Farewell Project leads expeditions with artists, scientists, and journalists, in hopes of creating more environmental awareness and […]
Airline passengers of the future will have to do without window seats and fly in “batwingâ€? aircraft as […]
You Say Potatoe, I say Potato. In this study of the sonic properties of Genetically Modified potatoes, two […]
Growable Media Design: Integrating Plants and Digital Media for Information Visualization is an ambient media project designed to […]
Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh is proposing a fleet of yachts that sprays water droplets into […]
FRUIT aims to investigate the agriculture which feeds urban dwellers, elevate the ecological knowledge of consumers and encourage […]
The energy released by a large hurricane can exceed the energy consumption of the human race for a […]
Plastic will survive forever in landfill, or, if it is burnt, it can release toxic and carcinogenic particles […]
An eco-friendly Japanese project that can extend the lives of aging buildings won the Bronze Award in the […]
London dwellers will be able to summon driverless buses to their front doors and be taken direct to […]
Another one seen at 100%design. To raise awareness of energy efficiency, designer Tom Goodfellow has created the Wax […]
The sun will keep London’s bus stops lit throughout the night thanks a new solar power system being […]
Metropolis Next Generation finalists have designed products that could improve access to safe drinking water among disaster-affected populations. […]
Manchester University is testing a wave energy device that uses the “bobbing” effect of water to produce more […]
Within the next couple of years over 1500 oil-, gas- and acid tanks will be removed from the […]
The aim of the Public Air Quality Indicator project is to make existing information on air quality and […]
A team at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a power-generating backpack. Dubbed “Suspended-load Backpack”, the device converts […]
Among the distinction project (Concept category) of the 51st Annual Design Review is Johnny Applesandal, eco-conscious footwear that […]
My friend Graham and his team at TreeHugger are running a DIY Eco-Tech contest. You have to come […]
Yesterday I stopped at the Fondazione Bevilacqua in Venice (just behind the pigeon-infested Piazza San Marco) to see […]
Scientists are fighting smog by developing “smart” building materials that clean the air with a little help from […]
Portable Light, developed by University of Michigan and Kennedy & Violich Architecture, is a series of prototypes which […]
reHOUSE/bath envisions the bathroom as a biotop where nature and mankind interact. BATH is a mobile bathing surface. […]
Kate Deacon works on making smart textiles and sustainability compatible and uses smart technology to generate organic movements […]
Infotropism is a project that explores the use of living material and biomimetic forms in displays, and the […]
Neighbourhood Satellites is one of my favourite projects. Ever. I’ve spammed Myriel Milicevic with messages asking her if […]
Steven Chu sees an America free from foreign oil, powered by home-grown genetically engineered and eco-friendly fuel. The […]
Lina Fenequito ’s Swap-o-Matic is a vending machine that enables people to swap used goods as a means […]
Konarka Technologies will supply the US Army with flexible plastic sheeting that converts light into energy — technology […]
The WEEE Man project, by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, is a […]
Here’s another IDII thesis project I saw at the Greenhouse Effect show during the Salone del Mobile in […]