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Matt Embrey
Soul Cell Collapsible Solar Lantern
Designer Jesper Jonsson came up with this beautiful photovoltaic powered portable canvas lantern as part of his BFA Thesis at Växjö University. The lantern fold up into a complact square that can easily be stowed away to taken on the go.
Boeing Phantom Eye: Hydrogen Powered Spy Plane
Last week Boeing unveiled the Phantom Eye, a hydrogen powered unmanned spy plane. The aircraft is designed to be constantly deployed in the stratosphere over a specific area, while providing intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance and communication.
Natural Wonders: Dean’s Blue Hole
“Imagine a salt-water swimming pool, with warm, calm waters that run 203m deep, populated by snapper, jacks and colourful tropical fish, patrolled by a school of silver-plated tarpon and visited by curious rays, turtles and tiny seahorses. An underwater cathedral festooned with light and life.”
A Look at the BP Oil Spill: 20 Infographics and Interactives
We are two months into the worst environmental disaster we have ever known and the news, information, data, opinions, theories, images, accusations and questions are flowing into our lives at a volume as great as the oil gushing into the gulf. If you are a visual person like me, you’ll enjoy this slideshow of 20 best visualizations of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Whale Poo is Good for the Environment
New research published in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that sperm whale excrement is actually good for the environment. The iron rich waste fertilizes and nourishes phytoplankton, which in turn reduce atmospheric CO2, turning it to oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Phytoplankton actually account for half of all photosynthetic activity on earth. Lead [...]
Greenaid: Guerrilla Gardening Vending Machines
Designers Danny and Kim started Greenaid as a way to engage local urban communities to incrementally beautify their environment. It’s a “bottom up” initiative that involves taking old gumball machines, converting them to dispense seeballs that they sell or rent out to business, organizations or individuals that want to green the grey in their community.
The Touch Wood Mobile Phone
Japanese telecom DOCOMO, in collaboration with Sharp and Olympus had developed a touch phone prototype out of surplus wood. The phone, named the Touch Wood (insert sexual pun here), is a great example of sustainable design. The Cyprus wood case ads a unique look to the phone while potentially offering a more environmentally sound case [...]
Audi e-Tron Electric Vehicle Concept
As an R8 fan, I was psyched to see that Audi has developed an all electric vehicle concept on the R8 frame. The Audi e-Tron matches beauty with performance with 4 electric motors, driving each wheel and providing Audi’s signature Quattro all-wheel-drive.
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Plug-In-Hybrid
BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics Concept will be debuted in a couple weeks in Frankfurt but they have begun sharing the details. According to BMW this plug-in hybrid vehicle will a 1.5 liter 3 cylinder turbo-diesel engine that can bring this beauty from 0 to 62 mph in 4.8 seconds yet will be able to get 62.6 MPG!
A REALLY Inconvenient Truth
Dan Miller of the Roda Group (and the former CEO of Ask.com) explains to the Hillside Club in Berkley why “we are really f#@ked.” Miller is part of the Al Gore’s “Climate Project,” a group that trains speakers to go around the world delivering the “Inconvenient Truth” talks. He explains that part of that training [...]
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