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Engineering a Disolvable Wedding Dress
In an attempt to challenge wasteful “Throwaway Fashion,” fashion and engineering students at the UK’s Sheffield Hallam University joined forces and took on an iconic one-time wear garment, the Wedding Dress. By marrying fashion design and technology they were able to create a wedding dress that will dissolve in water to create 5 new garments [...]
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Jay Leno Introduces Electric Car Challenge with Drew Barrymore [video]
Jay Leno is a car guy. And now that he has a new show, he is bringing some of that enthusiasm for cars along with him — electric cars in particular. Watch as Jay gives a tour of the new green car test track and then as Drew Barrymore takes the inaugural spin.
Wind Turbine Tower Falls From Truck, Breaks Road
The cost of moving a complete wind turbine unit generally varies from roughly $100,000 to $150,000 — but this one will likely cost a little more.
Non-toxic Taggers Strike
One part crafting, one part guerilla art, this knit graffiti has been showing up in the strangest places. Spread by taggers known as Knittas, these yarn vandals go around spreading their knit graffiti all over anything they can get their needles on. On the one hand this is a much less toxic for of expression [...]
You've Got Dog Hair All Over You
Want a sustainable sweater? Well you could try and buy one that’s made from materials like organic cotton, bamboo, natural wool, hemp or even recycled cashmere. If that sounds boring to you and you happen to be a dog fanatic, why not have a sweater knit from you own dogs hair?
Zen in a Box: The Kibako Green Trunk
For those who like to compartmentalize, French company Pinel & Pinel bring you Zen in a box with the Kibako Green Trunk. Part of their collection of trunks that put everything you’d need in a box of some kind, the green trunk lets you garden in a trunk. Outfitted with an 80w Osram horticultural light, [...]
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