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architecture

Weathly, Anonymous Treehugger Buys Eco-House For $15 Million

If you had $15 million to spend on a home, would you choose to drop that cash on this concept home set to be built in a Cotswold nature reserve? Apparently that is just what an anonymous buyer did recently, making the "Orchid House" the UK's most expensive country home—and it won't be completed for three years. For that money the buyer (rumored to be in the entertainment industry) will get a home shaped like a bee orchid that should produce more energy that it consumes thanks to an underground pump and geothermal heating. Great, so the house will pay for itself in about a 1,000 years. Additional pic after the break. More »

7:50 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Sean Fallon
12,071 views, 39 comments

Latest by iomatic: @Ubik2501: Very nice reference. wagers on World of Starcraft as the next big MMOG? more »

flavor country

Pig Urine Plasticware Could Add Some Flavor To Your Meals, Cigarettes

Denmark has a disgusting problem. The waste produced by the country's 20 million pigs is slowly choking the environment—which has prompted a local company named Agroplast to devise a unique solution. Specifically, they have developed a means of processing animal waste (pig urine most notably) and transforming it into plastics that could be used in just about everything—including plastic dinnerware. More »

6:00 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,547 views, 37 comments

lighting

Giant Chandelier Harnesses The Sun's Power For Electricity and Color-Changing Abilities

This chandelier design by Christoph Klemmt is truly the superhero of lighting fixtures. Besides the obvious aesthetic qualities, the segments that make up the structure itself gradually change from clear to brightly colored when struck by direct sunlight. It also gathers the power from the sun's rays and uses it to illuminate the LEDs scattered along the surface. The piece is currently on exhibit at the Milan furniture fair 2008, so I highly doubt that it will be available to place in your garden anytime soon. And even if it was, you probably couldn't afford it. Additional pic after the break. More »

2:20 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,659 views, 13 comments

Latest by Kendra: This is actually a rip off of a "rainwater tank" they developed in Australia. The tank sits on the roof with the cone shape in the middle of your room, cooling it during the summer and filling your showers with more »

mp3 player

Thanko's New MP3 Player Is Cranky for Power

Thanko has gifted its new MP3 player with an additional power source: you. Much like Trevor Bayliss' crank-powered player, but nicer-looking, this new device will give you ten minutes of tunes for one minute of cranking— it's also got an LED flashlight which'll run for 50 minutes for the same effort. And if you're wrists aren't up to the job, it'll also charge via USB or AC power brick. The Cranking MP3 Player is screen-less, plays MP3 and WMA, has 1GB of storage, and will cost you just $60. [Akihabaranews]

5:22 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Kit Eaton
909 views, 1 comment

Latest by Monty: The MP3 player of choice for the Unibomber. more »

energy

Energy Generating Turbine Toilet: Poop Saves the Planet

If the Benkatine Turbine by Leviathan Energy finds its way into homes, your bowel movements will be able to help generate free electricity. Using the same technology found in other hydroelectric devices, the Benkatine turbine uses the water that passes through the pipes in your home to produce power. According to the company, that means you could make use of the water flowing from any number of sources—including your gutter drains. It is a simple idea, but simple ideas are often the most useful. Plus, you pass off your excessive drinking and overeating as your little way of helping the environment. [Wired via Inhabitat via DVICE]

7:00 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,313 views, 31 comments

Latest by banmojo: @Monty: you have a point there - why not put several of these into the INCOMING lines as well as the outgoing lines? Hmmmmm, maybe I don't ever have to pay for electricity again! more »

clean up

OSP Robot Is Human Sized Roomba For Oil Spills

Designer Ji-hoon Kim has come up with an ingenuous idea for cleaning up oil spills. Using various features such as boom control modules, solar panels, oil protection boom, communication modules, boom connectors, and propulsion modules the OSP robots work together to surround an oil spill site with an inflatable barrier. Once the site has been contained the cleaning crews can easily remove the oil from the water. If saving the planet wasn't cool enough, an OSP robot is actually the size of a grown human and a group of bots can easily be deployed via helicopter or boat. The only thing we can think of to make these bots better is a speaker that would play their slogan as they work, DEPLOY - UNITE - SIEGE. [Yanko Design]

4:10 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Christopher Mascari
3,099 views, 21 comments

Latest by Knirfie: thats a lot of boom. more »

furniture

Repurpose Blank CDs For Better Lumbar Support

Blank CDs are on their way out as a day to day storage medium, and by the looks of things they don't make for a very comfortable chair either. The inexplicably titled "Panda Chair" was designed by Belen Hermosa using hundreds of disks lined in rows. It may be uncomfortable, but I suppose lying on a bed of flash drives wouldn't be so hot either. [Designboom]

9:00 PM on Mon Oct 8 2007
By Sean Fallon
4,212 views, 23 comments

Latest by Makido: It's probably all AOL CDs Seventy-six years.. FREE! more »