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shower
Hansgrohe RainBrain Smart Shower Controller Gives You Water, Music and Lighting Control
This RainBrain smart shower controller from Hansgrohe seems like one of those things that you didn't think you needed, but once you try it you can never go back to what you had before. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Scotland: What is the best way to start the day? (a) With a cup of coffee (b) Breakfast (mmm bacon) (c) Making a... 7 Responses | Other threads
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water
What if Apple and Chumby Designed a Surfboard?
Thomas Meyerhoffer used to work at Apple and helped design Chumby. These days, he's reinventing the classic shape of the surfboard. Looks more like a snowboard, with that midcut radius. Or a spaceship. I like it. More »
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By Brian LamComment by LA_Longhorn: It looks like an 8-bit cartoon turkey baster. 6 Responses | Other threads
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space
Astronauts Drink Recycled Urine for the First Time in History
So here I am—drinking Martini Rosso with lots of ice, sun licking my cheeks in a NYC terrace—reading that in space they are drinking water recycled from urine for the first time ever. And as you can see, they love it. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by bill cant fart: Gross... What if someone has explosive diarrhea? Will that get filtered out? 16 Responses | Other threads
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materials
Self-Mending Concrete Bends Like Rubber, Heals Like Flesh
It can be bent into a U-shape, "heals" cracks with nothing more than rainwater, and is strong enough to build bridges from. Is Victor Li's composite building material really even concrete anymore? More »
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By John HerrmanComment by OMG! TEA!: Does this mean no more potholes?!? Or tar?!? And how expensive would this be to build, lets say, a road? 9 Responses | Other threads
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water
Aquawalls For Creating an Imaginary Undersea Abode
I fantasize about replacing all my windows with flat aquariums, filling them with coral and reef life (rays, lobster, clownfish), lighting them with full-spectrum bulbs and calling myself Namor. [Aquawall via BornRich] More »
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By Brian LamComment by urbanturban666: how flat are the tanks? is there huge parts of the tanks sticking out of the house? 3 Responses | Other threads
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photo
What Do You Think She's Listening To?
I think she's going to get sand stuck in that thing. More »
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By Brian LamComment by HJTravels: What does her tramp stamp say? 14 Responses | Other threads
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packaging
Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
Boxed milk and juices are a supermarket staple, but one company is now selling boxed water. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Homerjay here for OxyClean!: Well put but realistically, there is a humongous difference in taste between "packaged" water and tap water. 43 Responses | Other threads
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hydromodo
Scientists Invent Floatiest Material On Earth
Bugs that skate on water can do it because their feet are "superhydrophobic." Chinese scientists applied a similar coating to a tiny copper mesh boat, and suddenly it could hold three times the weight. More » -
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water
Playpumps Trick Kids Into Doing Manual Labor for Fun
The Playpump looks like a piece of playground equipment, but it's really a disguised pump for getting water out of the ground. As kids play on it, water is pumped to a nearby tank. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by Monty: I hate this idea. First off, we have kids so they can get our shit done for us. ... 19 Responses | Other threads
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jetpacks
Water-Powered JetLev Jetpack Would Be the Most Godly Firefighting Tool Ever
You know how some jerk in a water gun fight always cheats by grabbing the hose? Well, this pilot could totally beat that guy at his own game. More » -
concepts
Firehose, Meet Fire Missile Launcher
We're not firefighters, so this idea may be completely crazy. But if we fought fires for a living, we'd feel a lot more comfortable doing battle with this mean-looking gas-propelled missile launcher concept. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by KeepingTheForeName_GitEmSteveDave: Well, to start with, fire hose is HEAVY. And it's usually kept in rolls. So do you have... 9 Responses | Other threads
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pirates
Photo: $3 Million Tanker Ransom Delivered to Pirates by Parachute
The Saudi oil tanker that has been held by Somali pirates since November was apparently freed after a $3 million bundle of cash was precision airdropped by parachute to the deck. See it? UPDATE: More »
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By Brian LamComment by dimadelux: they should have parachuted some C4 which explodes upon opening 24 Responses | Other threads
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paper bottle
Eco-Friendly 360 Paper Bottle Concept Makes Tetra Paks Look So '60s
I tend to avoid bottled water—my tap-water's fine and way cheaper—but since millions don't think the same, this concept from designers Brand Image would be a way to reduce the eco-impact of all those nasty plastic bottles. The 360 is a paper bottle, molded from 100% recyclable, food-safe paper, and its simplicity makes even the venerable cardboard Tetra Pak drinks carton look outdated. These things are almost "printed-out," they stack, are re-sealable, and look fab. These ought to be real, and when they are I hope they get the texture of the "lip" right: you don't want fuzzy cardboardiness there. [Core77] -
digital faucet
Digital Thermostat Faucet Is Exercise In Minimalism
When I was growing up I thought all faucets were going to be like this—all digital, electronic thermostat and sleekly mysterious. Nope: 99% of faucets I use are still the old twist'n'turn and get the bath-temperature wrong variety. Perhaps it's because designs like this one from Italian makers Treemme are slightly impractical: it requires its own largeish mounting shelf, with built-in digital display. Perhaps its because I don't have the big piles of money required to have a designer bathroom. Perhaps its because with that particular sink it looks a lot like a urinal. [Trendir via Craziest Gadgets]
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By Kit EatonComment by soccerstudmuffin: i thought all sinks were urinals? 1 Responses | Other threads
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concept
LED Bath Temperature Floaty 10x More Useful and Beautiful Than Rubber Ducky
This watertight, multicolor LED housing sits in a bath and changes hues according to water temperature. Simple and a lot more effective than a simple faucet mounted sensor that will not compensate for cooling off periods. But not as simple as dipping your toe into the water. If this were it, I'd probably recommend that this concept never see the light of day, but it also can be switched into a candle mode. [Yanko] More »
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By Brian LamComment by Shamoononon, Vampire Grater - Now SWF: Is this so you can get a better view of your undercarriage while you bath? There are somethings I... 4 Responses | Other threads
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water
EWA System Sucks Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air
While energy issues tend to get a lot more media play, a perhaps even bigger challenge we'll need to collectively deal with soon is the problem of potable water. Israeli company EWA is hoping to help nations with less fresh water resources get it inexpensively by turning humidity in the air into drinkable fluids. EWA, which stands for Extraction of Water from Air, uses a heat-based absorption system and a special energy saving condenser to suck moisture from the atmosphere and into reservoirs cleanly and efficiently. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by Shamoononon, Vampire Grater - Now SWF: Well, quite honestly, most places that would need this don't have a whole lot of humidity in the air. 7 Responses | Other threads
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gardening
EasyBloom Makes Gardening Plug-and-Play Compatible
The EasyBloom is a sort of hybrid between a USB stick and a flower. You put the EasyBloom in the ground wherever you'd like to track light, temperature, humidity and soil moisture patterns over 24 hours. Once said time has passed, you pull the EasyBloom from the ground, wipe it off (our tip, not theirs) and stick it in your computer. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by hihai411: you mean my plants are dying cause i have been planting them in sand? thanks easy bloom!!!!! 5 Responses | Other threads
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moon
Japanese Satellite Spots No Ice On Moon for Fuel, Drinkies After All
It's been a decade since NASA's Lunar Prospector satellite gave tantalizing hints—in the form of unexpectedly sparkly reflections—that the Moon's poles may have frozen water at or near the surface, but new data from a Japanese satellite looks like it's quashed the rumor. Kaguya's been in space since late last year, but it's now trained its very highly sensitive cameras, that can see even into the near darkness inside polar craters, on the same spot of the moon Prospector saw. And all it found was dull lunar soil. There may still be water buried beneath the surface of course, but this discovery may be bad news for hopes of using plentiful hydrogen for fuel cells when we go back to the Moon in a decade or so. [NewScientist]
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By Kit EatonComment by Unknown2U: I wish they'd take some pictures of where the Apollo Astronaughts landed back in the 60's-70's. 3 Responses | Other threads
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water
Seoul's Banpo Bridge Turns into Gigantic Fountain, Puts NYC's Waterfalls to Shame
The Banpo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea just got a major facelift in the form of a 10,000-nozzle fountain that runs all the way along both its sides. They were just installed last month, but already the bridge has turned into a major tourist attraction. Which is understandable, as I've certainly never driven over a bridge that's pumping out 190 tons of water per minute. And since it's just pulling up water from the river below, it's nice and eco-friendly. Hit the jump for a video of this awesome bridge in action. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by pdditty: Hows is it eco friendly? I think it would be a hazard, all the drivers taking their eyes away from... 8 Responses | Other threads
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apple
New MacBooks Will Totally Tell Mom If You Take Them Swimming
The new MacBook and MacBook Pro don't just want to impress you with their fancy new fabrication techniques, unibody designs and bolstered performance: they want to make you more honest, at least when it comes to reporting water damage. According to the service manuals, the new line of MacBooks include submersion sensors, designed to indicate if the laptops have been exposed to excessive levels of moisture and/or dropped in your toilet. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by OrielCeyx: Oh Dear, This isn't going to go well ... 2 Responses | Other threads
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microsoft
Microsoft Sues DHL Over Xbox-Busting Train Crash
Microsoft is suing delivery service DHL for their refusal to compensate the boys in Redmond for the destruction of over 21,000 Xboxes in a Texas train derailment. The consoles were due for Hong Kong when the train, carrying two large containers of Xboxes, went off the tracks, sustaining a substantial amount of water and impact damage and, interestingly, "pilfering." Microsoft is seeking $2 million in compensation for DHL's negligence. That the phrase "fiery train wreck" is missing from the report makes me think it wasn't as exciting as it could've been. Imagine the headlines! [PC World]
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By Dan NosowitzComment by Yeebles: Surely it isn't DHL's fault for a train de-railment? 7 Responses | Other threads
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water
WaterMill Automagically Pulls Clean Drinking Water from Thin Air
A bit like Dean Kamen's miraculous water distiller, only not quite so fancy or miraculous, is the WaterMill drinking water collector. It's basically a clever dehumidifier that collects airborne water and filters and purifies it with an ultraviolet sterilizer, providing you with up to 3.2 gallons of water per day. And before you start thinking your home air is going to be all dry and uncomfy, it is actually designed to hang outside your house and inhale water from there, streaming it to where it's needed inside: like your in-fridge chilled water dispenser. It's due out February 2009, and though unit pricing's not known, it'll cost you about 11 cents per day to run. Or you can just drink tap water. [Product via Geekologie]
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By Kit EatonComment by fredramsey: What I really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators. 5 Responses | Other threads
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invisibility cloaks
Water Invisibility Barrier Protects Against Tsunamis
Research into invisibility cloaks, which work by bending light around 2D objects, could end up protecting offshore rigs and vulnerable coastlines from water. Scientists at the Fresnel Institute in Marseille, France said that established cloaking principles can be applied to ocean waves, and built a 10cm model to show how carefully placed concentric pillars make objects in the center “invisible” to the sea. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by therealjjohnson: this will be in Dubai like next week... they build everything else there 12 Responses | Other threads
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hard drives
SentrySafe Hard Drive Endures Trial by Fire (and Water)
Whenever our journalistic brethren get to set something on fire and douse it with water, we like to commemorate the moment. Wired's Gadget Lab just performed such a battery of tests on the SentrySafe fire-and-flood proof hard drives, ones we first saw almost a year ago. On one hand, the test went as predicted, but on the other hand, data doesn't seem as protected as you might think. More » -
exoskeletons
PISCES Exoskeletons Turn Every Solider Into Aquaman
Apparently the military has been working with West Florida's Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) for several years trying to develop an underwater exoskeleton that would improve a soldier's speed and endurance underwater. Much like early pioneers of flight, IHMC has looked to nature to provide answers. So far, the project known as Performance Improving Self Contained Exoskeleton for Swimming ("PISCES") has investigated how dolphins, sea turtles and penguins move through the water. Not surprisingly, the results have been...a little odd. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by OMG! Ginsu!: Does Michael Phelps know you're using his nickname without his permission? 4 Responses | Other threads
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xbox 360
PC-XB01 Aftermarket Xbox 360 Case First Impressions (Verdict: Quieter...Sort Of)
The guys over at bit-tech have got there hands on one of those aftermarket Lian-Li PC-XB01 cases for the 360 and offered up a few initial impressions. One of the major criticisms of the design was that it seemed to add a lot of bulk to the already large console. Bit-tech noted that it appeared smaller in person and could fit comfortably under one arm. They also claim that the Xbox was whisper quiet after installation, but it still made too much noise when a game was running. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by D-13: who started all this crap about the ps3 not having any games? Go to walmart, bestbuy to name a few... 1 Responses | Other threads
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olympics
What's It Like To Stand On the Water Cube's High-Dive Platform?
Full-screen this beautiful high-res panorama cooked up by the New York Times's top-notch interactive graphics folks and find out. [NY Times via Kottke]
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By John MahoneyComment by Mike918: @Y2KGTP: They fill it with milk...i swear! more » | Other threads
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art
Animated Waterdrop Sculpture May Amaze, Make You Seasick
Less spine-tinglingly freaky than the eerie-eyeballed Opto-Isolator animated sculpture, the upcoming Waterdrop sculpture by Héctor Serrano Studio for Roca may have a different side-effect: seasickness. It's made of hundreds of moving vertical bars, each with a glowing tip, driven by motors to mimic in large scale the surface of a puddle after a water drop impact. Imagine: a darkened room with the repeating oscillations of a huge simulated sea surface. At the very least, it may make you wonder where the bathrooms are. On show at 100% Design London from 18 September. And if you can't make it, there's a video of the effect at the Waterdrop link. [Waterdrop via Designboom] -
digital cameras
Review: Pentax W60 Waterproof Camera Catching Whale Sharks
I had the perfect backdrop to review this Pentax W60 waterproof camera while vacationing in Hawaii last week. It's 10mp, has a 5x zoom, and does HD level video, but the only reason to buy such a point and shoot is that it's rated to 13 feet of underwater depth for two hours, and is the smallest waterproof camera of its kind. It would prove to be a fortuitous addition to my travel gear, catching some great shots of some of my first surf lessons and some rare aquatic life while other tourists fumbled with crappy disposable film cams. More » -
lunocet
Lunocet Monofin Makes Man into Michael Phelps
Boy that Michael Phelps is fast. No one can argue it, he can dominate in almost any style of swim and possesses one of the best dolphin kicks in the world. That is, one of the best kicks aside from some random guy using the Lunocet monofin. Because while Phelps is able to swim at an inhuman 5 miles per hour, the average swimmer using the carbon fiber Lunocet will routinely hit about 8mph. Is it too late for us to book our tickets to Beijing? More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by MaaseyRacer: This is a Ted Ciamillo product he used to have videos of this product on his site. [www.zerogravitybike.com] Since then he has... more » | Other threads
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fuel cells
Much Cheaper Fuel Cells On The Way With New Prototype
Australian researchers have developed a new fuel cell prototype that could lead to much cheaper, more efficient fuel cell vehicles in the near future. Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne created a new cathode that could bypass the need for expensive platinum nanoparticles, which adds about $3500 to $4000 to the sticker price of current fuel cells. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by MerrillBabakin: Very interesting. As a fuel cell scientist, I do not need too many "important details". Just one: how LONG does it... more » | Other threads
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solar energy
New Way Of Storing Solar Energy Discovered
Solar power has a lot of promise, but until recently there hasn't been an adequate way to store the energy the sun produces. Scientists at MIT have come up with a new fuel cell process that mimics the way plants store the sun's rays that is both efficient and inexpensive, not to mention environmentally sound. Without getting too technical, the system uses sunlight to separate water's hydrogen and oxygen atoms and then puts them back together in a fuel cell, providing energy. This means an almost limitless supply of clean energy might be just a few years away, though it's still too early to say when you'll have what you want: a solar powered laptop. [PhysOrg]
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By Matt HickeyComment by ZinanDeuce: Someone made this comment: "Unfortunately, our actual electrical and chemical battery technology really sucks- its bulky, expensive, often toxic,... more » | Other threads
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Water Display
Real Liquid Display Makes Mac OS X Aqua Look Like Crayolas
Giz reader Nicholas Buechi created this real liquid display that really doesn't display anything but bubbles. And that's enough, because it is mesmerizing enough as it is. The liquid display is driven by an Arduino processor, and the events are triggered by a water keyboard. Sounds crazy, but in action it looks very pretty and soothing: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by RobotVampire: @Jon!: You sir, can suck my balls. It's called a good natured ribbing, not like I went off on a... more » | Other threads
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Faucet Fountain
Faucet Fountain Eliminates Paper Bathroom Cups, Recreates Grade School
For only $4, I can see little reason not to get this ingenious little Faucet Fountain attachment for the sink. It eliminates waste (no more paper cups in the bathroom), it saves you from having to wash extra cups in the kitchen, and it recreates those grade school gym class memories all in one. Plus, when not in use, the bottom pops out and allows the faucet to work normally. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by DiddyWolf: OMG, I had one exactly like that when I was a kid. O_O more » | Other threads
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diy
Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will Love
Luckily, my cat was always too dumb to make the connection between the faucet and fresh water, so she's made do thus far with just sipping from her water dish. But I've heard that once kitties taste from the tap, they never want to go back. For running water addicted cats, MAKE contributor tsruzik has constructed a pretty ingenious automatic cat faucet using an IR sensor and some tubing. More » -
diy
Water Balloon Slingshot Brings the Wet into Hot American Summers
Now that we're headed deep into the middle of summer, it's time to bring out water balloons and figure out ingenious ways to fling them at your enemies. Here's a great tutorial at Instructables for making a wicked water balloon catapult using surgical tubing, a rag and other random doohickies from around the house. According to the dude responsible for this weapon of watery destruction, this shooter will never explode the water balloon prematurely, unlike some of the types you get in stores. [Instructables]
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By Elaine ChowComment by Navin R Johnson: There was a women in New Hampshire that lost an eye to one of those, no lie. [www.sunjournal.com] Just be aware peeps. more » | Other threads
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alien refreshments
Confirmed: Phoenix Finds Ice on Mars
The Mars Phoenix just issued a highly official twitter update saying that some white, shiny stuff it was staring at has sublimated. In other words, it's definitely ice. The previous discovery of probable ice sent thousands of scientists and NASA fans into violent discovery-gasms, but until the Phoenix team was to observe sublimation, which is when ice skips the liquid state and just evaporates, they couldn't be sure. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by aec007: @angelwolf71885: Water DOES sublimate under certain conditions only...Like ice cubes in your freezer.Given enough time, the evaporator coil being at... more » | Other threads
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kor one
Kor One Water Bottle Is One-Handable, Reusable and Very Nice Looking
If there was ever a reusable water bottle that we'd pay $29 for, this would be it. The Kor One is made out of BPA free plastic, and can be opened with one hand while cycling or running or eating or wiping. Their website is exactly what you'd expect from a company that's selling a $29 water bottle and is filled with earth-friendly/ridiculous phrases like "sustainability" and "The KOR ONE is not a water bottle, it's an invitation." Nevertheless, it's one damn sexy bottle that we'd definitely use whilst running on our newly purchased treadmill. [Kor Water via Mocoloco via Treehugger]
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By Jason ChenComment by scingram: Nice looking but I still prefer the Better Bottle by Camelback. [www.amazon.com] more » | Other threads
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dwp
Digital Water Pavilion at Zaragoza World Expo Inaugurated (Verdict: Wet)
Remember the Digital Water Pavilion I previewed last year? Devised by a bunch of MIT brainiacs, who described it as being rather like an inkjet printer controlling droplets of falling water, it was finally inaugurated last week at the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. Although the video is only short you can see the brazilliant effects of the water. Most interesting, however, is what the pavilion needs to make it go. More »
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By AddyDugdaleComment by pernicious: i swear i saw this here before, jeep did it way better. movement, letter, even the front end grill of... more » | Other threads
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ivanhoe reservoir
400,000 Bouncy Black Balls Invade Reservoir to Save Los Angeles From Cancer Water
While yesterday the world was ogling over the iPhone 3G black body, some people were just awing over black balls. 400,000 of them. Black balls everywhere, bouncing, swinging, cavorting, happily hopping down the side of the Ivanhoe Reservoir with two objectives. First, to fight bromate by stopping sunlight, which forms this carcinogenic component mixing the chlorine and bromide in the water. Second, to let me use "bouncy black balls" in a headline. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by tumama: I've read that 200,000 black men in Africa were looking for their balls... more » | Other threads
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