Eco-Friendly & Extra-Small Portable Dishwasher Design »

Maybe you have a second residence or simply do not have the space for an additional appliance. Whatever the reason, there are a good many homes that could use something like this – a sleek, simple, stylish mobile dishwasher with space for a small load of seriously sullied dishes.

Ideal for a bachelor, a small business [...]

OpenOffice 3: getting closer to Microsoft Office »

OpenOffice.org 3 is the result of over twenty years’ continuous high quality software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, OpenOffice.org 3 has a consistency [...]

Tips for a more eco-friendly lifestyle »

Use energy saving bulbs in all light sockets. These bulbs use one-fifth of the energy of old fashioned incandescent bulbs and last up to ten times longer. The expense of buying the actual bulbs is soon offset by the savings.
If you have an electric hot water tank, ensure that it has a ‘Lagging Jacket’. Your [...]

Bicycle Sharing System »

A bicycle sharing system (also known as: Community bicycle program, Yellow bicycle programs, White bicycle programs, public bike or free bike) is an increasingly popular system whereby bicycles are made available on a large scale in a city allowing people to have ready access to these public bikes rather than rely on their own bikes. [...]

Google Use Goats Instead of Lawn Mowers »

At our Mountain View headquarters, we have some fields that we need to mow occasionally to clear weeds and brush to reduce fire hazard. This spring we decided to take a low-carbon approach: Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and pollute the air, we’ve rented some goats from California Grazing to do [...]

DIY Dress Design: Clever Color-Your-Own Clothing »

Remember those fun color-it-yourself books from your childhood? Sometimes they were color-by-number and other times, well, they invited you to simply pick your own color scheme (which some of us did with color-by-number books regardless). Taking this simple idea to a new level, one designer has come up with an idea to let people color [...]

Electrolux’s Sunny Washing Machine Might Need Too Much Sun »

Eco Factor: Front loading washing machine heats water with solar energy.
Just when the uses of solar energy in electronics seem to have reached their end, manufacturers from some part of the world launch products no one would have ever thought of. Electrolux is one such brand that has tried to make a new beginning for [...]

Rotate Express, Peeling Potatoes and Fruits Become More Interesting »

Rotato® Express ($19.99) automatically peels potatoes, fruits and other vegetables in seconds. Puts an end to thick peels and waste. Simply skewer potato on bottom spike and lower the top spike. Then, push the button to start peeling – automatically stops when complete. Skin peels off in one continuous piece. Ultra safe design with [...]

Hemeroscopium House – 7 Days to Build »

For the Greek, Hemeroscopium is the place where the sun sets. An allusion to a place that exists only in our mind, in our senses, that is ever-changing and mutable, but is nonetheless real. It is delimited by the references of the horizon, by the physical limits, defined by light, and it happens in time.
Hemeroscopium [...]

RainCloud Dehumidifier Extracts Drinking Water from Thin Air »

Imagine getting fresh, pure drinking water from a dispenser right on your desk — no plumbing required. Anyone with a home dehumidifier knows how much water can be sucked out of the air, but usually that water gets dumped down the sink, or at best, poured on a thirsty petunia.
Cleanworld Ltd. in the UK designed [...]