Harvard’s Tiny "Pocket" Laboratory Could Speed Discovery of New Biofuels, Medications (Video)

March 9, 2010 by  
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Image via Eurekalert , Credit: Courtesy of Jeremy Agresti, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Just a bit smaller than an iPod Nano, a new pocket-sized laboratory could revolutionize the way biofuels are discovered.

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GO! multifunctional furniture harvests renewable energy

March 9, 2010 by  
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Eco Factor: Renewable energy-harvesting furniture. The brainchild of Indonesian industrial designer Rizki Tarisa, the GO! is a lounge, a workstation and an exercise bike that also generates renewable electricity to power your gadgets, when you pedal the bike to burn all extra fat on your body. The multifunctional furniture has also been made from sustainable materials such as recycled and biodegradable plastics

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VoltPot Table Planter Charges Your Gadgets With Dirt Power!

March 5, 2010 by  
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Part coffee table and part planter, this awesome Volt Pot puts the environment to work indoors by harnessing the power of dirt to charge your gadgets! The fresh green planter pot has a built-in Microbial Fuel Cell that is capable of generating enough energy to charge small electronics, giving users an additional reason to bring the outdoors in. Read the rest of VoltPot Table Planter Charges Your Gadgets With Dirt Power! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Charging Station , green design , MFC’ , microbial fuel cells , Nectar Designs , sustainable design , Sustainable Interiors , VoltPot

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Greener Gadgets 2010: Yves Béhar’s Hacked Car Concept, Green Underwear project, and Top 3 Design Principles

February 26, 2010 by  
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Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch The first keynote of the day at Greener Gadgets came from Yves Behar, founder of fuseproject and one of our favorite designers around TreeHugger, dreaming up things from bike helmets to the One Laptop Per Child computer . And its no surprise why

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Giant Icebergs Break Free, Threaten Ocean Currents and Oxygen Levels

February 26, 2010 by  
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A giant iceberg in the southern Atlantic.

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Greener Gadgets 2010: Design Competition Winner Isn’t A Gadget At All

February 26, 2010 by  
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Image via OnEarth Woot!! The winner of the Greener Gadgets design competition was the one I was rooting for.

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LIVEBLOG: Yves Béhar Kicks off the Greener Gadgets Conference!

February 25, 2010 by  
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Team Inhabitat is LIVE on the scene at this year’s Greener Gadgets Conference as Yves Béhar kicks things off with today’s keynote! Yves is the founder of Fuseproject and has designed many of our favorite greener gadgets including the OLPC laptop, the Mission 1 Motorcycle , and the Herman Miller Leaf Lamp . Yves kicked off his presentation with a discussion about putting the sexy back into green: “I like the term ‘Greener’ because it implies we are always working towards being green but we are never there yet. Last year I went to one of these ‘eco shows’ in San Francisco – and it was probably the most unsexy thing I’ve ever been at

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February 25, 2010 by  
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Team Inhabitat is LIVE on the scene at this year’s Greener Gadgets Conference as Yves Béhar kicks things off with today’s keynote! Yves is the founder of Fuseproject and has designed many of our favorite greener gadgets including the OLPC laptop, the Mission 1 Motorcycle , and the Herman Miller Leaf Lamp . Yves kicked off his presentation with a discussion about putting the sexy back into green: “I like the term ‘Greener’ because it implies we are always working towards being green but we are never there yet. Last year I went to one of these ‘eco shows’ in San Francisco – and it was probably the most unsexy thing I’ve ever been at

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Inhabitat Reports LIVE From Greener Gadgets Today!

February 25, 2010 by  
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Today team Inhabitat is reporting LIVE from the Greener Gadgets Conference to bring you the latest as design and technology luminaries from around the world discuss the state-of-the-art in green electronics. We’re excited to bring you today’s stellar lineup of speakers and can’t wait to kick things off with this year’s opening keynote by celebrity designer Yves Béhar ! We’ll be live blogging the event all day so check the conference schedule , stay tuned, and don’t miss the exciting live judging of this year’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition later today! GREENER GADGETS CONFERENCE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “energy efficiency” , clean tech , green design , green electronics , green gadgets , greener gadgets conference , renewable energy , sustainable design , sustainable technology , Yves Béhar

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Inhabitat Reports LIVE From Greener Gadgets Today!

February 25, 2010 by  
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Today team Inhabitat is reporting LIVE from the Greener Gadgets Conference to bring you the latest as design and technology luminaries from around the world discuss the state-of-the-art in green electronics. We’re excited to bring you today’s stellar lineup of speakers and can’t wait to kick things off with this year’s opening keynote by celebrity designer Yves Béhar ! We’ll be live blogging the event all day so check the conference schedule , stay tuned, and don’t miss the exciting live judging of this year’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition later today! GREENER GADGETS CONFERENCE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “energy efficiency” , clean tech , green design , green electronics , green gadgets , greener gadgets conference , renewable energy , sustainable design , sustainable technology , Yves Béhar

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