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Can You Design a 3D Printer To Change the Lives of 1 Billion People?

On August 9, 2010 By

prizes in human­i­tar­ian inno­va­tion Per­sonal Man­u­fac­tur­ing and Water Lib­er­a­tion are the sub­jects of two Human­i­tar­ian Inno­va­tion Prizes cur­rently offered by The Fore­sight Insti­tute. The goal of the Kar­tik M

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LA CleanTech Competition Launches Today

On August 9, 2010 By

Los Ange­les Clean­tech Cor­ri­dor and Green Dis­trict Com­pe­ti­tion, An Open Ideas Com­pe­ti­tion, asks archi­tects, land­scape archi­tects, design­ers, engi­neers, urban plan­ners, stu­dents and envi­ron­men­tal pro­fes­sion­als to cre­ate an inno­v­a­tive urban vision for Los Ange­les’ Clean­Tech Cor­ri­dor, a several-mile-long devel­op­ment zone on the east­ern edge of down­town LA. $11k in prize money. Reg­is­tra­tion is due Aug 30, Sub­mis­sions due Sep 30.

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Meet: Photographer Ditte Isager

On August 9, 2010 By

Hey folks, wel­come to our new install­ment of posts.

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Tactile Tech: 15 Beautifully Textured Websites

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[ By Steph in Gad­gets & Geek Art , Tech­nol­ogy & Futur­ism , Urban­ism . ] When the world wide web first came into pop­u­lar use in the ’90s, it wasn’t pretty

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Restroom-Inspired Rides — The Unique ‘Bathmobile’ Gets You to Your Destination With Styl

On August 9, 2010 By

(TrendHunter.com) Com­bin­ing your house­hold bath­room with vehi­cle tech­nol­ogy, the ‘Bath­mo­bile’ is an amaz­ing hybrid which will undoubt­edly draw some stares. Con­sist­ing of two bath­tubs and a toi­let bowl seat, the vehicle…

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Victorinox Swiss Army Silver Tech Huntsman Knife

On August 9, 2010 By

Like the util­ity of Swiss Army knives but tired of their bland solid-color han­dle designs?

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Awesome FMX Action Photography

On August 9, 2010 By

The pho­tographs were taken dur­ing shoot­ing of a full length doc­u­men­tary movie about FMX rider Libor Podmol.

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Conversion On The Rule

On August 9, 2010 By

The mod­ern ruler or mea­sur­ing tape hasn’t been inno­vated enough, or so feels designer Yan-Ting Chen . Espe­cially when it comes to con­ver­sion of Met­ric Units to Impe­r­ial (or vice versa), while on the job, it’s tough to pull out the cal­cu­la­tor or tax your brains with the men­tal math

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Obsession Arm Chair by Kwangho Lee

On August 9, 2010 By

Kwangho Lee, known for his intri­cate woven wire lights, has applied his knit and tan­gle tech­nique to fur­ni­ture in a series called Obsession.

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Geeky Baked Confections — This Tech Gear Wedding Cake is Nerdtastic

On August 9, 2010 By

(TrendHunter.com) Cir­cuit boards, wires and tran­sis­tors are all part of this tech gear wed­ding cake. The multi-layered con­fec­tion fea­tures a tool-wielding bride and groom atop a stack of circuit-board-green cake squares.…

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