Tag: Concepts &Amp; Prototypes - Page 13
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TEDWomen documentary "Shape What's to Come"
TED launches TEDWomen, its latest in a series of global gatherings, this Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7-8, in Washington, D.C. The inaugural event, called
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iPhone Skin is Really a Wind-Powered Charger
One of the few complaints about the iPhone is the short battery life. Most people need to charge their phones on a nearly daily basis. The possibility for a low battery while away from a power outlet is pretty
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Quantum Dot Displays May Trump OLEDs for Most Awesome TV Screens
Everyone talks about OLED displays as one day being the thing to beat for TVs, since OLED technology offers incredibly vivid colors with increasingly less electricity consumption. LG has already utilized the display technology in a
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Solar Powered "Swater" Concept Collects and Purifies Water In the Desert
Ways to gather water in arid places has grabbed the attention of designers more often lately, and the newest concept to come on the radar is the Swater, by designers Chun Yen Tsao and Hsing-Tan Yang. The idea is a small basin
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Russia Investing $2 Billion in Space Debris Removal
We've seen some crazy ideas for getting rid of space debris, a problem that sounds absurd in itself but is actually a real issue for satellites and even astronauts in the International Space Station. However, Russia is set on a
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Perfectly Sized Post-It Notes for Less Waste
Some of the best design ideas make simple things even simpler. Post-It notes are already such handy inventions, but you have to buy separate pads for different uses. But this simple design concept allows you to tear off just the
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Experimental Furniture Made from Waste Sugar Cane Fiber Bagasse (Photos)
We're intrigued by these experimental furniture pieces recently seen on Designboom. Made by Taiwanese design students Chen Wei-Che and Chung Yo-Hsun this chair and table are made from the waste sugarcane fibre bagasse. Now
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Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)
What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban
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Are Disposable eReaders In Our Future?
Scientists at University of Cincinnati have figured out how to use a plain old sheet of paper as a surface for electrowetting, the technology behind e-paper such as used in e-readers and similar devices. It sounds
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Visible Shower Tank Helps Visualize Water Use
Usually water-saving design concepts for showers are some sort of electronic gadget that makes your water use visible -- by showing how much you're using, how much of an impact you're making on the planet with your water
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Robot That Flies and Swims Inspired By Unusual Seabird That Soars in Air and Water
The common guillemot is a seabird with a smart strategy for fishing. It can fly over the water with straight wings, but when it dives into the water to catch it's prey, it swims with bent wings. The
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Lunchbox Heats and Cools Your Meal with Solar Power
For a hot or cold meal on the go, this high-tech lunchbox concept is an interesting solution. Using a giant flower-shaped fan with netting somehow made of solar cells, lunchbox captures energy to heat and cool various
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Dolphins' Bubble Nets Inspire Better Sonar
Sonar is used effectively to detect objects and surfaces underwater, however when it comes to "bubbly areas" such as where waves break around reefs and shores, standard sonar doesn't work. It's no
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Self-Destructing Bacteria Heals Cracked Concrete
Could self-healing concrete be the answer to keeping sidewalks and structures in tip top shape and shrink the carbon footprint of concrete production? It's an issue we've brought up before, when Michelle
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Bioplastic Made From Milk and Clay Is An Iffy Alternative
Coming up with an alternative plastic that has all the benefits of petroleum-based plastics but none of the negatives such as, oh, lasting forever, has been a serious challenge for researchers. Even
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Solar Patio Umbrella Lights Up the Night
It seems like there's hardly anything new under the sun when it comes to solar power ideas these days. The Day Shade Night Light is one such design. The patio umbrella gathers sunlight during the day while providing shade, stores the
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Exclusive Preview: Urbikes Trapper, the First Intelligent Electric Public Bicycle Sharing Systems
What characteristics should the perfect public bicycle have? A minimum of mechanical maintenance, maintenance-free shaft transmission, solid tires to avoid punctures, a theft-free design and an
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8 Medical Technologies That Seem Straight From Sci-Fi
We have a soft spot for inventions that can radically improve someone's life, and with the upcoming premiere of Dean of Invention on Planet Green tomorrow night, it got us thinking about some of the more
