Tag: France
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France's Autolib electric car-sharing service is coming to Indianapolis in 2014
Many are familiar with Vélib, the huge bike-sharing program in Paris (18,000 bicycles and 1,200 stations!), but not everyone knows about Autolib Paris' other shared transportation service.
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NASA satellite shows massive bloom of phytoplankton off coast of France
This photo was taken on May 4, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.
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French zoo to generate its own electricity from panda poo
Thanks to plans underway for a new processing plant to convert waste into electricity, pandas will soon be helping to cut this zoo's energy bill -- with heaps of their potentially-powerful poop.
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Crowd-sourced scooter-bike to debut for French bike share (Video)
Designed to be an "ideal city bike," residents of Bordeaux, France will get to try this scooter-bike hybrid for free this summer.
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Biggest Bucky Fuller Fly Eye Dome being restored and moved to France
Robert Rubin saves " the last, monumental prototype that Bucky was working on when he died".
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Assemble your own flatpack slippers
This is clever, mais quel prix! There is a reason people buy flatpack and assemble things themselves.
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Hexagonal Bee Hotel Aims to Boost Declining Wild Bee Populations
This wooden pavilion provides habitat spaces for wild bees -- while giving human visitors a ringside seat.
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Retro Renault Showroom Built Out of Colorful Shipping Containers
They're great for temporary uses, like this project in Paris
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140,000 Square Foot 17th Century Chateau de Bellevue Demolished "By Mistake"
Russian oligarch owner is shocked, shocked to find that his house is gone
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Sperm Count in French Men Drops by a Third, Environment Suspected
A comprehensive new study points a disapproving finger at endocrine disruptors.
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Gorgeous Pellet Stoves Are Getting Hotter
New European designs are smaller and sleeker; perhaps they will finally find their way to North America
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Edouard François Builds An Urban Collage
Our favourite French architect is at it again in a new social housing project
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Sleek Curved Design Transforms 550 Sq. Feet Apartment in the French Alps
Tiny-room specialists H2O Architects have come up with a superb design which accommodates four private sleeping areas while still doing this place's views justice.
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CalmSpace Lets You Power Nap in Peace and Quiet at the Office
Studies have shown that naps are good for you; Here is a place to have one.
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Just What We Needed Dept: A Popcorn Maker that Pops One Kernel at a Time
It's an art project that "celebrates the values and means by which a product is created"
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Coop Du Jour: Chicken Coop Ledoux by Planda Architects
Perhaps the most elegant and reverential chicken coop design we have seen yet
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M&M's Blamed for Green & Blue Honey in France (Update)
Honeybees in France are producing unusual-colored honey. Their sweet tooth may be to blame.
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Store All Your Stuff In Your Sofa With Eastpack "Bound To Resist"
It's not just your change under the sofa cushions anymore, it's everything you own.
