Tag: Sweden
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Blueair Makes The Usually Utilitarian Air Purifier Beautiful
These kinds of things don't have to be ugly.
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New Program Lets You Exchange Digital Waste to Heat Homeless Shelters
"District Heating" is an initiative that lets users convert their digital trash into heat for homeless shelters in Sweden.
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How one Electric Car Handles Snow, Reindeer, and Being Put Inside a Freezer
When Volvo tests its electric cars' cold weather performance, it does so in style.
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Urban Multifamily Passivhaus in Malmö is Cool and Modern
Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects demonstrate how Passive Houses can fit right into an existing neighborhood, and meet the tough standard in a cold climate.
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The Week in Pictures: Volvo's Pedestrian Airbag, Paris Underwater, and More
An airbag on the hood of the car to protect pedestrians? We also have a video of Paris flooded by rising seas, a sliding library creates an extra room, and more.
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Deep-Frozen Woman 'Denied' Eco-Burial
A dead woman frozen since 2009 specified she wanted an 'eco-burial' yet the Swedish state has yet to comply, threatening to give her a regular burial instead.
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Plantagon Breaks Ground On Their First Vertical Farm
Three years ago I thought it was just vaporware, but something is being built in Sweden.
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Lamp Made From Jam Jars Wins Design Prize in Sweden
The future of recycling never looked so bright.
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Tiny House Too Small? Sweden Says Yes
Student housing is at a premium in Sweden, encouraging builders to be efficient. But the Swedish Housing Authority says not too efficient.
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Whimsical Jewelry by Hanna Hedman Hides Complex Animal Forms (Photos)
The artist's hand-formed copper and recycled silver jewelry suggests compelling narratives within intricate compositions.
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A New Four-Lane Superhighway To Be Built Only For Bikes
London has them. And Amsterdam. And Copenhagen. Now Sweden plans a four-lane superhighway, just for bicycles.
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Christmas Tree Dominoes are So Cute
Finally, someone makes a tree in a size that I can cope with.
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Swedish Political Party Wants to Eliminate Wolves
You might not guess from the name, but the new founded Nature Democrat party is committed to the complete elimination of wolves in the country.
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Own Your Own Mirrored Treehouse
The iconic glass box that broke TreeHugger is now for sale as a prefab. I want one, if only I had a tree.
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Facebook Unveils Massive 'Green' Datacenter Near Arctic Circle
Cooling servers requires a lot of energy, so why not locate them somewhere that is always cold?
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UFO Lands and Welcomes Earthlings At Sweden's TreeHotel
They call it every boy's dream: To to climb aboard a spaceship. They're right.
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Drunk Swedish Elk Gets Stuck In Apple Tree
Humans aren't the only ones who are rowdy when under the influence: earlier this week, a man in western Sweden came home to find a drunk elk stuck in his neighbour's apple tree.
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Hövding Airbag Helmet Wins World's Largest Design Prize
We were so intrigued by the Hövding airbag bike helmet that we covered it twice, here and here. While we might have been a bit dubious about a $500 one-shot helmet designed to prevent helmet head, the judges at INDEX, the world's
