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This story has mostly positive ratings. 29 votes / No sinks
Hacked Robotic Dogs Sniff out Pollution
Science – Natalie Jeremijenko's brilliant Feral Dog project refurbishes old toy robotic dogs such as "Poo-chi" and gives them new life - turning them into lean green pollution-sniffing machines, which are "released" en masse into a community space to sniff out harmful VOCs, ozone, and other environmental toxins - creating a spectacle and
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Voted for on February 26, 2007 06:35pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / No sinks
ASK INHABITAT: Which gadgets are the greenest?
Gadgets & Tech – Inhabitat has just launched a new advice column on sustainable design for the home, and the first week's questions focus on green gadgets and consumer electronics. Read on to find out which gadgets are the greenest..
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Voted for on January 28, 2007 01:18pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks
Video of the new Robo Builder at work
Science – Behrokh Khoshnevis' awe-inspiring, rapid-prototyping "robo builder" is set to launch in California in the next couple months; it's scheduled to erect its first house in California by April. The Robo builder will be able to build a house in under 24 hours. Check out the new video here...
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Voted for on January 17, 2007 12:29pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks
Glowing LED IllumaWALL
Gadgets & Tech – Duo-Gard's IllumaWALL is a new type of translucent daylighting panel filled with LEDs, which allows you to flood your house with sunlight during the day and make light it up like a colorful lantern after dusk. If you're really ostentatious, you can even brighten up the neighborhood with a pulsating spectrum of pink, yellow, green, and blue, but we
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Voted for on January 17, 2007 12:28pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks
World's First Energy Autonomous Vehicle: The Venturi Eclectic
Autos – The innovative carbon-neutral French automotive company Venturi has recently announced the production of Eclectic, a solar, wind, and electric-powered vehicle that will make your Prius look like a gas-guzzling Hummer.
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Voted for on January 15, 2007 04:19pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / 3 sinks
DESEO CARAVAN - the chicest trailer you've ever seen
Autos – Mobile homes are still fighting the "trailer trash" stigma - but this stunningly modern European caravan by Deseo is surely a step in te right direction.
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Voted for on January 12, 2007 06:48pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 17 votes / No sinks
Knit Graffiti - street art you can cuddle
Art & Design – Knitta Please, a team of 11 women and men who bomb urban landscapes with remnant knitting projects, are definitely not your grandma's graffiti artists.
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Voted for on January 12, 2007 06:45pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 52 votes / No sinks
Reverse Graffiti
Humor – When is cleaning the sidewalks a crime? When you're doing it to create art. Obviously. A number of street artists around the world have taken to expressing themselves through an innovative practice known as Reverse Graffiti.
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Voted for on January 12, 2007 06:45pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks
Green Roof Tiles by Toyota Roof Gardens
Do No Evil – While green roofs may be universally accepted as wonderfully sustainable landscapes for a myriad reasons, the thought of installing one atop your own home may nevertheless seem daunting, expensive, and difficult to maintain. But the folks from Toyota Roof Gardens have solved your green roof installation qualms with a tile-based system that's as eas
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Voted for on January 09, 2007 04:39pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks
Own your own backyard windmill
Science – The sleek new residential Skystream 3.7 windmill by Southwest Windpower is the perfect addition to a backyard landscape. Available in 35-110 foot heights, this slim yet high-performance wind generator can produce 400 kilowatts of energy per month, up to 90% of an average household's energy consumption.
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Voted for on January 08, 2007 05:00pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks
GREENBUILD DENVER OPENS TODAY
Real Estate – The USGBC's annual GreenBuild Conference and Expo kicks off in Denver today, this Wednesday. Inhabitat will be covering the conference and all of its highlights, so be sure and check in for the latest news on technologies, products, and green building information.
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Voted for on November 15, 2006 12:36pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks
QUIET REVOLUTION WIND TURBINE
Science – Whereas once windmills used to be large, bulky noisy things that weren't very practical for residences or small businesses, now you can have your own little windmill that produces clean green energy - with the quiet revolution wind turbine.
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Voted for on November 15, 2006 12:36pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks
Puma's new prefab 'Store-in-a-box"
Real Estate – In New York City, Puma has just launched a "Store-In-A-Box" - using inspiration from shipping containers to create retail spaces - Puma was able to set up this store in less than a week. Puma's new prefab retail system is a marvel of efficiency.
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Voted for on November 13, 2006 02:04pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 19 votes / No sinks
DOOR HOUSE: House made entirely of doors
Real Estate – Prefab "Kit Houses" are usually on the high-end side of the housing spectrum: which is why we love Cubo Arquitectos' cheap and quick prototype for emergency shelters - made entirely of doors.
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Voted for on November 13, 2006 12:51pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks
Emergency Prefab Housing by Cubo Arquitectos
Do No Evil – Cubo Arquitectos' shelter is not just made from a kit of parts, but for the most part, a kit that is readily available from a typical building supply store. As you may have guessed, hollow core doors make up the primary building component, forming the walls, ceiling, and even rudimentary furniture. What we love about this project is that the archit
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