The last few years have seen immense growth in the use of adult diapers in Japan. Although the diapers offer comfort to the aging population, they certainly come with their share of unpleasantness. All of these are diverted to landfills or reduced to.
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Discarded waste has played a major role in worsening the existing poor state of our environment. Realizing the negative impact of tons of discarded metal scraps on the planet, a New York designer has transformed trash into a creative lamp. Kellam…
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Do you feel guilty of commuting by a medium that is one of the most hazardous agents for Mother Nature? Not anymore, Krassi Dimitrov has come up with a brilliant solution. The ingenious designer brings to us the Eolo bus that not only makes an ideal..
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Cloud seeding is soon going to be outdated as lasers are all set to emerge on the scene. Just recently, Jérôme Kasparian and his colleagues from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, has successfully tested the laser technique to create clouds…
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General Motors has joined hands with the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), India, to increase biofuel conversion efficiency of the oil-rich Jatropha plant by making it frost-tolerant. The research will also aim to make…
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An on-site anaerobic digester facility on five hectares of land proposed for the Toronto Zoo will annually turn 1,000 tons of animal-poop and organic waste into biogas. Biogas, thus generated, will keep the grid powered, and will heat the animal…
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Aiming to put sustainable wind energy to optimum use, a London-based design studio and the Royal College of the Arts student Merel Karhof has created a machine that utilizes the power of wind to produce tube scarves. Aptly named as the Wind Knitting.
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While walking through the street sidewalks you must have often seen chewing gums tossed on them. Did you ever think of a way to tackle this waste? Well, a 25-year-old design student certainly did. Anna Bullus who has earlier been appreciated for…
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If we dwell on the intent that goes into the making of the simple apparatus (pictured above), the inventive work deserves praises for sure. The Anaerobic Digester, created by David from the Kenyan Community Initiative Support (KCIS), is made from a…
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Imagine a powder saving the limbs of wounded war heroes. Yes, this unbelievable miracle is true. “Pixie Dust”, a substance made from pig bladders has the ability to help the human body grow new tissue to replace large areas of a leg or arm…
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