Kapor Klein House model, Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects There is a fight going on in Berkeley, over the construction of a house for Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus and creator of Lotus 123, the program that made personal computers useful. Neighbours,... 

Photo via press release The Joos Solar Charger makes some bold claims. First, the company states that it generates 20 times the charge of other personal solar chargers on the market. There is no data on their website showing exactly what numbers they’re... 

Photo via Michael R Perry Sea lions are having a hard time finding food this spring, and pups are feeling the squeeze. Marine mammal experts report that dozens of sick and hungry sea lion pups have washed up on California shores this winter, many not... 

all images: Gallup.com There have been a number of surveys released in the past few months about shifting attitudes of the American public regarding global warming . The general trend seems to be towards more climate skepticism and issue fatigue, and... 

A coffee cup as a plant pot, coke cans for Halloween cape, a detergent bottle as worm harvester or washing tablet net bags for toy storage; these are all things people have done with the packaging they found in their daily lives. Reuse is often better... 

Designers, engineers, inventors, and crafty gadgeteers, it’s time to get the brain juices percolating and submit for the 2010 James Dyson Award . The competition is put up by the James Dyson Foundation, founded by the British inventor responsible... 

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The guys who run FreeGreen, the free homeplan website, are so smart; they could have just hired architects to do plans, and would have had to go to the trouble of deciding which architect to hire; instead they write a brief and run a competition. Now... 

A postcard can brighten up your normal mail, but then it just sits there, commonplace and static. That’s why A Studio for Design developed the Postcarden, “created to be more playful, curious and interactive. It encourages you to bond, live... 

Photo via Obvious 16 years ago, Horrace Burges had a divine vision, a calling from heaven. And, like the ark-crafting Noah before him, Horrace picked up a hammer and built a large wooden structure of his own–the world’s largest tree house...