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    Need a new battery for your phone? Why not use a piece of PAPER

    A team of scientists has invented a ground-breaking way of storing electricity – in PAPER. The experts from Sweden have developed a remarkable thin material which has the capacity to store power. The so called ‘power-paper’ is 15 centimetres in diameter ...
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    Gorgeous solar-powered prefab can be picked up and moved almost anywhere

    PAD studio has unveiled a home that can literally be picked up by crane and moved almost anywhere you please. Constructed off-site in Yorkshire as a factory-built dwelling, the Forest Lodge is a gorgeous modern prefab that offers much more ...
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    The Plugin prefab modular system lets you renovate old spaces without tearing anything down

    Thanks to an efficient prefab modular system inserted into the existing building, this courtyard house in Beijing, China, looks and functions as a house-within-a-house. Beijing-based People’s Architecture Office (PAO) created an inexpensive solution for renovation projects that doesn’t involve tearing ...
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    Egloo heats your room without electricity for 10 cents a day

    Can you heat your room for just 10 cents a day? Egloo can. Egloo is a clever little heater that harnesses candle power to heat a room without wasting electricity. Egloo works by concentrating the heat from the flame of a few ...
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    Casa Nirau in Mexico City produces almost all its own water and energy

    Paul Cremoux Studio brings a classic elegance to modern design in a small, eco-friendly home in Mexico. This cozy and cool residence called Casa Nirau has a smaller footprint than the previous home, collects and recycles rainwater, and was designed ...
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    Convertible desk for office power naps

    There is no longer any excuse for nodding off in an important work meeting, because Greek designers NL Studio have created the first ever work desk that transforms into a full-size bed. The convertible deskwas designed to enable exhausted workers ...
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    Waterstudio’s floating sea wall harvests blue energy from crashing water

    Hundreds of world leaders are gathered in Paris to hash out a deal to save the planet from futureclimate change, but in the meantime, Koen Olthuis and the rest of the Waterstudio crew are working on solutions that we can ...
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    This Office Brought A Mini Forest Indoors

    Indoor plants aren’t just about gussying up a sterile cubicle. Numerous studies have shown that greenery is a potent way to boost workers’ mood and productivity. In Talinn, Estonia, the architects at KAMP took this notion to heart in their ...
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    This crazy land art deflects noise from Amsterdam’s airport

    To the southwest of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, just past the edge of the runway, there’s a series of hedges and ditches laid out like interlocking diamonds.  The 80-acre green space is the Buitenschot Land Art Park. Its trenches and ridges hold bike ...