Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Photos: Popup Design Whether they rotate vertically , loop and twist or arch , the concept of bike racks as fixtures of public art is here to stay. In an effort to promote bike-friendliness in Roanoke, VA, the city is getting its very own piece of intriguing cycling art in the form of a giant wooden comb. This whimsical ...
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Last week, I wrote about the four finalists in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition . All four were impressive entries, but one had to come out on top, and yesterday the winner was announced: Tom Leader Studio of Berkeley, Calif., and Kennedy & Violich Architecture of Boston. Their RiverFIRST p... Read the full story on TreeHugger View post: Berkeley/Boston Team ...
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Images credit Solar Park South Competition It is almost a given in design competitions that the best project comes second; the precedent was set in 1922 with the Chicago Tribune Tower competition , where the neo-gothic won beat second prize winner Eliel Saarinen. There are exceptions; Toronto's City Hall by Viljo Revell, and, I think, PR+OFF's Original post: Great Ideas ...
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Photo credit: Daniel Loewe. Project: Svala Imagine your dress becomes your means of transportation! This was the briefing the students at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Barcelona received from BMW . The result are 5 concepts for future mobility in cities like Barcelona , that result from morphing fashion with transport design. Great to see that all ...
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Submitted ideas for recycling vuvuzelas include (L to R) a portable water filter , a Christmas tree , and a cheese grater . Images via WoZela! . For better or worse, they provided the soundtrack to the World Cup 2010 matches in South Africa, generating an... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Vuvuzela Recycling Competition Gives New Life ...
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From recycled dividers to DIY 'contrails' and contraflow bike lanes , the bike path is something that is constantly evolving. In collaboration with the Seoul Design Foundation, this year's Seoul Cycle Design Competition offers a Pavlovian take of musical fancy on this subject: the Xylophone Bridge by Ye... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post: Xylophone Bridge: ...
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Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010 results are out soon, and Designboom builds the tension with a release from the short list: A spectacular looking recumbent bike by Jean Davignon.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more from the original source: Ride in Comfort On The City Recumbent
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images from Bustler The HP Skyline 2020 competition "outlined fresh visual imaginations for the skyline discarding preconceived notions" and "allowed students and professionals to partner and elucidate their visions and designs that would change the skyline thereby transforming the city itself." ... Read the full story on TreeHugger View original here: HP Competition Winner Has Rooftop Farms, Plugin Units
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From An Illustrated History of Furniture, Frederick Litchfield: Dining table made of boards and trestles TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it " LifeEdited ." At TreeHugger we are going to go seriously back ...
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Photos: Adi Zaffran Weisler and Oded Antman Wood and plastic may seem irreconcilable at first glance, but in Israeli designer Adi Zaffran Weisler's furniture series RAWtation, the raw n' rustic meets moulded, industrial forms in a simply striking set of textural geometries and materials that seems to finally lay their differences to rest. ... Read the full story on ...
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This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
