Sep 2 2010

Newspaper pencils

Oregon, US based TreeSmart recycles newspapers to create amazing pencils. Apart from the ecological benefits, these pencils creates a new pattern each time it is sharpened. [via]

Sep 1 2010

Coconut shell bowls

These amazing coconut shell bowls are from Bambu, a company that makes contemporary products using eco-friendly and renewable materials. [via]

Jul 22 2010

Jelloware - edible cups

Jelloware are disposable cups made entirely out of agar agar (a gelatinous substance derived from red algae) and cast in different flavors, such as lemon-basil, ginger-mint, or rosemary-beet, each specifically designed to compliment a corresponding drink, thus making it edible cups.

Jelloware is bio-degradable, so it can be thrown on to grass. Since it is made [...]

Jul 6 2010

Puma solar phone

Shoes and sportswear brand Puma has launched a smart phone called the Pumaphone with some interesting features.
Targeted as a sports lifestyle product, the quad-band GSM Pumaphone hosts some interesting sports features like the run and bike tracker that takes advantage of the GPS capabilities. It comes with a 2.8-inch, 240×320-pixel resolution touch screen and [...]

Jun 1 2010

Ink usage by font

Brilliant approach to represent the ink usage of various fonts. [via]

May 12 2010

Bamboo pebbles

Bambu uses eco-friendly and renewable materials to create contemporary products for homes and kitchens. Recently they introduced Bamboo Pebbles.
These award winning pebbles are handmade from the excess bamboo material left over from the company’s cutting boards and solid-ware pieces. The bamboo pebbles have the look of smooth, well-worn river rocks and make for beautiful, [...]

May 7 2010

Paper solar cells

Scientists at the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created an inkjet-style printing technology that can successfully print solar cells on paper.
The paper solar cells are one of many avenues being pursued around nano-scale materials. Layers of these materials could essentially be sprayed using different manufacturing techniques to make [...]

Apr 2 2010

The Copenhagen Wheel

The Copenhagen Wheel project was conceived and developed by the MIT SENSEable City Lab for the Denmark’s Copenhagen Municipality, Kobenhavns Kommune. Copenhagen Wheel transforms ordinary bicycles quickly into hybrid e-bikes that also function as mobile sensing units.
Controlled through your smart phone, the Copenhagen Wheel becomes a natural extension of your everyday life. You [...]

Apr 1 2010

Next generation Coke packaging concepts

Amazing concept design by Andrew Kim. The stack-able square design is not only beautiful but also good on the carbon footprint side because of the efficiency in transportation.

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Nov 16 2009

Aqua Jar Transforms Any Water Bottle Into an Easy-Pour Pitcher

Industrial design lab GR recently launched a clever new product called the ‘Aqua Jar’ that transforms any plastic bottle into an easy-pour pitcher. Formed from biodegradable and recyclable plastic, the attachment perfectly fits the universal coil of any plastic bottle, creating an attractive and sturdy mount allowing for water to be served anywhere with ease. [...]

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