This hebdomad on TreeHugger , a badass PC made from Legos , a flatpack sign of the zodiac built for $ 720 , article of furniture for the minimalist eccentric person , solar cell that can be impress on paper or textile , and more !
1.Homemade Computer craft with Legos , Crunches Numbers for Medical Research
It ’s everything you opine , and then some .
2.Minimalist Table and Stool thin a Work Space to Bare Bones Basics
Here ’s a design from British intriguer Adam Senior that take a minimalist coming to the desk . The Ergo Stool & Table reduces the desk to its essence .
3.Less is More ; a Dinner Table for Two Reduced to Its Essence
This decorator from Valencia in Spain believe that even if you have little money and/or distance , a dinner for two should always be possible on a comme il faut mesa .
4.Solar Cells Can Now Be Printed on Anything , Even Paper and Fabric
Researchers at MIT have figured out how to print photovoltaic cells on every - day material like newspaper or fabric — and the process is much the same is printing this article out on your desk pressman .
5.Tata Introduces Flatpack Nano House : 215 Square Feet For $ 720
TATA , which famously wreak a $ 2500 car to India , is now is taking ordination for an entire menage ( without garage for the nano car ) for 32,000 rupees ( $ 720 ) . That ’s $ 3.34 per straight foot !
6.“Water snitcher ” Pinpoints Water Problems Using GPS and Crowd - Sourcing
A gadget call Water Canary wants to deepen that , put data in the hands of those who need it through an inexpensive tool , and offering the open - source residential area a fortune to adapt and perfect it for local areas .
7.Solar Lighting Boosts Safe Childbirth ( Video )
It ’s awful what a little lighter can do in developing nations .
8.Keep Warm with a Low - Tech , Solar Powered Radiator
An interesting pattern for a zero - discharge estrus source .
9.OpenPCR show How Design And Manufacturing Are Changing
Now , a designer can have an estimation for build up something like a cheap open source PCR , raise cash on Kickstarter , draw it up on Sketchup , cook up it at Ponoko , and embark it out the door for $ 512 .
10.Renewable Energy : What It Is and Who Is Using It ( Infographic )
While the coal diligence and BIg Oil still have a fastness on the vigor sphere , it ’s nice to see it is n’t all doom and somberness . This infographic shows us just what renewable energy can do and who is using it .
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