German publishing company Hamburger Automatenverlag found a brilliant new use for old cigarette vending machines — instead of icky cigarettes, the re-purposed “machines” carry a series

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If you’re part of a family that’s really into technology and the bounty of entertainment options it has to offer, then the Roku Box may just be the thing you’ve been looking for to streamline your

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Watching movies at home is a pretty green form of entertainment (no carbon expended driving to an overly-air-conditioned movie theater) -- but there aren't a lot of great green options when it comes to

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Sarah Turner's Recycled Soda Bottle Lamps: Hanging White Soda Bottle Pendant starting at $675 Green and Blue Soda Bottle Table Lights starting at $280 Sarah Turner turns various plastic soda bottles

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We have seen a lot of techy gadgets designed to help people save water, but they often feature obtrusive readouts or require outfitting your home with clunky fixtures. That's why we love that the

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Paper shredders are essential if you've got confidential info you need to discard, but boy are they bulky! Why not turn those clunky eyesores into functional furniture with this coffee table that doubles

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Forget today’s primitive energy storage devices — one day we may use “ultra batteries” made out of xenon and fluoride. Currently under development at Washington State University,

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What if there was a machine that could automatically collect rubble from torn-down buildings and transform the material into new bricks? That’s exactly what designers Youngwoo Park, Hoyoung Lee and

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Chinese environmental groups are questioning whether Apple, which has refused to respond to their inquiries, is involved in heavy-metal pollution in the country.

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Hibiki Kono had a dream -- he wanted to be like his hero, Spiderman. Most little kids would have their parents buy them a costume that they could wear to school. Not Kono -- the 13 year-old set to work

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Today is your last chance to win an iPad and DODOcase! So far we've received hundreds of impressive, inspiring and amusing responses from Inhabitants all over the world hoping to get their hands on

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We’re going nuts over this adorable acorn-shaped speaker and FM radio! Handmade from natural cut apricot wood, this little guy can be easily plugged in to your mp3 player with a standard headphone jack.

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WIN THIS AWESOME NEW IPAD! What better way to spend the summer than lounging poolside with a brand new iPad and an ice-cold drink? One lucky Inhabitant will soon be calling themselves the proud owner

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We’ve seen numerous endeavors undertaken by individuals, organizations and government bodies alike, each attempting to bring our world into a more sustainable state of being. But even with all these new

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The Cooper-Hewitt is the United State's national design museum -- it's also the only museum in the nation exclusively commited to historic and contemporary design. They focus their exhibits on how design

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Were you one of those iPhone 4 crazed, sleepy-eyed people in line at the Apple store this morning? Well if you were, we've got the greenest accessory for your shiny new gadget -- a bamboo iPhone case!

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Potatoes are good for more than just filling up your stomach on the quick; they're also potential sources of electricity, according to Yissum Research Development Company Ltd. The company, which is an arm

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HAVE YOU ENTERED OUR IPAD GIVEAWAY YET?! You’ve seen it, you’ve coveted it, and now you could be the one lucky reader to win it! This summer should be all about saving trees, so what better way to

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HAVE YOU ENTERED OUR IPAD GIVEAWAY YET?! What better way to get some summer reading in than on a brand spanking new iPad?! We're giving one away along with a rad sketchbook-style bamboo DODOcase and

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Oil is still leaking from the broken well in the Gulf, and this adorable little boat just might be what the cleanup crews need to get rid of oil covered grass and plants in the marshy wetlands of the Gulf

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MAKE SAVING TREES SEXY and WIN AN IPAD! Hoping to catch up on your summer reading without the bulk and arborcide associated with books? Well, we're giving away a brand spanking new iPad and awesome

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Ever dream of owning a palm-sized fuel cell to juice up your electronic devices on the go? Here’s your chance — Horizon just announced that it has started shipping a “disruptive

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Oh, the wonderful world of LEGOS - we've seen that they can build you just about anything including a city! Well, a team of LEGO enthusiasts just put the finishing touches on their Monster Chess set. It

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We've been following developments in e readers from the iPad to Sony's new paperless platform, and now two more major players have entered the game. LG Display and iriver recently announced that they will

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FATHER'S DAY IS ONE WEEK AWAY! Have you got your dear old dad something special yet? If you're still looking, we've got some great suggestions on how to go green and save some green this Father’s Day

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Young dads of today are a different species from the cigar-chomping, necktie-wearing dads of the previous generation, so this Father's Day, why not get the special dad in your life something that reflects

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If it's green, we'll drive it -- that's the motto of a new weekly video show for GigaOM TV and Earth2Tech called Green Overdrive, where the Earth2Tech editors drive the latest green vehicles, from a

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The MIT Media Lab never ceases to amaze us - its latest invention is from Natan Linder, and at first glance could be taken as a quirky looking desktop lamp. Oh, but LuminAR is so much more than a light

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1.6 billion people in the world still use kerosene lamps for light. Not only are they non-renewable and expensive -- they can consume up to 5% of a family's income -- they also give off noxious

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The news media has been snapping photos of the destruction that the oil spill is causing as it floats toward shore, but recently the government and BP have been restricting aerial photographs of the spill

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