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Is Apple Involved in Heavy-Metal Pollution in China?

Is Apple Involved in Heavy-Metal Pollution in China?

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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13 Year Old Spider Boy Scales Walls Using Recycled Vacuums

13 Year Old Spider Boy Scales Walls Using Recycled Vacuums

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

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LAST CHANCE: Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

LAST CHANCE: Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

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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Adorable Handmade Acorn-Shaped Speaker for Your MP3 Player

Adorable Handmade Acorn-Shaped Speaker for Your MP3 Player

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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GIVEAWAY: Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

GIVEAWAY: Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

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 of

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Incredible Breathing “Necklace” Filters CO2 and Stores It as Energy

Incredible Breathing “Necklace” Filters CO2 and Stores It as Energy

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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Just in Time for the iPhone 4G Release, A Bamboo iPhone Case!

Just in Time for the iPhone 4G Release, A Bamboo iPhone Case!

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

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Researchers Develop Potato Powered Batteries

Researchers Develop Potato Powered Batteries

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

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GIVEAWAY: Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

GIVEAWAY: Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

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 get

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Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)!

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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Cute Weedoo Electric Airboat Could Clean Up Gulf Wetlands

Cute Weedoo Electric Airboat Could Clean Up Gulf Wetlands

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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Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)

Win an iPad and Matching Eco Case (worth $549)

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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Horizon Releases Palm-Sized Fuel Cell Power Plant

Horizon Releases Palm-Sized Fuel Cell Power Plant

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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Monster Robot Chess Set Made from 100,000 LEGOS

Monster Robot Chess Set Made from 100,000 LEGOS

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

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LG Display and iriver Announce $5 Million Partnership to Produce e Readers

LG Display and iriver Announce $5 Million Partnership to Produce e Readers

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

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Inhabitat’s Eco-Friendly and Economical Father’s Day Gift Guide!

Inhabitat’s Eco-Friendly and Economical Father’s Day Gift Guide!

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

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Inhabitots Green Father’s Day Gift Guide for Today’s Dad!

Inhabitots Green Father’s Day Gift Guide for Today’s Dad!

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

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GigaOM TV Launches Green Overdrive Video Show!

GigaOM TV Launches Green Overdrive Video Show!

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

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MIT Student Turns Lamp into a Thinking, Robotic Desktop Assistant

MIT Student Turns Lamp into a Thinking, Robotic Desktop Assistant

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

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Rainproof Solar LED Bulb Could Illuminate the Developing World

Rainproof Solar LED Bulb Could Illuminate the Developing World

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

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Cheap Solar Refrigerator for Vaccines Could Save Millions of Lives

Cheap Solar Refrigerator for Vaccines Could Save Millions of Lives

Talk about “green design to save the world” — Appropriate Technology Collaborative has developed a solar powered refrigerator for vaccines that stands to save millions of lives lost each

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Solar Glass Generates Power Through Your Windows

Solar Glass Generates Power Through Your Windows

Photo via Engadget We love gadgets that serve dual purposes, so when we came across these solar windows from Hua Qin we were giddy with excitement. These window panes, which were unveiled at

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The Green Book: World’s Lightest E-Reader Unveiled

The Green Book: World’s Lightest E-Reader Unveiled

Want an e-reader that’s lighter, smaller, and more streamlined than either the iPad or the Kindle? You can have one — if you speak Chinese. Taiwanese company Green Book Inc. recently unveiled

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Algae-Powered Latro Lamp Transforms CO2 Into Light

Algae-Powered Latro Lamp Transforms CO2 Into Light

Designer Mike Thompson has created an incredible living lamp that is powered by algae! Spotted over at Designboom, the Latro Lamp derives energy from an algae chamber that requires just sunlight, CO2, and

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Open-Source Printer Made From Legos and a Felt-Tip Pen

Open-Source Printer Made From Legos and a Felt-Tip Pen

I wrote yesterday that our love of Legos may be the strongest proof of our innate desire to build stuff. Here’s an unbelievable tidbit of evidence in support of that theory: YouTube user horseattack

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Apple’s New iPhone 4 is Ultra Thin, Light – But is it Green?

Apple’s New iPhone 4 is Ultra Thin, Light – But is it Green?

The moment that smartphone geeks have been waiting for is finally here: Apple has just unveiled the fourth generation iPhone at today’s WWDC conference in San Francisco. At a diminutive 9.3 mm

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Flexible OLEDs Could Lead to Sony Computer “Bracelets” by 2020

Flexible OLEDs Could Lead to Sony Computer “Bracelets” by 2020

It’s quite baffling how far technology has come over the last few years. Thin, slim, high-def, flexible, this function and that… even the most tech-savvy person has gotta find it hard to keep up with

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5 iPad Apps for a Leaner, Greener Small Business

5 iPad Apps for a Leaner, Greener Small Business

Barely out of the gate, the iPad already boasts a grand collection of smart apps under its belt. So with over 2 million of these tablets already sold to date, we thought it was on point to give all these

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