
Amazing landscape carpets transform your living room into a lush, grassy meadow
These aren't your grandmother's shag carpets - Alexandra Kehayoglou creates incredible rugs that look like miniature...

Crazy Fliz Bike Trades Pedals for Foot Power
Without pedals, gears, or a saddle, should the Fliz Bike be considered a bicycle at all? Part hang-glider, part...

Scientists Discover Freshwater Reserves Under Ocean Floor 100 Times Greater Than All Water Used in the 20th Century
Humanity just found an incredibly valuable resource hidden under the ocean floor, and it's more precious than fossil...

Sixteen-Year-Old Student Turns Banana Peels Into Bioplastic
As fruit, bananas are perfectly packaged – all the protection they need is provided by their flexible, resilient...

UK Architect Transforms Decrepit Public Bathroom Into Incredible Private Home
Clark first discovered the lavatories back in 2005. Having just completed a degree at the Glasgow School of Art,...

Pedal-Powered GiraDora Washer Needs No Electricity and Costs Only $40
In developing countries that lack electricity or the funds to buy expensive machines, taking care of laundry the...

Dazzling STARPATH Pavement Lights Up the Night With Stored Solar Energy
UK-based company Pro-Teq has developed a glow-in-the-dark product called "STARPATH" that can be applied to virtually...

Areas of the Amazon Rainforest are Shifting to Grassland
Image via Shutterstock The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest, most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet....

Pilot Plant That Converts Carbon Dioxide into Bricks is a World First
A new pilot plant recently launched in Australia aims to combat global warming by converting carbon dioxide into...

Researchers Use an Inkjet Printer to Create Electrically Conductive Paper
So far we've showcased paper artwork, robots and USB drives here on Inhabitat - and now researchers at the Max...

Concrete Made with Biofuel Waste is Strong, Durable, and Has a Lower Carbon Footprint
In the crusade to cut global CO2 emissions, we tend look to power plants, cars, and manufacturing. Nowadays, our...

The Biobot 20 is a Tabletop Biodiesel Processor for Waste Cooking Oil
Now there is something better you can do with that viscous mess of cooking oil instead of sequestering it in a...

Colorful Carpet Made From Thousands of Digital Watches by Heidi Voet
Wristwatches were once a necessity, but now they're entering the realm of novelty - more often than not, when you...

A Beautiful and Mysterious Rose Created by an Earthquake and a Pendulum
When there is an earthquake, we may feel as though the world has been thrown into a state of chaos. Yet even the...

The Aeroball is a Levitating Luminescent Sphere that Purifies the Air as it Hovers Through Your House
Who says there is no such thing as magic? The Aeroball — a floating appliance that cleans and freshens the air...