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San Francisco superdad builds homemade roller coaster in his backyard

A San Francisco superdad is in the running for father of the year after building a 180-foot long, fully-functioning roller coaster in his backyard! Father of two Will Pemble came up with the idea after visiting an amusement park with his 10 year old son. After experiencing one of the tallest and fastest roller...
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Postman builds incredible palace from thousands of pebbles in Southeast France

[gallery_extend] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0mS-hTM4aI Of the fateful meeting with his muse Cheval wrote in his journal: "My foot had stumbled against a stone which almost made me fall: I wanted to know what it was. It was a stumbling block of such an unusual shape that I put in my pocket to admire...
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6 Incredible Glamping Retreats for Experiencing the Great Outdoors (Without Roughing it)

[gallery_extend] EcoCamp in Chile EcoCamp is immersed in the heart of Torres del Paine National Park in the Chilean Patagonia. It offers guided treks, as well as luxury camping in solar-powered geodesic domes. Loch Ness Glamping in Scotland Loch Ness Glamping sits on the shores of Scotland's...
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Mobius Architecture's modern Edge House is ringed by a green-roofed terrace

[gallery_extend] Mobius Architecture's Edge House by is carved 8 meters into a lime rock in the mountains near Krakow, Poland. The building features a pitched roof which, combined with the tilted orthogonal layout of the house, creates a quadric-prism form. This volume contains the living area and offers...
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How Canada's tar sands capital turns trash into vegetables

The Canadian city best known as the epicenter of dirty tar sands oil is trying to green up its image by turning trash into vegetables for local food banks and farmers markets. McMurray, a city of about 60,000 people in Northern Alberta, is now producing lettuce and herbs via a process called containerized aquaponics...
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Goodyear's energy-generating tire could charge your electric car

What if your car could be powered where the rubber meets the road? Range anxiety persists as a fear among electric car drivers, as heavy batteries with limited capacity remain slow to charge. Goodyear has announced its concept for a heat-gathering, electricity-generating tire at the 2015 Geneva International Auto...
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Amazing Photos Show Young Girl Growing Up With Wild Animals in Africa

[gallery_extend] Tippi's wild upbringing was documented by her parents Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert. The photo series looks like a real life Jungle Book where one can see the beautiful, deep relationship she had with the wildlife of Africa. Tippi quickly demonstrated an ability to form unusual bonds...

[gallery_extend] Tippi's wild upbringing was documented by her parents Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert. The photo series looks like...
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Biophotovoltaic Moss Table Generates Electricity Through Photosynthesis

What if your lamp and laptop could be powered by plants? Biophotovoltaics' Moss Table is an innovative furnishing that demonstrates the future potential of Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV) technology. Here electricity is generated from the electrons captured by conductive fibers inside the moss table. The technology turns...

What if your lamp and laptop could be powered by plants? Biophotovoltaics' Moss Table is an innovative furnishing that demonstrates the future...
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Luciano Pia's incredible urban treehouse protects against air and noise pollution in Turin

[gallery_extend] The building features a curved, varied facade that grows up along industrial steel girders, with the girders along a vertical axis are cut into playful branch-like structures. 150 tall trunks reach up around the terraces of the building, while an additional 50 trees are planted in the...

[gallery_extend] The building features a curved, varied facade that grows up along industrial steel girders, with the girders along...
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World’s largest indoor vertical farm will produce 2 million pounds of soil-free food in Newark

[gallery_extend] The multimillion-dollar deal was developed by AeroFarms in partnership with property management firm RBH Group, Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, Prudential Financial Inc., and the City of Newark and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). The urban vertical farm...

[gallery_extend] The multimillion-dollar deal was developed by AeroFarms in partnership with property management firm RBH Group, Goldman...
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Robert Downey Jr gives 3D-printed prosthetic 'Iron Man' arm to seven-year-old superhero fan

One little boy, born missing the lower portion of his right arm, encountered a stroke of luck any comic book fan would envy. He received a brand-new 3D-printed bionic arm from Tony Stark himself. Robert Downey Jr met with seven-year-old Alex Pring to present him with an upgraded artificial limb. Downey also brought...

One little boy, born missing the lower portion of his right arm, encountered a stroke of luck any comic book fan would envy. He received a brand-new...
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Gothic-inspired Copper House blends contemporary design with medieval influences in Romania

[gallery_extend] Minimalism was key in the Copper House design. To that end, Radu Teacă clad the home’s double-pitched roof and façade in vertical strips of dark copper that emphasize the verticality of the house and add a “gothic” vibe. The copper will develop a beautiful patina as it ages...

[gallery_extend] Minimalism was key in the Copper House design. To that end, Radu Teacă clad the home’s double-pitched roof and...