Corky Mouse Generates Kinetic Energy With Every Click
Portable wireless mice have a problem: most of them rely upon disposable batteries, which often wind up in landfills...
World's Smallest Solar-Powered Sensor Could Run Forever
It's easy enough to find a solar-powered charger for iPods, cell phones, and other gadgets, but this ultra-tiny...
Children's Hospital is a Sheltering Haven that Proves Design Heals
Storytelling design is the first step towards a healthier future for patients at the Evangelisches Konigin Elizabeth...
Collapsible Cargoshell Shipping Container Cuts Emissions
Ocean-bound shipping containers are an often-overlooked source of CO2 emissions -- over 90% of all non-bulk cargo...
Qatar National Convention Center Goes for LEED Gold
When most of us think of convention centers, we think of big empty spaces that are certainly not very environmentally...
Prefab Housing Pyramid Puts Students in a (Container) Box
From its modular modern design to its shipping container components, Olgga's student housing complex struck us...
"Grass Mirror" Planter Wall Adds Green to Any Room
Check out this tip we received from reader isupereco: "H2O Architects designed an incredible looking wall planter...
Flushing Commons is a Green Megacomplex for Queens, New York
Ask most people about Flushing, Queens and they're likely to either stare blankly or venture "Where the Nanny is...
Wearable Architecture: Our Clothing Becomes Our Houses
What is a house, anyways? For the designers of the Veasyble wearable shelter, isolation and intimacy are important....
Energy Generating Soccer Ball Brings Clean Power to Off-Grid Areas
When the sun goes down many developing countries rely upon dangerous kerosene lamps, which emit hazardous fumes...
GMO Tomatoes Could Stay Fresh For Over a Month
Many of us invested in the success of sustainable agriculture have a knee-jerk response against genetically-modified...
CASE Solar Power Glass Energizes Any Building Facade
Solar engineers have long sought to develop an energy-generating glazing that is as capable of producing power...
Upward Bound: LA Designers Create Happy Spaces for Homeless Families
A crowd that included actor/activist Don Cheadle gathered last week to celebrate the completion of the Upward Bound...
Hummer H2 Transformed Into Horse Cart
As oil supplies become more scarce and the Hummer looks more and more like an extravagant joke, it only makes sense...
Recycled Windshield Greenhouse Grows More Glass
Recycled windshields are busting out of the woodwork, from French country gardens to swank sub/urban surfaces....
