In addition to cultivating the nutritious blue-green algae, the kit also helps to absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide as two young trees and provides the home with the same amount of oxygen as seven common indoor plants. Perhaps best of all, BioBombola allows children and adults alike to interact with nature from the comfort of their own homes. […]
DIY Algae Kit Easy Science Experiment
Handmade Wood Cabin In North Carolina
This 400-square-foot cabin, nicknamed The Nook, can be found in the charming, forested area of Swannanoa, North Carolina, just outside of Asheville. The project was a labor of love by owner and professional photographer Mike Belleme, who built the cabin himself along with a rotating crew of local community craftspeople. Even better, he used locally sourced materials in the construction, […]
AR Earth Speakr App
Artist Olafur Eliasson has developed an augmented reality app that allows children to digitally transplant their faces onto their environment to help give them a voice in discussions about the climate crisis. The app is part of a collective artwork, alongside a dedicated website, which gives a platform to those who are too young to be involved in the official […]
Foster + Partners Skyscraper Over Station
Foster + Partners has released visuals for a 39-storey skyscraper that will be built above the Pitt Street metro station it is developing in central Sydney, Australia. Named Pitt Street OSD, the skyscraper forms part of Foster + Partners ongoing work to expand the Sydney Metro – Australia’s biggest public transport project – for which it is designing seven stations. […]
Is Upcycling A Passing Trend Or Future of Fashion?
Walk into Zero Waste Daniel or Grant Blvd’s ateliers in New York City and Philadelphia, respectively, and you’ll see endless bins of fabric scraps. I don’t mean the trash bins filled with discarded fabric that you’d find at any other fashion studio, but rather storage bins that hold onto each and every piece of unused fabric that comes through their […]
Updating Mac Os Big Sur
With its fresh, clean redesign and plethora of new features, MacOS Big Sur is the largest shake-up of Apple’s Mac operating system in years. But there is one feature that stands out above the rest: Control Center. This puts key settings into an easily accessible panel in your Mac’s menu bar. It may not seem like much, but this little […]
Having An Eco-Friendly Picnic
Summer is just around the corner, and that means it’s picnic season. But a picnic with juice boxes and individually wrapped treats creates a lot of waste that only contributes to the growing plastic crisis. Have an eco-friendly picnic this summer instead and spend time enjoying and protecting the environment around you in real ways that you can be proud […]
Pocket Printer
Polaroid has today launched the Hi-Print, a pocket-friendly photo printer that can turn smartphone snaps into 2.3 x 3.4-inch prints in less than a minute, which can then be stuck on lockers, laptop lids, backpacks, or scrapbooks. Digital image technology has not been kind to instant film photography, with Polaroid finally stopping production in 2008. But a group of fans […]
Improving Marketing Efforts in 2020
The state of advertising and marketing in 2020 can be described as a bit pernickety and diluted, to say the least. When viewing a news article means turning off a blocker and being met with news text wrapped entirely in adverts, while at the same time your social feeds are cluttered with the noise of ads that are supposedly tailored […]
Work From Home In This Minimalist Modular 15-Sided Cabin
As the newest member of the Hello Wood cabin family, the Workstation Cabin offers the perfect tranquil retreat designed specifically to inspire creativity. Described as “the future of meeting rooms,” this unique workspace has a modern interior made of Scots pine wood and complemented by large windows. Prefabricated using state-of-the-art technology, this modular cabin was designed on the computer and built using […]