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Every one loves their favorite pieces of tech and their great little gadgets, but a change is in the wind: the new focus is not just on clever and more powerful devices but also on how to make a gadget be greener, a new technology waste less and produce more. Are your gadgets going green?
Tri It, You'll Like It: 16 Amazing Tricycle Concepts
Two wheels good, three wheels better? Apply the power of three and put a new spin on people-powered peddling with these 16 amazing tricycle concepts!
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Camp Stove Cooks with Wood & Powers Gadgets
The BioLite CampStove is a pretty green way to cook when camping, turning twigs and other wood scraps into heat energy that cooks food and powers gadgets.
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Blow into Algae and Help it Grow at This Greenhouse
Technology, biology and horticulture come together in an unusual interactive exhibit that invites visitors to help algae grow with their breath.
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The Greenest Grass: 23 Everyday Items Made of Bamboo
Fast-growing bamboo makes a surprisingly ideal material for a wide range of products including furniture, electronics, caskets and entire buildings.
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Wall-Crawling Robot Mimics the Sticky Feet of Geckos
A robot can climb vertical surfaces - without using suction cups, sticky adhesive or magnets - thanks to a design based on the unusual biology of a gecko's foot.
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Disaster Relief for the Digital Age: 13 Innovative Ideas
Technology is enabling faster, more efficient and far more complex disaster aid inventions like self-contained shelters, all-terrain vehicles and even robots.
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Lilliputian Landscapes: Paper Sculptures in Mini Bottles
A Tokyo artist uses his architectural model making skills to create these gorgeous miniature sculptures in tiny glass bottles.
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11 Ways Technology is Helping to Save Endangered Species
GPS tracking, text messages, sonograms, unmanned planes and even Hubble Telescope software are all helping researchers save endangered species.
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Elegant Tree Building is Half Learning, Half Play
This gorgeous building mixes work and play to create a singularly fantastic addition to a Japanese kindergarten site.
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A Constructive Concept: Growing Germs to Wire the Desert
A specific type of soil bacteria could be used in conjunction with 3D printers to create inexpensive, low-waste materials with which to build electric towers.
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Wave Hello to the Next Generation of Public Bike Storage
Most public bicycle storage methods leave the bike vulnerable to vandalism or theft. This concept would keep bikes safe and secure by enclosing them entirely.
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Mutt Mobility Device Keeps Fido Independent and Running
Rover feeling a little run down? Poor disabled pooches don't have to settle for bulky doggy wheelchairs - this sleek, flexible one keeps dogs running strong.
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Mud Men: Scientists Find an Ocean of Rare Earths
The wealth of rare earth metals found in seafloor mud samples is a bounty with a bonus: refining these essential minerals uses environmentally friendly methods.
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Truckin' Revisited: Introducing The Ecco Camper Concept RV
The ECCO camper concept RV by design firm NAU is a sleek, streamlined, zero-local-emission RV that's more winning than any old (or new) Winnebago.
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