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Computing

This Norwegian Data Center Is Built In A Cave And Cooled By Fjords

Hidden inside a Norwegian mountain, next to a cold fjord which supplies cooling water, Green Mountain is the world’s most environmentally-friendly data centre. It also sounds like it was built by hobbits.

December 12, 2011
Gadgets

Super Chill Gifties For Your Stoner Uncle

Hey, don’t judge, it’s for his back injury! Or something like that. Here are some great gifts for stoners. And yes, these are purely tongue-in-cheek, chillax.

November 3, 2011
Geek Out

This Future Iceberg Would Be Able To Sink A Thousand Titanics

You’re looking at Pine Island Glacier. It pushes more ice to the sea than any other glacier in the world. And that gigantic 18-mile-long canyon? That’s the birth point of a new gargantuan iceberg, larger than New York City.

September 14, 2011
Geek Out

Will The Taisun Tower Become The Greenest Building On The Planet?

When the Taichung Airport in Taiwan was relocated, city planners set about redeveloping the area into “a vibrant oasis” that showed off the latest and greatest in green technology and focusing on sustainable, symbiotic strategies. The result — the zero-emission Bionic-Arch.

September 13, 2011
Entertainment

Stone Speakers 20,000% Greener Than Other Speakers?

Throwing a figure like 20,000 per cent around seems absurd. Rarely is anything we use in our normal lives 20,000 per cent more/less/better/worse/whatever than a competing product. Yet, AudioMasons claim their stone speakers are 20,000 per cent greener than other speakers. Seriously?

August 20, 2011
Science

Genius 13-Year-Old Has A Solar Power Breakthrough

When I was 13 I was smoking cigarettes I’d found on the ground and playing Super Nintendo like it was my life’s work. This kid discovered a way to draw 20-50 per cent more power from solar cells. He is way cooler.

July 25, 2011
Geek Out

It’s OK To Stare Because This Swimsuit Model Is Saving The Earth

If there’s one problem plaguing the environment these days it’s discarded, non-recyclable bikinis. They’re awful! Plugging up landfills and taking eons to biodegrade. Utterly unacceptable. But not this bikini. This one is special.

June 27, 2011
Cars

NAU’s Slick-Looking Take On The Future Of The RV

Zero-emissions. Smooth lines right out of Tron: Legacy. Scenic, rendered vistas. Yup, sounds like a design firm’s taken a crack at the future of camping. Let’s have a peek.

June 24, 2011
Gadgets

The Sun Is Basically An Infinite Battery For Your iPad Now

Nothing kills a magical afternoon with your tablet like having to track down an outlet to charge up. Voltaic’s has new solar chargers designed specifically for tablets. [Voltaic via Treehugger]

June 22, 2011
Geek Out

Build Your Next House Out Of Reclaimed, Boeing Factory Lumber

An old Boeing factory in Seattle is being cleared out to make room for a strip mall (or something to that effect, I’m sure). But what’s noteworthy is that the factory lumber is being salvaged to build homes with.

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