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How Google’s Designers Are Quietly Overhauling Search By Sarah Kessler, fastcodesign.com Google Search’s designers are treating what was once just an ugly list of links like a software application. On the same day that Larry Page became Google’s CEO for the second time, he ordered a redesign of all its products. Which came as a……
Alexander George, thewirecutter.com If your nervous system can survive giving your iPhone a voluntary trip into the drink, then you can get some underwater shots by using the LifeProof Case for the iPhone 4/4S and now the iPhone 5. It adds little bulk, keeps out water to a… Best Waterproof iPhone Case | The Wirecutter…
Brian Lam, thewirecutter.com It’s the most boring thing a tech writer can write, but the best smartphone is still the iPhone. It’s the truth. (Last Updated October 29, 2012: The Google Nexus 4 was unveiled today. Windows Phone 8 also launched today. The iPhone is st… The iPhone 5 Is the Best Smartphone | The…
Alexander George, thewirecutter.com If I were buying a vacuum on a budget, I’d get the Panasonic MC-UL815. At $150, you get features and suction power equal to or better than that of more expensive models. (Last Updated September 21, 2012: We’ve had a few requests… Best Cheap Vacuum | The Wirecutter http://flip.it/1bnMu http://flip.it/1AXiL Best Cheap…
luminair.co.uk LUMINAIR TREE TENTS Luminair Tree Tents – Sustainable, Low-Impact Shelters. DOWNLOAD PDF or click the arrow keys for more. LUMINAIR TREE TENTS Luminair Tree Tents – Sustainable, Low-Impact Shelters. DOWNLOAD… LUMINAIR LTD – ECO-FRIENDLY LED LIGHTING & SUSTAINABLE LIGHTING DESIGN – PRODUCTS http://flip.it/M1DrN http://flip.it/wh11s ECO-FRIENDLY LED LIGHTING & SUSTAINABLE LIGHTING DESIGN – PRODUCTS Related…
A Journey Towards Local Manufacturing, Part 2: Maker’s Row, a Database of American Factories and What They Can Do for You core77.com Where would we be without the connective tissue that is the Internet? Amazon connects buyers and sellers. eBay lets us transfer junk from one person’s basement to another. Twitter lets ordinary citizens know…
Core77’s Seven Designer Phenotypes: #6 – Homebound Hobbit core77.com Homebound HobbitHabitat: Hand-Tufted CouchPlumage: Slippers, Wool Sweater, Cashmere ThrowAttributes: Doesn’t smoke but owns a smoking jacket; uses the word “tablescape”; always turns off the overhead… RT @core77: This hobbit will probably wait for the BluRay of Peter Jackson’s new blockbuster…: http://flip.it/JxPLW http://flip.it/ASIHG Related articles A visit…
Kickstart a Voronoi Design App for Biomimetic Bookshelves and More core77.com Last weekend, New York saw the opening of its first ever Museum of Math (MoMATH)—the first one in the States—which, for all its kid-friendly attractions, probably doesn’t delve into higher-order phenomena such as, say, Voronoi diagrams, in which a… RT @core77: Kickstart a Voronoi…
Core77’s Seven Designer Phenotypes: #7 – Off the Grid core77.com Off the GridHabitat: Undisclosed. But you would be uncomfortable therePlumage: All-weather, lightweight, durable & shockingly expensiveAttributes: Secret Stash of Granola, Digital Compass, Dedicated GPS device. Spends a… RT @core77: Get all of the things you need to get away from it all…: http://flip.it/c7aVZ http://flip.it/piT5o Related…
Five Best Computer Monitors Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Upgrading your computer’s hardware isn’t the only way to feel like you have a new machine. A new monitor can go a long way towards making your computer more fun to use and more functional. At the same time, there are hundreds of displays out there… Five Best…
lifehacker.com Adam Dachis View Profile • Email • Facebook • Twitter • Google Plus • RSS Work can be a lot more fun when your office inspires it, and that’s certainly the case with Shopify. They took an ordinary series of workspace… Plenty of Color and Lots of Personality: The Offices of Shopify http://flip.it/7avDp…
The DROP Eco-Hotel is a Portable Prefab Pod Home for the Modern Nomad Mike Chino, inhabitat.com In-Tenta designed the DROP Eco-Hotel to provide a mobile dwelling for modern nomads. The prefabricated structure consists of a central tube capped on either end by big fully operable bubble windows that provide natural ventilation. The pod hotel i……
Make Your Own Water-Repellent Canvas With Otter Wax’s All-Natural Bar ecouterre.com Transform your favorite shoes, shirts, and jackets into heavy-duty, water-repelling workwear with Otter Wax, an all-natural, nontoxic bar derived from humanely and sustainably derived beeswax, lanolin (extracted from wool), and plant-bas… RT @inhabitat: Turn your favorite shoes, shirts, and jackets into heavy duty, water-repelling…
HOW TO: Make Your Own Delicious Hard Apple Cider In 6 Easy Steps | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Swistak says:, inhabitat.com Fall is here and we’ve got all kinds of autumnal activities on our minds – like baking, pumpkin carving, and hard apple cider drinking. I’ve always wanted to…
Scrubba’s Pocket-Size Wash Bag is the World’s Most Portable Washing Machine ecouterre.com RECOMMENDED FOR YOU: What’s the Easiest Way to Reduce the Environmental Impact of My Clothes? Scrubba’s Pocket-Size Laundry Bag is World’s Smallest Washing Machine by Morgana Matus, 12/21/12 Whether you are traveling with dirty… RT @inhabitat: Do your laundry on the go, wherever…
Could a Nobel-Winning Technology Spell the End of Synthetic Cosmetic Ingredients? ecouterre.com Photo by Shutterstock Bringing natural beauty products to the next level, a team of scientists are using the process of metathesis to transform essential oils into ingredients for sunscreens, lotions and perfumes. In a study… RT @inhabitat: Could a Nobel-winning technology mark the…
Scrubba: A Lightweight, Virtually-Waterless Washing Machine In A Sack! | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling at home in order to save…
CitiSense is a Portable Air Pollution Monitoring Device that Sends Data to Your Smart Phone | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling…
UC Berkeley’s LEED Gold-Designed Energy Bioscience Building Leads by Example Andrew Goodwin, inhabitat.com UC Berkeley’s new Energy Bioscience Building is home to the Energy Biosciences Institute, a public-private partnership that develops solutions to global energy challenges. The five-story, $133 million biofuels research facility was designed by… RT @inhabitat: UC Berkeley’s LEED Gold-Designed Energy Bioscience Building…
The Napoleon Complex fourlightshouses.com WORKING TITLE: The Napoleon Complex WORKING SUBTITLE: Co-Housing for the Antisocial DENSITY: 16–22 houses-per-acre SIZE: 40 -70 houses at 270 s.f. – 700 s.f. each (including sleeping lofts). AMENITIES: A 800 – 1600 s.f. common house, priva… http://flip.it/qiboT
The Future of Firearms: DIY Guns You Can Make at Home By Eliza Shapiro, thedailybeast.com School shootings be damned. Companies like Defense Distributed are moving forward with newfangled 3-D printers that let you make guns at home, writes Eliza Shapiro. Four days after the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Cody Wilson wa… RT @thedailybeast:…
investopedia.com Ford isn’t the only carmaker that saw the value of one of its models sink like an anchor when it hit the lot. The Mazda RX didn’t live up to its hype, and sales of the car dropped. The highly-touted Nissan Leaf, one of the first all-electric… Cars That Depreciate In Value The Most…
Your Online Bio, Supercharged Jennifer Alsever, inc.com Inc. magazine The skinny on three services that help you create personal webpages to encompass your entire online life. Chances are good that your bio on the company website includes little more than a headshot, title, and career… RT @ashleycalloway: 3 sites to help you build your personal…
Lessons in Learning How to Program Jason Fried, inc.com GET REAL Here’s one way to be a better communicator: Start treating people more like computers. Last month, I mentioned that I’ve been taking a class in Ruby on Rails, a programming framework that powers tens of thousands of websites… RT @Inc: Do you know how…
5 Trends That Will Shape Digital Services In 2013 By Olof Schybergson, fastcodesign.com What will the key changes be in business and design during 2013, and what should you do about it? Here are five predictions from the design firm Fjord. At Fjord, we work across domains like media, health care, retail, education, and banking,…
Autodesk Developing CAD Software to Design, 3-D Print Living Tissue Joseph Flaherty, wired.com Autodesk, the industry leader in CAD software, has announced it is partnering with biological printer manufacturer Organovo to create 3D design software for designing and printing living tissue. Autodesk Developing CAD Software to Design, 3-D Print Living Tissue http://flip.it/w2vkJ http://flip.it/Fw9bt Related articles…
Bryan Gardiner, gizmodo.com Former Gizmodian Brian Lam has a site called The Wirecutter, whose singular goal is to decide which gadgets to buy or not to buy. Today, it looks at the best room fan money can buy, just in time for summer. If I wanted a fan to… The Best Room Fan For Hot…
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