Many people dream of living “off gird” and being totally self sustainable but humans are social animals and the future may actually be in microgridding. You and and everyone you know may one day live in self contained homes, without having to move out to the wilderness.
Building videos are really popular on YouTube. People love watching things get made be they models or cakes. It’s a wholesome, relaxing pastime to be honest. There’s no drama, no tension and something nice to look at in the end. Get that same energy by watching Seeing 2020, the live stream from NASA of the next Mars’ rover build.
This is a message for the North American readers out there: Recycling will not solve our plastic problem. This seems like a strong statement but it’s true. Most of what you think you’re recycling just ends up in a landfill somewhere else and that’s . . not helping anything.
We do really good with visualizations. When we can put abstract ideas, like climate change, into something we can see, people understand it better. As with most things, simple goes a long way. Which is why the Warning Stripes Visualization works so well and now you can see it for your area.
Everyone’s favorite furniture store (well maybe one that everyone is pretty familiar with at least), IKEA, has announced that they’ll be launching a new collection of accessible furniture. This new line is made with people that are living with disability in mind named OMTANKSAM.
You’ve likely heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch but did you know that it was 1.6 million square kilometers and is actually one of five floating garbage patches? This is the only one that gets a lot of air time but the problem is larger than many people realize.
When you look at a picture of someone, you can conjure up a memory of them, how they sounded when they laughed or just their voice. Brains are great. But photos last a long time and what if you could share that sound memory across generations? Well you can! The Instax Mini LiPlay allows you to capture sound that you can share with your image.
Hey its a Friday and it’s one of those good news, bad news types of days. Bad news: beloved online retailer ThinkGeek is closing its doors. Sad news. Good news! They’re liquidating their inventory which means it’s the perfect time for you to snatch up some cool stuff because it’s all on sale with promocode: MOVINGDAY.
