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Standing Room Only: The Vignelli Subway Map
This Tuesday, we hopped a train for Brooklyn Heights. Destination: The New York Transit Museum, where a talk about the historic Vignelli subway map was being held. If you haven’t yet been, take...
written by: Sara Carpenter03.01.13 -
New Honda Hybrid
The 2010 car model year (which starts in calendar year 2009) promises to be an exciting one, with the debut of a revamped Toyota Prius, and Honda's long-awaited entry into the stand-alone hybrid...
written by: David A. Greene09.16.08 -
Wattson and Holmes Make Monitoring Home Energy Use Elementary
U.K. design firm DIY Kyoto recently announced the launch of cheaper version of its Wattson, an ingenious little device that not only makes monitoring home electricity use a breeze, but even turns...
written by: Bryan Gardiner09.24.08 -
The Slingbox Goes HD, Finally
The original Slingbox was one of those rare devices that did one thing, and did it exceptionally well: move your favorite television shows to your cellphone, PC or laptop. Now, after a lengthy wait...
written by: Bryan Gardiner09.27.08 -
Dashboard Confessional
A major obstacle to reducing our energy consumption continues to be our general unawareness of just how much we are using. Most people have no idea exactly how much a shorter shower or a lowered...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.01.08 -
125 HDTV Super Review
Economic meltdown aside, if you’re still thinking about plunking down some hard-earned cash on a new HDTV this holiday season, you’d do well to check out HD Guru’s colossal review...
written by: Bryan Gardiner10.02.08 -
The Energy Seed
Because I have been told time and again that disposing of batteries in the garbage is a terribly destructive thing to do, I generally collect my spent batteries in an old container in my house. My...
written by: Sarah Rich10.19.08 -
New Product: EasyBloom Plant Sensor
Although we're headed into the chill of winter, it's not too soon to start planning for planting when spring showers arrive. If you worry that the garden of your dreams exceeds the limitations of...
written by: Sarah Rich11.01.08 -
TH!NK OX
The Th!nk Ox is a five-seat concept car introduced last spring at the Geneva Auto Show. According to Th!nk, the Ox will have a range of about 125 miles on a full battery charge, and a top speed of...
written by: David A. Greene11.10.08 -
The Grass Phone
Korea is a known hub for high-tech design, and it's increasingly a hotspot for innovation among young designers learning their trade in a gadget-loving place.
written by: Sarah Rich12.17.08 -
The Wayback Machine: Your Solar House
Before the word "solar" evoked images of flat PV panels stuck on rooftops, many architects already had a mind to use the sun to maximum advantage in their designs. I recently discovered a...
written by: Sarah Rich01.15.09 -
Cable Camouflage
Now that laptops and iPods have become like extra appendages for most of us, tangled cords and unsightly nests of cables are a constant problem. Even with the myriad systems for keeping them...
written by: Laure Joliet02.06.09 -
SunRun Solar Stimulus Package
This week's news was riddled with updates on the slow passage of President Obama's stimulus package through Congress. As the administration takes aim at Americans' energy bills by ramping up clean...
written by: Sarah Rich02.13.09 -
Cast a Vote in the Greener Gadgets Competition
Later this month, the second annual Greener Gadgets Conference will take place in New York City, promising as always to convene innovative design thinkers around solutions for more sustainable...
written by: Sarah Rich02.17.09 -
From the Frank Lloyd Wright School: Taliesin Mod.Fab
With so many green prefab projects out there, designers have to continually up their game to hit the highest standards of sustainability, design integrity, and beauty, all in one compact package....
written by: Sarah Rich02.20.09 -
Amazon's Kindle 2
On February 24, online retailer Amazon.com begins shipping its Kindle 2, the newest version of Amazon's electronic book reader. The Kindle is essentially a magazine-sized computer that can...
written by: David A. Greene02.22.09 -
PLUG's Jungle Research Station
When veterinary doctor Taranjit Kaur, her husband and molecular biologist Dr. Jatinder Singh, and their three year old daughter Simran set out to live and do research for a year in the remote...
written by: Aaron Britt03.09.09 -
Natalie Jeremijenko's MoMA Lecture
One of the best things about the Internet is the ability to virtually attend lectures we couldn't get to in real-time. A series of lectures that took place at the MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind...
written by: Sarah Rich03.20.09 -
Container Cinema
As part of the cultural countdown to the winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010, media art group Springboard—a trio composed of architect Robert Duke, designers Keith Doyle and Iain Sinclair, and...
written by: Ilana Diamond03.23.09 -
BLDG 2.0: Can Data Transform Building?
We'll surely never cease to marvel at the architectural feats humans accomplished long before the age of computers, but it's nevertheless a wonder to see what we can do with digital tools at our...
written by: Sarah Rich03.27.09
