Power your gadgets with these sunglasses

From DVICE:

Called Infinite Energy: SIG, the sunglasses are designed to turn the rays that it blocks out into electrical energy, providing protection and power all at the same time. The…

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Stanford University researchers have conducted a comprehensive analysis of data detailing the amount of charcoal contained in soils and lake sediments at the sites of both pre-Columbian population centers in the Americas and in sparsely populated surrounding regions. They concluded that reforestation of agricultural lands-abandoned as the population collapsed-pulled so much carbon out of the atmosphere that it helped trigger a period of global cooling, at its most intense from approximately 1500 to 1750, known as the Little Ice Age.

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ARToolkit: AugmentedReality for the iPhone

ARToolworks have developed augmented-reality technology for the iPhone.

This is the demo for their toolkit:

So we can expect to see full…

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digitalyn: Punish Yourself – Let’s build a station in space !

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The People of kashklash

Bruce Sterling’s got his design-fiction/Futurist hat on again, giving us Big Mama, Greifswald, Rebel kids, Brixels: The People of kashklash.

This explores “possible futures, based on two…

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Waterpod – an art eco-habitat

The Waterpod:

waterpod

..a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It will depart on May 1, 2009, from the Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens, navigate down the…

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