Presenting Farm Fountain:

..a system for growing edible and ornamental fish and plants in a constructed, indoor ecosystem. Based on the concept of aquaponics, this hanging garden…

farm fountain

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From NextNature:

You never know when an opportunity for planting might present itself. Be prepared with these tiny glass bottles filled with vegetable and flower seeds. Great for…

seed bomb earrings

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From Dezeen:

San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject has unveiled Mission One, the world’s fastest electric production motorcycle.

The bike has a top speed of 150 MPH and an…

world’s fastest electric motorbike

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– photo by egold

Abandoned castle in Sorrento, Italy

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From PlayMeDesign:

Master student Hans Alexander Huseklepp at AHO, have made the concept “Immaculate” that explores new possibilities for prosthetic devices. Instead of imitating a…

Immaculate – a designer prosthetic arm concept

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From e-architect:

Atkins has won an international competition to design a five-star resort hotel set within a beautiful water-filled quarry in the Songjiang district close to…

Songjiang hotel, Shanghai

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from the Abandoned Places community

Autumn leaves

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From Monkeys & Robots:

Last night I built a haptic compass, also known as the Clown Belt. This is a belt which features twelve vibrating pager motors equally spaced around the perimeter of…

the haptic compass belt

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..but this is just getting ridiculous:

-- photo from Sue Hickton’s photostream

The worst bush fires ever seen swept through my state this Saturday, after the hottest day ever…

I love a sunburnt country

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From New Scientist:

The team at Ulm University lead by Heiko Neumann and Cornelia Beck analysed how human brains respond to visual information as they move around, and designed software…

Robots programmed to navigate using human visual systems

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