Move over sun and wind power… the next frontier in renewable energy is people power! And no, we don’t mean them being used as in soylent green, but rather, to use the energy generated from the movement of large numbers of pedestrians through an occupied space.
source : inhabitat.com
Sanyo has built an ark for the solar century – an impressive 630 kW solar-collecting building that boasts over 5,000 solar panels and kicks off over 500,000 kWh of energy per year. Even more outstanding is the fact that most of the monocrystalline modules used on the Solar Ark were factory rejects headed to the scrap pile. Located next to Sanyo’s semiconductor factory in Gifu, Japan, the Solar Ark stands as one of the best examples of building integrated PV design to date.
Source : inhabitat.com
DVD or CD Dividers Alphabetizing your entire media arsenal has just gotten a lot less complicated. Find the DVD, CD, Video, Book or magazine you seek in a pinch with lettered (A-Z) dividers. Sort media by artist or title.
Source : a to z organizer
The combination of glass and ceramics really gives the impression of futuristic. The glass bowl is really eye catching, the clean lines of this piece and put it on top of the tile is really a brilliant idea !
Source : Glass meets tiles, beautiful sink basins from villeroy and boch
The city is sponsoring a massive art exhibition that would bring four giant waterfalls to the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Scandinavian artist Olafur Eliasson was commissioned to build "New York City Waterfalls" at four locations in the river near the southern tip of Manhattan, including at the Brooklyn base of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.
Source : canadian press