"Quite often I run out of juice in the middle of the day, for these moments I came up with the Ifan. An hardware App in the shape of a soft rubber skin with the energy wind fan included. Just slide it around your Iphone and it will charge everytime the wind blows ... By using a modified computer fan it took me 6 hours to charge my phone, rather long I think… but it works ..." iFan, charge your phone with windFunktioniert bestimmt noch viel besser, wenn man sich das Gelöt an den Fahrradlenker klemmt, wie als Kind diese kleinen Propeller-Flugzeuge ...
"A sensorial wearable device forcing to smell grass and to hear your own breath. Equipped with fresh sod and headphones, this mask inhibit the visual system while enhancing the olfactory by the proximity with soil. The device defines also a sensory territory constructed by the rhytm of the breath, which is diffused from the headphones with a 1.5 sec. delay. The work plays with the Deleuzian notion of "ritornell" (refrain), and about the quality of sound to define a territory. The space defined by the sound of breathing is in a state of costant imbalance between the physical act and its sensory perception and traces an unstable relationship with the intimate environment the garment reproduces." Mattia Casalegno: The Open(via Animal)
"... it's worth recalling that high-tech (and relatively low-tech) gadgets for capturing and using solar energy are nothing new, and many of the ideas being batted around today are similar to equally ingenious notions floated and tinkered with for decades" LIFE: Solar Power Back in the DayMit Abstand am besten gefällt mir die Do Nothing Machine des Designers Charles Eames, der mir bislang nur durch seine Möbel vage ein Begriff war: Seine Maschine macht nämlich – wie der Name schon sagt – nichts. Außer in der Sonne rumzustehen und dabei beschäftigt zu tun. Video nach dem Klick.
"Die Ausstellung [...] zeigt 30 Kapseln [...] die ein vom Klima unabhängiges Leben möglich machen: Wohnkapseln, Naturkapseln, Klimabekleidung, schwimmende Städte und atmosphärische Kapseln werden in der Ausstellung gezeigt und erfahrbar gemacht. Hierbei fühlt man sich oft in die Welt eines Science-Fiction-Films versetzt [...] Die Ausstellung entstand in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg. Studenten realisierten eigene Projekte wie die Performance "Fuck for Future" und halfen Curtis Schreier von Ant Farm bei der Verwirklichung seines Projektes "Clean Air Pod" ..." art: Klimakapseln Hamburg / Science-Fiction zum NachdenkenWenn die Ausstellung tatsächlich was taugt und ich die Möglichkeit habe, zu fotografieren, gibts hier anschließend ein paar Bilder. Noch was: Wie absurd ist das bitte, von einem englischsprachigen Blog auf eine Ausstellung vor der eigenen Haustür hingewiesen zu werden !?!
Ross Ching: Running on Empty(via slashfilm)
"A few years ago, BP rebranded themselves as 'beyond petroleum'. And yet BP wants to invest billions of pounds into the Canadian tar sands - the dirtiest oil there is. They are threatening the Canadian wilderness, indigenous people, and the climate at precisely the time we should be cutting carbon emissions.That's why we want you to rebrand them ... We're after the best ideas and concept, not necessarily the slickest logo. So if you're not a professional designer don't worry." Greenpeace: Redesign BP's logo(BP-Redesign via Cakehead Loves Evil)
Greenpeace Flickr-Set: Behind the logo
"South Korean battery makers have created the MetalCell, a magnesium battery based on 2,000-year-old technology that can be charged with saltwater or, barring that, urine [...] Fitted with magnesium plates inside, the MetalCell can be charged up with nothing more than the addition of saltwater. The sodium in the salt reacts with the magnesium to create a dose of low-voltage power that can power up laptop, a flashlight, night vision specs, etc. when no other source is available. The output can keep a laptop humming for more than four hours and can be recharged with fresh saltwater until the magnesium begins to deteriorate. POPSCI: A Portable Battery That Runs on Saltwater – or Urine"
