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Washit is a Shower and Washing Machine in One

Four Turkish students collaborated to design Washit – a combined shower and washing machine that makes those 15 minute showers almost guiltless. Responding to the...

650 Handcrafted Oak Pieces Went Into This Fine Mashrabiya Table

Mashrabiya screens are a common element in Middle Eastern architecture and yet few people outside the design world realize how much work goes into making...

Iran Blows Past Sanctions with Wind Energy

Determined to stay its unpopular nuclear course, Iran is now turning to wind power and other renewable energy sources to blow past sanctions. Last year...

Waterless Dishwasher From Turkey Cleans up After Every Meal

Turkish designers who anticipate severe water shortages in the next few decades have designed the dualWash – a waterless dish washer that cleans single dishes after...

Egyptian zoo is a nightmare for animals

Elephants, lions, and wolves are by nature free, roaming creatures that form complex social relationships. In the wild we have hunted them to near extinction...

Israel’s 4MW Biogas Plant to Clean up After 14,000 Cows

Ridding Israel’s environment of the poop of chickens and cows is a fabulous way to usher in the Jewish New Year. Once it becomes fully operational in...

Luxury Underwater Discus Hotel Close to Anchoring in the Gulf

The Water Disqus Hotel (WDH) lauded on blogs galore a few months ago is one step closer to reality, and the project’s new investment team...

Libya’s Oldest Mud City is Critically Endangered

Ghadamès is one of the oldest habitable medinas in the Sahara, and it is made almost entirely out of mud. Built in the seventh century and...

Clothing Laced With Live Bacteria is Weirdly Cool

Sarine Zaken is the world’s first designer to incorporate living bacteria into clothing and jewelry that people can actually wear! A third year student at Shenkar...

Solar-Powered Doomsday Clock Counts Down to 12-21-2012

Designers from Israel hope to install a solar-powered doomsday clock in Times Square, where it will count down to 12-21-2012. Using cutting-edge technology, including concentrated...
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