Meet Izhar Gafni. He’s made a working bicycle purely out of cardboard. Gafni comes from the great tradition of inventors who stubbornly say no to the impossible. Inspired by a news item about an inventor who made a cardboard canoe, Gafni tireless created the…
The world turns heavily with the weight of undiscovered cures for cancer, nuclear waste, and garbage, but humanity can rest easier at night because the Fliz Bike has been invented to speed urbanites along walking awkwardly. Question: can you call it a bike when…
Singapore is known for many things, but environmental-friendliness has never been high on the list, until now. With a proposed budget of $1 billion, Singapore is aiming to become "a city in a garden." Inspired by the Karri Trees over in Australia, Singapore has…
New Balance makes strides toward becoming the kings of bare-footwear with an everyday, all around NewSky shoe made from recycled products. And it is comfy! The heavily touted Minimus features the same sock-like liner made to endure bare feet as the NewSky,…
We seem to think that the great thing about robots is that they'll be around forever and that they'll just need the occasional tune up, but that's precisely the problem with robots. They need to be maintained constantly and retrieved should they be used in the field as…
By 2014, standard incandescent lightbulbs will go the way of the dinosaur, thus starting the reign of a new lightbulb, something smarter, more efficient. Introducing the new bright idea from Phillips, the super efficient LED lightbulb. Most recently, the CFL…
Throwing the notebook in the bay might not normally be a good idea, but Rite in the Rain provides a special paper product and pen, like no other; and these green (figuratively) outdoor writing pads survive the worst that water has to offer! Want to go to the…
For all the things the Dutch are known for, being bicycle fanatics is definitely one of them, so it should come as no surprise that there is now an invention that introduces children to the world of bicycles in the form of a... buscycle. The buscycle works…
Kinetic energy is perhaps the most abundant energy on Earth. Almost everything is moving, and in large cities, there is so much wasted energy not being harnessed. PaveGen, a UK based company, has created a way to capture energy from each passing footstep and convert it…
The Changers Starter Kit provides technophiles with every possible connection to charge super gadgets galore via the sun! The camping trip always looms large as a battery-sucking deterrent. I’ve personally had friends running parked cars for hours just to keep…
One man's trash is another man's treasure. This statement is the basis of Nemo Gould's various kinetic sculptures. He is able to create amazing sculptures and scenery by collecting found materials. The sculptures bring together tossed items that most of us might…
The idea of creating a solar-powered car is nothing new, though much of what is holding back adoption of this technology is practicality. Can these cars cover long distances solely on the sun? How fast can they go? If you don't plan on driving on highways and would…