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$40 Yearly Eco-Transit - SmartBike DC Rental
While it's not a new concept to Europe, bicycle sharing has yet to become mainstream practice in North America. Thankfully Washington has taken a clue from programs like the Velib public bicycle rental service in Paris and Bicing in Barcelona as they're opening SmartBike DC next month.
It's the first bicycle sharing program in the U.S. and works similar to the Zipcar service. With the swipe of a card, members will be able to rent one of 120 bicycles on the spot, day or night. They'll be availa…
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Airwaves is a little concept car designed by Lei Liu. The car was conceived with the intention of being an easy-to-park vehicle, offering less of a harrying, stress-laden adventure. The Airwaves design is also intended to provide a safe, comfortable and fun ride for the driver and passengers. The ca…
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Super-Compact Electric Cars - Airwaves (GALLERY)
One of the things I hate when dealing with umbrellas is the inevitable collision with others. No matter how much you try to avoid it, narrow sidewalks result in bumping into other umbrella-holders or whacking someone in the face.
The Polite Umbrella eliminates such rude collisions with a handy han…
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Anti-Collision Umbrellas - Polite Umbrella (GALLERY)
Water heaters are one of the primary power-hungry devices in most households. That's why the prospect of an affordable solar panel system is particularly exciting. I have always argued that green energy alternatives must be affordable in order to be a viable choice by the masses.
The inflatable Sol…
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Inflatable Solar Panels - SolarStore Helps Heat Your Water (GALLERY)
Belgian beauty Tanya Devereaux is no stranger to unconventional campaigns. Last year, Tanya promised 40,000 "jobs" (wink, wink) during her campaign as a NEE party senate candidate in Belgium. Although she was pretty popular, she did not win the senate seat. However, you can not keep a girl with a bi…
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Sexual Favors to Support a Cause - Charitable Idea or The End of Decency? (VIDEO)
Character animation is becoming more evolved than ever before, as proven by the latest teaser for Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA4). The game, to be released next week, uses a new Euphoria Engine, thought to be among the most realistic at rendering character animation.
What does this engine actually do an…
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Character Animation Evolved - GTA4's Euphoria Engine (VIDEO)
The 2nd Skin Exhibit opening night took place on 4/25/08 in San Francisco. The event is a celebration of clothing creativity. Crave notes that, "[There was] a man wearing costumes covered head to toe in LEDs. Another man wearing a suit made of bubble wrap. A woman in a skirt made of Snickers wrappe…
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Clothing as a Moving Canvas - The 2nd Skin Exhibit in San Francisco (GALLERY)
If you are flipping through the pages of your Atlas and you find a few pages missing then we know just where you need to look. D!REKTRECYCLING has taken the approach to recycle pages from Atlases and other maps to make envelopes.
While these maps may not help the postman to find out where you live…
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Recycled Map Envelopes - Learn Geography, Send Your Letter (GALLERY)
Long ago Trend Hunter featured art speakers, which were essentially paintings that could pump your tunes. These photo speakers are pretty similar but they are photo frame speakers for your PC.
If you are tired of the same conventional looking speakers, then give these photo frame speakers a try. …
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Photo Speakers - Speakers with Pictures for Your PC
I have always been fascinated by shadow decorations and how light can transform a boring surface into a more visually appealing one. That's why I love this design, Rosett, which gives you an instant imitation of the appearance of shadow decoration. Simply screw it into an electric socket with just a…
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Shadow Design - Transform Your Roof Into Art With The Rosett (GALLERY)
Remember that old contraption known as a cassette tape? I'm sure there are youngsters out there who haven't seen one. Well, here we a have a novel gadget being unveiled that combines a cassette tape with MP3 storage in flash memory and connectivity via a USB port. The cassette MP3 player accepts SD …
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Retro Reinvented - Cassette Tape MP3 Player (Actually Works in a Cassette Deck)
As an act of defiance and rebelliousness against the current trend towards minimalistic high tech gadgets, designers Ingo Strobel and Katja Hiendlmayer have come up with this ironic one-off iPod Island Hub art installation. The minimalism trend is best exemplified by Apple and its products, so it wa…
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Is Clutter the New Minimalism - Artistic iPod Island Hub (GALLERY)
E-paper technology has been tantalizing our minds and imaginations with each new, fascinating development that crops up. Lunar Design created the Lunar BLU which is a concept jacket that uses flexible organic E-paper that can show other people your mood, subway maps (as the picture shows) and even v…
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E-Paper Clothes - Lunar BLU Jacket Display
Ever typed your name into Google and found out how many people you shared your name with? Jim Kileen, the director of the movie Google Me did exactly that when he Googled his name and decided to meet the other Jim Kileens.
His trip took him around the US, Australia, Ireland and Scotland. What the …
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Movies About Googling Yourself - Google Me (VIDEO)
Soaking under the lights on the world's first LED spa capsule is even better than bathing in the glow of a rainbow sounds. The LED pods, known as Oxy-LED Light Spa Capsules, are designed for weight loss.
These innovative capsules are part of a new health, fitness and beauty treatment being offered…
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