Fascinating approach to underwater wildlife monitoring, detailed in Popular Science: “One study published in Marine Ecology Progress Series found that a single low-frequency recorder might be enough to monitor the populations of fish and other aquatic life living on a reef. The small instrument could be deployed at reefs all over the world, recording information […]
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Milo Lamps
“Milo.” Lightovo. Lightovo, n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2014. http://lightovo.com/product/milo/ At Lightovo, Polish designers developed a series of lamps that embody symbiotic relationships. Called the “Milo,” each glass-shaded lamp acts as a miniature greenhouse for a potted plant. The inner LED light bulb emits a color temperature of 4000 K to 6000 K, which not only replicates natural sunlight but also proves […]
Corpse Couture
O’Connor, Kim. “Corpse Couture: Clothes for Going Out in Style.” Wired Oct. 2013: 50. Print. Australian fashion designer, Pia Interlandi, constructs her clothes with one unusual inspiration in mind: death. After realizing that modern day burial clothes like suits and dresses are intended to last instead of decompose, she set to designing ideal degradable garments. Using […]
Calling the Glacier
Lindemann, Serafine. “Calling the Glacier.” AntSpiderBee. Ant Spider Bee, 1 Sept. 2013. Web. 12 Sept. 2014. http://www.antspiderbee.net/2013/09/calling-the-glacier/ Sound artist Kalle Laar’s project surprisingly does exactly what its title says. In an effort to make the reality of global warming tangible, he supplies a connection between those who live far away from the melting and the glaciers themselves. The project uses […]
Fallen Fruit
Svendsboe, Kari. Fallen Fruit. Fallen Fruit, n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2014. http://fallenfruit.org/ Founded by David Burns and Austin Young, Fallen Fruit began in Los Angeles as an art collaboration centered on concepts of private and public space. The expanded team now works on installations and public art events in various cities globally. Communal jam-making, neighborhood fruit tours […]
Plastic Bottles as Art
Clarke, Matthew James. “6,000 Plastic Bottles and LEDs Used To Make Glowing Labyrinth in Poland.” thecreatorsproject.vice.com. Vice Media Inc., 12 June 2014. Web. 16 June 2014. http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/an-illuminated-plastic-labyrinth-installed-in-poland Luzinterruptus, an anonymous Spanish art group, built an 11-foot-tall labyrinth made from plastic bottles in order to promote environmental awareness in Poland. The plastic labyrinth was built in Poland […]
France pays workers to cycle
De Clercq, Geert. “France experiments with paying people to cycle to work.” planetark.org. Planet Ark, 3 June 2014. Web. 9 June 2014. http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/71641 France has started a six month trial period of paying select employees (roughly 10,000 people) to bike to work. The employees are paid 25 euro cents (34 US cents) per kilometer biked to work. […]
Soluble Circuits to Reduce E-Waste
Hsu, Jeremy. “Building Soluble Circuits To Help End E-Waste.” popsci.com. Popular Science, 9 May 2014. Web. 9 June 2014. http://www.popsci.com/article/science/building-soluble-circuits-help-end-e-waste?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=5&con=building-soluble-circuits-to-help-end-ewaste John Rogers, a scientist from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has invented a type of silicon ribbon thin enough to dissolve in water in roughly ten days. Rogers’ creation is a response to the amount […]
Lionfish App
Iacurci, Jenna. “FWC Unveils Tracking App for Invasive Florida Lionfish.” natureworldnews.com. Nature World News, 29 May 2014. Web. 8 June 2014. http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/7297/20140529/fwc-unveils-tracking-app-for-invasive-florida-lionfish.htm The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) developed a lionfish tracking app for smartphones in order to collect data about lionfish population size and whereabouts. The Florida lionfish is an invasive species that has no […]
Stem Cell Burgers
Winter, Lisa. “Will Stem Cell Burgers Go Mainstream?” iflscience.com. N.p., 21 May 2014. Web. 2 June 2013. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/will-stem-cell-burgers-go-mainstream “Schmeat,” a lab-grown meat product, is currently being developed in an attempt to reduce the harmful effects livestock creates on the environment. This product is different from vegetable-based meat substitute because it is made from actual animal stem cells. […]