Vancouver won its bid to host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and they're rolling out all the punches. It's Ottawa Mint facility has already produced all 615 gold, silver and bronze medals for the Wint...
The whole point of putting your waste paper out to be recycled is for it to be reused in yet another generation of paper products -- toilet paper, printer paper, magazines, etc. But what if you could...
Each time we have to fill up a glass of tap water to feed our plants, it makes us cringe a little bit. Not that it's a huge deal, but we're always looking for a way to save money on our water bill ...
Ever dreamed of owning your own subterranean lair? lire From security, to thermal insulation, to protection from a nuclear attack, it'd have some pretty nice features. Check out this silo-turned-bac...
This low-cost rain protection for your iPhone-when-mounted-on-a-bike isn't fancy but it does the job. While it's not sealed, rain doesn't generally come from the ground so it'll do a fine job at kee...
We've seen a few creative ways to repurpose Apple's G4 Cube into aquariums, tissue boxes, and LCD frame, and even a pendant lamp. Flickr user Ilovecode.dk, turned his Cube into a fish bowl for his Be...
Scheduled for construction in 2010, LSarc architects has designed a three-story home that is totally energy neutral. An eight kilowatt solar array, connected to the main energy grid and net metered...
Broken iPod, old phone, busted computer. Most electronics die sooner or later. We all know you shouldn't just throw them in the trash, and this is especially true now that there are so many resourc...
The Greener Gadgets Conference, which happens in New York on February 27th, is hosting a design competition through the 20th. They've compiled fifty concept products that you can vote for on their si...
I got an email last week about a new online service that helps people lend things to one another. It's called Lendaround.com and was founded by Tim Jackson, who is a "venture capitalist, entrepreneu...
We think we've proven just how much we like displaying obsolete tech. From oggling David Poe's vintage camera collection to wiping the drool from our mouths over a shelf of gaming history we've gotte...
For the past decade we've been living in a time of gadget excess. Every month a newer, flashier version of a cell phone, television, digital music player has come out, with the majority of the stuff ...
We're still slugging our way through January, but we can't wait for Spring, when we can start gardening again. We have a yard that's filled with concrete unfortunately, so we do all our gardening in ...
We've posted about reusing electronics packaging for art projects in the past. There was the wall of Apple styrofoam corners at the Teamscreen print shop and Phillip Maisel's electronics packaging co...
If you're like us, you might have a large spool of CD-Rs that fail to load or recognize on our drives after years of being stored away or that are scarred with scratches. Instead of throwing them out,...
If there's one universal gripe in this world it's the clamshell blister pack. You know, those fused plastic packages that hold the new gadget you just bought hostage while you cut your hands and caus...
After some inspiration on how to save on design spending over at AT:Chicago last week, we thought of the next biggest thing aside from a complete remodel or furniture splurge - tech! Here are some gre...
As we enter a recession (yes, we said it), the New York Times has published an article looking at inexpensive and creative solutions from students in New York City. There are so amazing ideas here, l...
We've posted numerous decorative techniques on AT using origami around the home, including towel origami, chandeliers composed of folded paper, and even origami toilet paper techniques. But here's a t...
This bottle has been all the buz on the world wide webbings. BPA free and very reusable, the idea is that it is a high end replacemant for all those water bottles we go through in a day (yeah- the on...
Stopped by my screen printer's today to put in a new order of Feral for Life shirts and was reminded of Jason Chaste's rad DIY project in his Teamscreen showroom......
I thought I had a composting disaster this week, but then I found out all the normal things are happening, even if they don't look normal. So the other day I opened the bottom tray to see if any o...
A few weeks ago we found Flickr photos of the offices of Matthew Williams Design. A particular photo caught our attention, a shot of what was happening behind Matthew's desk. The photo had a link to ...
It's been a week and a half since I started up the NatureMill composter and from the looks of it I've got some nutritious brown stuff that's almost ready for my green friends outside. The whole proce...
In Finland, old mobile phones lead to the World Championships of mobile phone throwing. Not really the right way to get rid of your old gadgets, although we wish we could toss our phone as far as poss...
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