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W+W

There are people who believe "if it's yellow, let it mellow &mdash if it's brown, flush it down". We're assuming that the enormous amount of water that's wasted each time a toilet is flushed is behi...

Mr. Klein Your Underwear

We don't separate our underwear from the rest of our laundry. We throw it in with like colors, turn the washing machine on and call it a day (well, until we have to take it out). If we did wash our...

Individual Washer: Divides and Conquers

One of our least favorites chores is laundry (the first is dishes), not only because it's tedious having to sort through each and every piece of clothing, but it's also the number of loads of laundry...

Final Frame: The H2Office

The H2Office is designed to let 1-2 people live/work/play, with a kitchenette, meeting/dining area, sun deck and a pull-out bed, with extras including a wind turbine, solar panels, flat-panel tv and...

Waterpebble Helps Keep Tabs on Showers

We try and keep our shower-time water consumption down for the good of the environment and our utility bills. But we'll admit that it's tough to get a grip on exactly how much water you're sending dow...

Rami Tareef's Green Shower Concept Will Save Water

It's a given that we waste a lot of water in the bathroom, most notably in the shower. We heat up water and it goes down the drain. There have been some systems that recycle and reuse this gray water ...

Touch Sensitive Kitchen Faucet Is Genius

It's a common problem. Your hands are dirty and you need to operate the faucet to start the water in the sink to clean them up. While you are doing this, you get everything dirty. Isn't there a better...

Distilled Water is Best to Clean LCD Screens

No fancy and expensive chemicals, no crazy contraptions. This LCD-screen cleaning method is all about the right (natural) materials, a clean cloth and great technique......

Final Frame: Phyto Purification Bathroom

Phyto Purification Bathroom: natural water purification system using rushes, reeds, water hyacinths and lemnas to clean and reuse bathing/sink water....

How to Make Your Own Floating Waterproof Speakers

It's always fun to have some music while you are having some fun in your pool. Sure, there are some great solutions for this problem, but they tend to be on the expensive side. Which is why we thought...

Green Ideas: Get Your Drinking Water From the Air!

In order to save some money and to just save the environment, what if you could just extract the water that you need to drink from the air? This isn't a new idea. For anyone who's had a moist smelling...

Drinkwell 360 Pet Fountain

We don't know what we did before automating our pet feeding schedules. For anyone who likes to travel or camp over the weekend and has pets, we all know worrying about getting home to feed Fido or Tri...

Death by Twitter: Laptops and Bathrooms Do Not Mix

Another candidate for the Darwin Awards: A teenage girl in Romainia was electrocuted and died as a result of Tweeting from the bathtub. A sad story, but a good reminder to stay safe when you're playin...

Green Ideas: Extracting Water from Thin Air

If you have a lot of humidity in your place, you know that there can be lots of water extracted from thin air thanks to dehumidifiers. This water extracting machine takes things a bit further. We all ...

Water Clock Uses Magnets: Kind of Like Divining Time

We all need clocks. Clocks tell us what time it is. Some of us can actually tell the time without using clocks, but that ability is rare. Actually, it's possible to develop it, but in the end, would y...

This Sink Faucet Knows Your Face

In the house of the future, this gadget is the centerpiece of the washroom. The SmartFaucet does a lot for it's very techie—and most likely very rich—users, but the thing that makes it so ...

Aqua Sounders: Ipod Docking Station for Your Pool

You know how it is. Usually, water and sound don't mix very well. We've always been told to be careful with electronics around the pool or the bath. But what if you want to have a swinging pool party ...

X-Touch Mixer Faucet: For The Meticulously Water Temperature Conscientious

It seems just yesterday we were drooling over such temperature controlled faucets, but it seems X-Touch has just taken it a step further. Here you have it, your very own leverless, button-controlled f...

DIY Kit Shows You What Life Would Be Like If House Plants Could Type

Here at Unplggd, we're all about talking in first person plural how technology can help you manage and enjoy a beautiful and welcoming home. And if you read the post about the creepy Plantbot that m...

How To: Save Your USB Drive from Certain Death

We love getting great tips on how to use common household items in unintended ways. This tip comes from James Fallows at The Atlantic. After a dramatic ordeal with replacing missing files on a lost US...