Brainicane

Canadian doctors say they have reconditioned lungs to make them suitable for transplanting.

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

A good demonstration of how the most prosaic of materials can be made into something interesting, like this desk seen at Lotz Design 2008 by Polish designer Pawel Grobelny, where the legs act as storage for magazines and CDs. Icon Eye via Cribcandy
We are going to steal an idea from Apartment Therapy and ask:

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

TreeHugger is full of photovoltaic glass and ground source heat pumps, but ultimately all of those “green gizmos”, as Donovan Rypkema called them, cost a lot of money to buy and to maintain. But he is just one of a growing movement of architects who are making the case that people have known for hundreds, […]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

It is nice to see that Al Gore’s We Can Solve It people get the benefits of renovation and upgrading as well as new green building. Not only does it reduce our carbon footprint, but creates more jobs- as Donovan Rypkema pointed our earlier, new construction…

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

When Ms. LCA Watson considered the issue of real versus artificial Christmas trees, she neglected to include the flatpack category, like this cardboard tree from Cloud Gate Designs. Not only is is made from recycled cardboard, but it doesn’t take up much space to store for next year. Only .95, and a portion of the […]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Richard Frankland of Manchester’s FKDA has developed a small but complete little housing unit that is much more than a shed.
“The idea of creating such a small living environment came from the growing reports of people being forced from their homes unable to make their current mortgage payments, and turning to living with family, in […]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

You could maintain a guest room, or you could have Stay at my Home, designed by Nichole Lehner and Luzia Kälin of Designasyl, who write:
In our opinion, hospitality is a very important virtue. “stay at my home” is a series of objects for the good host. It enables him to install a comfortable overnight stay […]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

photo: Ranier Ebert
Like my previous one on taxi-cab and jet emissions, this post was born out of some water-cooler speculation a few weeks back. Just as it began to get cold, rainy, and windy in New York City, TH founder Graham Hill began to wonder if he could ecologically justify migrating south for the winter. […]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Detroit Gets Bailed Out
Lame duck president George W. Bush has approved today a .4 billion bailout for the Detroit automakers, proving once again that in this bizarro-Keynesian world, if you run your big business well, you get nothing, and if you don’t, you get a reward.
“The government will have the option of becoming a […]

Posted on December 19th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None