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Cheap, Energy-Efficient Robots that Build Houses (Slideshow)

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

LEGO CNC milling machine & open source robotic arm. Image credit: Marta Malé-Alemany. Meet George Jetson: (FAB)BOTS are robots or machines that fabricate structures and spatial formations for architecture. Designed by students, the robot prototypes shown here are inspired by insects, use recycled plastic bags to create structures, fabricate floating houses for the future and even use the sun to laser cut. Intended to meet on-site deployment strategies using locally available materials, these robotic proposals could serve as alternative construction me… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A $50,000 Portable Recycled House, DIY Solar Electric Car and Instant-On Induction Lighting: Renew Magazine

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Induction Lamp photo: EcoLivingCentre The Alternative Technology Association has been enlightening readers with Renew magazine on technology for a sustainable future now for 30 years, albeit with a name change from Soft Technology magazine back in 1996. Their 30th Birthday issue is now out and remains as jammed packed with wonderful information as it did three decades ago. There’s the DIY Solar Electric Car, the portable recycled house, The strawbale … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Devon James Demands Tiger Woods Paternity Test

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

DNA test be damned, porn star Devon James insists Tiger Woods is the father of her son and just filed a paternity action lawsuit against the world’s #1 golfer. Tiger’s alleged mistress #10-15 (we lost count way back) filed legal docs in Manatee County, Fla., asking a judge to determine the paternity of Austin Brinling. That is her 9-year-old son, also known as Austin T. James (T is for Tiger, obviously). Devon James filed this legal action in her legal name, Melinda Jannette.

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Relaja, a Locally Produced Bench Made from Recycled Marble from the Canary Islands

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Using marble is generally not very eco-friendly; you have to dig it out, leaving a dead hole in the landscape, it takes plenty of water and energy to cut it, and, is very heavy to transport. Moreover, the marble industry creates tonnes of waste when cutting and processing the stones. Nutcreatives , a Spanish design studio, have solved the latter problem locally, killing two birds with one stone. The solution? -A bench called Relaja , which means ‘relax’ in Spanish…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Glassphemy Project Lets You Pitch Glass Bottles At Friends, and Not Get Arrested

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Macro Sea When I was a little kid and recycling went mainstream, the only thing I loved more than the idea you could actually get money for taking your squashed soda cans down to the recycling shed at the grocery store was the squashing part. It was so satisfying to set a can upright, jump on it, and feel it completely flatten under your foot – especially when it flattened into a perfect little hockey puck. That release of pent up energy is part of what’s behind the Glassphemy project by Macro Sea , which lets you send your anger, frustration, or gi… Read the full story on TreeHugger