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Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters of Clean Water a Day in the Desert : TreeHugger

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Wind turbine for arid regions that makes water by extracting it from the air!

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The Teachers House / Element Arkitekter AS The Teachers House / Element Arkitekter AS – ArchDaily

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Interesting refurbishment project in Sweden. The description tells you all sorts of things, but not actually what the building's function is.
Some nice design touches, the most obvious one being the large glazed facade with patterned film.

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Park & Agricultural Heritage Museum / Vamvakidis Simos, Tzortzis Antonis, Zapantiotis Fotis Park & Agricultural Heritage Museum (1) – ArchDaily

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Clean elegant design and beautiful graphics in this Agricultural Heritage Museum in Cyprus.

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Coromandel Bach / Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects Coromandel Bach / Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects – ArchDaily

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Fantastic simple timber-clad beachhouse in New Zealand.

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The world’s fastest 13′ MacBook Pro – win the hardwrk SSD 830 biturbo | Blog

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More German engineering brilliance! Pimp my MacBook - epic!

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This Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree! (Video) : TreeHugger

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Lamps which absorb CO2 from the air, and far more than trees. Still under development, but these things could in theory replace the CO2 absorption of the rainforests. Sounds too good to be true...

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Rennholz | Bildergalerie

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Very elegant design for what the students who built it call a 'sustainable vehicle' but what what is in effect little more than a posh kids go-cart!

Beautifully built though!

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Architecture Photography: Xinjin Zhi Museum / Kengo Kuma & Associates Xinjin Zhi Museum / Kengo Kuma & Associates – ArchDaily

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Amazing façade treatment on Kengo Kuma's museum in China. Looks like it is made with roof tiles suspended on cables.

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Solar Thermal is Dead

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Interesting comparison between Solar Thermal and PV for water heating

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How To Make Cold-Brew Coffee | The Feed

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Foolproof way to make cold-brewed coffee - apparently. I'm going to try this.

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