The micromouse competition might not be anything new, but I’m constantly amazed by the awesome performance that competitors manage to squeeze out of these tiny bots. Shown above is, it appears, the Bee robot by Japanese builder Kato-san. [via iheartr…

So I was listening to the latest podcast from the Bill Dwight Show it was posted on Wednesday and taped at the Tuesday Farmers Market in Northampton. During a discussion about the old press rooms of a newspaper in formerly in Holyoke, Bill Letendre talked about the funny paper hats that he used to wear [...]

American designer Brendan Ravenhill has sent us images of his Facet Lamps. The lamps draw their inspiration from industrial light fixtures and are derived from the manufacturing process of bent sheet metal construction. . The 3×5 Lamp

Rest? What’s that? If you’re a parent to a newborn, that’s a question you most likely ask yourself every day. Well enter the Koo, a new 2 in 1 bassinet/rocking chair. This clever design allows weary mommies and daddies to easily transform their baby’s bassinet into a rocker with a flick of the wrist and back [...]

It is always fun to see someone take a set of plans and create a tiny house. Shay Cameron was one of the early buyers of the Sonoma Shanty plans and has made some major modifications. He is in the process of building his Diminutive Abode and I’ll turn the story over to him now. [...]

Wow! We knew that shipping containers could be used to build beautiful buildings, but this art studio by MB Architecture in Amagansett, New York is truly gorgeous. The artist had a limited budget of $60,000 to work with and wanted something close to home that was both functional as a working space, but would also [...]

This is too awesome and frankly admirably obsessive: John Abraham, a professor of mechanical engineering specializing in in heat transfer and fluid mechanics at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, has taken the time to do a point-by-point analysis of a presentation that prominent climate change skeptic Lord Christopher Monckton–who likened youth climate activists at COP15 to Hitler Youth–made back in Octob…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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We’re digging Seattle-based Urbancase’s Ledge, a minimalist wall-mounted piece of furniture that’s…well, whatever you want it to be: A shelf, a pull-out laptop desk, a media center, or just plain ol’ storage drawers. The red version’s made out of MDF, but for those who prefer to go au naturel there’s the walnut version up top.

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The concept behind Loq•kit homes is the use of modular and interchangeable parts – kinda like Legos for homes. Loq•kit homes were originally conceived by PAF Architecture back in 2003 and they’ve been working on configurations and snap-lock parts ever since. Their designs have a strong focus on solar passive design, simple but striking exteriors and use several renewable energy systems.

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