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December 20 to 31, 2005
I only hope that biohazardous
material
s will be stored in a way so to prevent them from washing out in the event of flooding.....
April 11 to 17, 2005
Here's more details on how the bus was retrofit with energy-efficient, sustainable
material
s and technology...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Book Art http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_
material
s/hb/index.htm...
February 21 to 27, 2005
To those electronics manufacturers who have been talking trash about the iPod, I would counter: stop burdening your devices with needless features and design bling bling - usable elegance is the ne...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The government is accusing DuPont of hiding
material
s that suggest that a chemical in Teflon leads to cancer and birth defects. Not only that, the chemical's been found in people's bloodstreams. Afte...
January 1 to 9, 2005
The results of the second holiday champagne chair contest, in which designers made chairs using only the
material
from one champagne bottle...
December 13 to 19, 2004
Tokyo U. invents a flexible plastic scanner, perfect for digitizing old and fragile
material
...
Precast concrete walls that use recycled
material
and are up to 50% more energy efficient than regular walls...
October 11 to 17, 2004
Transparent ventilator bricks keep 85% of noise out: http://www.reactual.com/metaefficient/archives/
material
s/silenceair-noise-blocking-bricks.htm...
Crate & Barrel switches to "Geami", a new tissue-based biodegradable, recyclable, efficient packing
material
...
September 20 to 26, 2004
A new report finds that wood is one of the most environmentally-sensitive building
material
s...
August 15 to 22, 2004
The first invisible barcode system, using spray-on DNA-encapsulated inorganic nano
material
(whew)...
Hawaii lumber should be sustainable, especially these days when housing
material
s are in such demand! The HI Lumber Products Association launches a site...
August 8 to 14, 2004
A new
material
- "Metal Rubber"...
August 2 to 8, 2004
The Kensington computer cable lock can be opened in 30 seconds with $1 worth of
material
...
Semi-transparent solar panels can be used as a new building
material
and video projection surface, and they generate 3.8 watts per square foot...
May 10 to 16, 2004
In 18 months Kaufmann designed six versions of her prefab "Glidehouse", making use of recyclable, energy-efficient
material
s. It's designed to accommodate solar panels and looks and feels like ...
April 19 to 25, 2004
2) Support blending ethanol with gasoline, and support the growth of local ethanol manufacturers. Which raw (waste)
material
s are cost-effective to import to Hawaii to produce ethanol? Does importin...
April 12 to 18, 2004
A new firefighting chemical looks and acts just like water, but it doesn't get things wet...
March 31, 2004
These projects are perfect for Hawaii - they are low-cost, replaceable, expandible/evolveable, tough, and designed beautifully with a sense of environment. A number of them incorporat...
Hawaii construction and typical apartment developments use a lot of concrete, a
material
that John Lautner considered "most desireable" for his needs. But these developments often end up being block...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
A
material
widely used in nanotechnology research has been found to trigger organ damage in fish...
March 1 to 7, 2004
1.8 tons of raw
material
are used to make your average desktop computer and monitor. Upgrading rather than replacing your computer saves more energy than recycling it...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Congratulations! You may be a content provider! "Nearly half of U.S. Internet users have built Web pages, posted photos, written comments or otherwise added to the enormous variety of materia...
September 8, 2003
Visionary architect Eugene Tsui Why generic "modernism" is a plague, and how to design a humane future: "Look at a box-shaped house - it wastes so much space and so much
material
, it is structurall...
July 8, 2003
To experience the Auto-ID Center's security holes firsthand, simply visit the web site at http://www.autoidcenter.org and type "confidential" in the site search box. The Center encourages such sit...