It turns out the myriad of benches dotting parks and green spaces can be doing so much more than just providing a place to sit or dispose of your gum. MARS Architects—a Shanghai-based firm—designed these wonderful bench alternatives that look like upholstered chesterfield couches, but are actually reservoirs for collecting rain that can later be used to water plants.
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Plants have evolved all kinds of wonderful mechanisms that let them disperse their seeds and reproduce, from puffy dandy lions to maple keys that spin their way to the ground. But none are quite as impressive as the squirting cucumber, which launches its seed pods like tiny high-speed missiles.
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Have ever sat mere yards from a herd of elephants as they drank at a watering hole? What about had one brush by just inches from you? Or then tried to photograph the whole thing? No? Well, it’s a good job Greg du Toit did, then.
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Tired of having to season your bird after you’ve already done all the work of shooting it and plucking it? Then let Season Shotgun Shot do the work for you.
Many people would love to have a salt water aquarium but that has always meant a huge commitement and an even larger aquarium to support the sea life. Soon, thanks to the funding of an invention on Kickstarter, PJ Reefs is bringing out their Pico Reef in a Jar. The miniature reef is small enough to fit in your hands and comes with its own LED lamp to help it thrive.
You are looking at one of the most perishable foods we love to eat.
Raspberries are so delicious and full of anti-oxidants. But rasberries,
as well as other yummy and healthy berries, seem to get bad before you
can even get them home from the store. Well, a young designer, Kavita Shukla, has invented a green product to make all your fruits and greens last 2 to 4 times longer. It’s called FreshPaper and it’s produced by Shukla’s new company, Fenugreen.
You can travel every inch of this world and probably travel every inch of the galaxy and you’d find very few places more beautiful than Iceland. Even alien paradises don’t look this good. Stian Rekdal covered over 3,000 miles and took more than 40,000 photos of Iceland over three weeks to cook this time lapse video up and it’s so worth it. More efficient than combing through the entire universe to find something better. [Stian Rekdal via Laughing Squid]
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Finally there is a house pet that even PETA can’t object to! You don’t have to pet it, walk it, and clean up after it, and yet it is very much alive. Scientists at Yonder Biology in San Diego, California, have created the first bioluminescent pet by harnessing dinoflagelltates and their bioluminescence into the shape of a little dinosaur.
There’s nothing like a mom or dad to sing and gently rock an infant to
sleep. But parents know that, as often as babies wake up, the personal touch
isn’t always possible. Fortunately, there are a few parental aids on
the market that are pretty effective at ‘nighty-night.’ While most of
them rely on relaxing sounds, such as the sound of a mother’s heartbeat,
other sleep inducers are multi-media. Here are seven soothing sleep
inducers for babies and toddlers that have received very positive
feedback from customers.
Poo-pourri stops foul bathroom emissions before they have a chance to permeate
their surroundings. Talk about a new idea that’ll really make waves!
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