Norcal veteran coder customizes off-grid home with sensors by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2014 Loren Amelang once helped code for Silicon Valley companies, but he’d always been sensitive to environment so when his employer …
Oregon surfboard pioneer on the art of sculpting smart boards by Kirsten Dirksen on May 19, 2014 Lanny Shuler learned to shape a surfboard at age 7 out of necessity. Over a decade later he was doing …
Trashformation: furniture & dwellings from recycled cardboard by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2014 The Barcelona-based collective Transfodesign believe that anything, even trash, can be given a second life so for the past few …
Prototyping cardboard dwelling for off-grid Australian outback by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2014 When Link Knight saw the sturdy cardboard that came as packaging for his propane freezer, he began to wonder if …
Monitoring indoor air quality with a DIY sensor by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2014 Tim Dye has been measuring our environment since he was a kid with his own weather station and a member …
"Singularidad" tech e inteligencia artificial: retos/riesgos by Nicolás Boullosa on February 25, 2014 El (posible) mayor cambio de las próximas décadas no son coches voladores, ni un transporte más rápido y limpio, sino …
Shipping containers recycled into affordable Salt Lake home by Kirsten Dirksen on February 14, 2014 Real estate broker Jeff White dreamed of transforming used shipping containers into affordable housing. Laughed at by the first architects …
Los 9 ultramaratones más extremos: cuando acabar ya es ganar by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2014 Hay un tipo de carrera de larga distancia que, pese a su exigencia (o quizá gracias a ello), gana adeptos. …
Converted garage as mid-century modern NorCal cottage house by Kirsten Dirksen on January 13, 2014 When Craige and Jennifer Walters bought a home 60 miles north of San Francisco, they expected a lot of overnight …
Future soda? micro-fermented, probiotic, water kefir brew by Kirsten Dirksen on December 9, 2013 It’s a 3000-year-old soda that is popular again. Water kefir is a natural ferment that was likely first discovered by …