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Seaweed Houses 8 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
"Seaweed pillows were used as cladding for this holiday house on the Danish island of Læsø by architecture studio Vandkunsten and non-profit organisation Realdania Byg. The Modern Seaweed House revisi...
Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed 6 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
"All of America’s well-publicized problems, including obesity, depression, pollution and corruption are what it costs to create and sustain a trillion-dollar economy. For the economy to be “healthy”, ...
Rail Energy Storage 2 Aug 2013 | 03:35 pm
"ARES is a rail-based technology that stores energy by raising the elevation of mass against the force of gravity and recovering the stored energy as the mass is returned to its original location. Spe...
Why so Fast? 31 Jul 2013 | 04:47 pm
"Some of the most indebted nations in Europe now host the most modern infrastructures on the continent... While Spain’s high-speed AVE trains cost almost €6 billion to build, they only transport about...
Fully Enclosed Showers 18 Jul 2013 | 04:53 am
"The design features of a conventional shower minimize thermal comfort, maximize energy use and water consumption while exacerbating moisture problems. Most of these negative effects are caused by eva...
Kremlin Replaces Computers by Typewriters 15 Jul 2013 | 07:51 pm
"Russia’s Federal Protection Service (FSO), the Kremlin agency that protects state officials like the president and the prime minister, has ordered 20 typewriters in an apparent bid to avoid leaks and...
Floating Grain Mill in Old China 15 Jul 2013 | 05:08 pm
A Floating Grain Mill on the Hwei River in China (19th/20th century). Source. Previously: "Boat mills: water powered, floating factories".
Low-tech Magazine is Looking for a Copy Editor 13 Jul 2013 | 08:25 pm
Low-tech Magazine is not written by a native English speaker, which means that all articles are proof-read and corrected by someone who is. Deva Lee has done most of this work during the last two year...
From Europe to America by Sail 3 Jul 2013 | 08:15 pm
Do you want to travel between Europe and America in a sustainable way? Try a sailing boat. The 32 m long brigantine "Tres Hombres" maintains a freight service between Europe, the Atlantic islands, the...
Ask No Tech Magazine: Self-Replicating Solar Kilns? 2 Jul 2013 | 07:41 pm
Jon Freise sends us the following question. "Have you come across any designs for solar ceramic kilns that might be able to manufacture glass mirrors? If a solar kiln was powered by mirrors, and if i...
