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A Urinal You Can Wash Your Hands In

Posted on Monday 9 June 2008

urinal-sink A Urinal You Can Wash Your Hands In
This urinal is a combination sink and urinal. The top portion contains the sink for washing your hands after going. During and after washing, the sink water cascades down to flush the urinal part of the contraption. There’s no need for a separate flush which makes this a green device, saving water. The bathroom appliance is said to have a no-splashback feature.

Conceptually this is a good idea. In reality it’s disgusting sort of. Washing your hands IN the urinal? The way most public men’s rooms are, that top handwashing shelf will be used a pee target in no time. And where’s the soap?!

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Jeff @ 3:38 pm

Filed under: Bathroom Gadgets and Green Gadgets

Solar Panels that Look Like Houseplants

Posted on Wednesday 4 June 2008

solar-leaves Solar Panels that Look Like Houseplants
A Japanese group has designed an artificial houseplant where the leaves are actually solar panels. This “power plant” (rimshot please!) looks relatively like a regular houseplant. It certainly looks better than my own plants with their brown droopy leaves, hunched over like an old man, crying in pain for some water. The aim of the project is to create super thin solar cells that could eventually be used in all sorts of everyday products from windows to outdoor furniture. Just make sure NOT to water this plant.

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Jeff @ 3:37 pm

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Furniture Made from Old Jet Airplane Parts

Posted on Monday 2 June 2008

airplane-desk1 Furniture Made from Old Jet Airplane Parts
If you heard that a company was taking old airplane parts and making them into furniture, you would probably assume that it’s the type of piece that would be appropriate in a pilot’s beach house or maybe a kid’s room and that’s it. In this case you’d be wrong. MotoArt is making some of the most gorgeous furniture I’ve ever seen and they doing it out of old airplane parts found in the old scrap heap. These are showstopper pieces that would fit into any home or office decor really nicely. The steel and glass look combines for an industrial chic style that looks to be both modern and vintage in the same breath.
airplane-conf-table Furniture Made from Old Jet Airplane Parts
MotoArt has a variety of different furniture pieces from desks to lamps, created from an even larger collection of different types of planes. That top picture is from the cowling of a Boeing 727 jet while the bottom is a glass topped conference table made from the inner flap of a C130. A great recycled use for old disused parts. Prices are by request only, but you can be sure that if you have to ask you probably can’t afford it.