Efficient Hair Dryer: T3 Tourmaline Featherweight
The T3 Tourmaline Featherweight weighs 13 oz. but is perhaps the most effective hair dryer available. It’s made of crushed tourmaline crystal. Tourmaline emits negative ions and infrared heat when...
View ArticleIntelligent Chopstick Repurposing
The idea is simple: collect post-use, single-use chopsticks from restaurants in China, sanitize them at extremely high temperature and pressure, and use them to make elements of a living space. This...
View ArticleWaterproof Digital Camera: OptioWP
Pentax is introducing a compact digital camera, called the OptioWP, that can be used to shoot underwater. The camera won’t be available until March, 2005. The seams in the camera are protected with...
View ArticleOxygenics Showerhead
The Oxygenics showerhead is definitely worthy of inclusion here. With a nifty design, the showerhead is able to take low pressure water and transform it into a forceful stream for showering. It does...
View ArticlePresso: A Non-Electric Espresso Maker
The Presso is a manually operated espresso machine — no electricity is required. You make an espresso by adding hot water and ground coffee at the top. When you press down on the levers, the pressure...
View ArticleAn Iron With Legs: Oliso Touch & Glide
The Touch & Glide iron automatically stands up on built-in legs as soon as it senses your hand releasing its handle. Grasp the arm again and digital sensors feel the pressure and command a...
View ArticleHow To Filter Your Shower Water Very Efficiently
This post has been updated for 2011. I recently wrote about Filtering Your Drinking Water Very Efficiently, but let us turn now to your shower water. When we shower, we absorb the substances dissolved...
View ArticleBikes + Spring: Efficient
The most efficient land vehicle goes well with spring. Bikes For The Rest Of Us is a web log that reviews classic bikes and bikes “that you can hop onto at any moment without putting on spandex or...
View ArticleThe Best Shower Filter
Note: Please stop read this article, and read our updated shower filter article instead I wanted to post an update on my quest for the best shower filter. I received a lot of useful comments on my...
View ArticleAir Jet Showerhead: A High-Powered Water Saver
AirJet Showerhead: A Low-Flow High-Powered Showerhead I’ve been testing the Air Jet showerhead, and so far I’ve been impressed. This is low-flow showerhead, but it creates a high pressure shower...
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