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Matthew Gilbride’s Elements Modular Kitchen provides all-in-one kitchen shelving, with a focus on the living conditions of people living in 2050, when more people are predicted to be living in compact spaces in urban settings. The wall mounted device has diverse capabilities such as modes for cooking, refrigeration, air conditioning, and lighting. The Elements Modular Kitchen runs electricity wirelessly and the units can be placed together to work simultaneously. The modular shape allows for space and energy conservation through powermat technology.

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7a5Q3ZeosE
• http://www.electroluxdesignlab.com/2010/08/electrolux-design-lab-2010-finalist-matthew-gilbride/

Green buildings have become a new trend for architecture around the world as the idea of environment protection has gained more and more popularity in society; however, there are few buildings with both green features and architectural beauty. The new Green Roof Building at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore is one of them. This building innovatively integrates natural scenery and the business world through glass walls and new architectural technology. This structure’s roof is covered by turf, which helps circulate air around the building, thus reducing its temperature.

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• http://www.cpgcorp.com.sg
• http://www.ntu.edu.sg/

Italian designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini has created a prototype for a new type of boat named the SeaJet Capsule, which is the first eco-friendly nineteen-foot yacht. The SeaJet Capsule has a seven-person seating capacity, transformable beds, photochromic windows, and hydro jet engines. This compact yacht is not only more practical for those looking to own a personal boat, but it also utilizes solar panels and hybrid engines to ensure sustainability.

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• http://www.lazzarinidesign.net/
• http://www.seajetcapsule.com/

FMRI scans being used as lie detecting machines. Researched by Dr.’s Scott Faro and Feroze Mohamed at Temple University, this new test may prove to be much more accurate that the Polygraph that is used today. FMRI scans allow doctors and scientists to view the activity of the brain during the scan. As Faro and Mohamed point out, the brain has to work much harder to try and lie than to just tell the truth because it has to suppress memories when it lies. This could be the key to using the fMRI as a lie detecting machine.

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• http://www.temple.edu/tunl/WhatisfMRI.htm
• http://mythbustersresults.com/episode93
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7KULfQ69jI

Designed by the toilet manufacturer Toto for Japanese housing company Daiwa House, the Intelligent Toilet offers an instant health check-up every time people use the bathroom. The Intelligent Toilet has the technology to provide urine analysis, taking a person’s blood pressure and temperature, and measure a person’s weight. The toilet, designed for the elderly and those concerned with their help, allows people to constantly monitor their wellbeing and even send the information to their doctors.

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• http://www.daiwahouse.co.jp/lab/en/result/result11.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH5U9rOWXeM

In the future, the term ‘ziggurat’ will no longer refers to the temple towers of the ancient Mesopotamian: Timelinks, a Dubai-based pioneering environmental design company, has chosen it to describe the sustainable city of the future. Using the basic idea of a pyramid structure, Timelinks has created renderings of a 100% self-sustainable and totally environmentally friendly super-structure. The city is planned to house more than 1 million inhabitants and will be a true architectural colossus.

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• http://www.timelinks.org

By offering the possibility of always bringing music along for the ride, the walkman became one of the most popular gadgets in the 1980’s. Today, times have changed. Swedish company Tonium has created a way for people to deejay anywhere and anytime. Pacemaker, a portable audio mixer, allows people to create music in a simple and efficient manner at any time.

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• http://www.pacemaker.net/

There are many ways to help make the world a greener place, and Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe Program is doing just that, by collecting, recycling, and reusing old sneakers to make new athletic surfaces. Cities and institutions all over the world are combining forces to collect shoes for this program. Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe Program recycles used sneakers into athletic surfaces, such as basketball and tennis courts. One city, Elk Grove, California, has already collected 4,000 pairs of used athletic shoes, in an effort to keep them out of landfills.

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• http://www.nikereuseashoe.com
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiRFVI0e_qw

As pollution becomes an ever-increasing problem, people are finding new and creative ways of checking pollution levels and creating awareness of environmental problems. A collaboration of Diffus, Alexandra Institute, The Danish Design School, and Forster Rohner has produced the Climate Dress, which responds to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Powered by the LilyPad Arduino microprocessor and a carbon dioxide detector, the high-fashion dress emits light patterns depending on the concentration of CO₂.

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• http://vimeo.com/groups/688/videos/12976898