 28.01.12 Saving food from going in the fridge Fridges are a recent invention; for thousands of years, people lived without them, but had many low-tech ways of making food last. Today most fridges are filled with stuff that would last just as long and probably would taste...Read more |
 27.01.12 Reshuffling the INDEX: Jury - hello and goodbye Appointing Mikal Hallstrup as new as jury chairman is not the only restructuring going on in the International INDEX: Jury. Today, Ged Davis, Hael Kobayashi and Pontus Wahlgren all step down as jury members after several years...Read more |
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 25.01.12 Genius wireless, battery-free mouse by Genius The Taiwanese brand Genius just took a big step forward for computer peripherals by launching the world’s first wireless battery-free mouse. The mighty mouse eschews wasteful AAAs and heavier lithium-ion batteries in favor...Read more |
 24.01.12 New, free software helps parents safeguard PC's In an effort to aide parents in protecting their child's online activity, Awareness Technologies, the makers of WebWatcher,...Read more |
 23.01.12 2011 was the 9th hottest year on record! The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred...Read more |
 21.01.12 Even the Royals support Design to Improve Life Prince Charles is a very rich man, and a very generous one. In the past year donations to his environmental charities reached £12M (US $18M) which will be used to spread the word on sustainability and Design to Improve Life...Read more |
 20.01.12 How to be a cool, sustainable band geek Recycling orchestra plays Mozart with garbage It may be a long way from Paraguay's sprawling garbage dumps to the stately concert halls of Europe, but for one group of talented youths the distance isn't so...Read more |
 20.01.12 INDEX: Award 2011 Exhibition world tour news New cities have been added to the world tour of the INDEX: Award 2011 Exhibition world tour. Since the beginning of the INDEX: Award Ceremony, the finalist designs have gone on a world tour to display the designs...Read more |
 19.01.12 INDEX: people's choice winner gets distributor The INDEX: Award 2007 People's Choice winning design Yellowone Needle Cap, designed by Hân Pham, finally finds new production, marketing and distribution partners in Danish companies Imakers and Bestnet, proving that the...Read more |
 19.01.12 A fan of Design to Improve Life? We've got the book... Whether you are a designer, entrepreneur, creative mind, or simply just interested in design and the thoughts that go into the design process, this book will both entertain, fascinate and enlighten you. The INDEX: award book,...Read more |
 18.01.12 INDEX: introduces first education workshop in Finland Tomorrow, Thursday January 19th, INDEX: Design to Improve Life Education will hold a workshop in Espoo, Finland, introducing students and teachers to the Design to Improve Life mind set.
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 17.01.12 The green power of oranges A London-based project dubbed OPEC (Orange Peel Exploitation Company) aims to make biofuel from the waste from the more than 10 million tons of oranges that Brazil squeezes into juice each year. It is the latest of many research...Read more |
 17.01.12 Swedes love to bike, too! Copenhagen has them. And Amsterdam. And London. Now Sweden plans a four-lane superhighway between Lund and Malmö, just for bicycles. Like us Danes, Swedes like to get around by bike. In Lund, 60% of the population...Read more |
 16.01.12 Impressive solar-powered gardens built in Singapore Singapore’s sprawling solar-powered, supertree-sprouting Gardens by the Bay are rapidly nearing completion – and two of the three indoor gardens, Bay East and Bay Central, have already opened to the public with rave reviews....Read more |
