Archive for the 'trash' Tag
The Wifi Enabled, LCD Garbage Can
Does your garbage can tell you the weather, or whether the stock market is up or down? Mine doesn’t, but for the 2012 London Olympics, the city’s financial center is getting at least 200 Renew trash receptacles that will. Each can is also bombproof and offers wifi connectivity. Oh, and they go for $1,800 each. [...]
On TV: Making Money from Other People’s Junk
A new flea market reality show debuted last tonight on the Discovery Channel. Called Dirty Money, it is the story of two brothers, John and Jimmy DiResta, who turn dumpster-dive trash into amazing works of art, and then sell them at flea markets and swap meets. John and Jimmy DiResta live and breathe flea markets. [...]
The Cumm, from designers Jun-se Kim, Yonggu Do & Eunha Seo is a prototype design for a trash can on top of a vacuum cleaner. You just turn the device on and sweep dust and debris towards it. What do you think? Perfect for the kitchen?
