Reused Product Sales Help eBay Go Green

Environmental experts agree that reusing products does have benefits. Not entirely altruistic, eBay has suffered from shrinking market share and a push for ecologically minded shoppers is a strategic move. Items qualified as green by eBay might be pre-owned or recylced in some manner. In the ad campaign: “Choosing a previously owned espresso machine saves 90% of the CO2 needed to produce a new one. So you get the jolt you need without compromising mankind."
http://www.ebaygreenteam.com/

Postcarden

box office

The 12 unit office complex located in providence rhode island is made using repurposed shipping containers that have been stacked on top of one another. the building was designed by joe haskett of distill studio and built by stack design build.
the building up-cycled 160 tons of steel that would have been otherwise wasted. in addition to finding a use for all 32 shipping containers, the building is 25-30% more energy efficient than the building code requires. the unit was assembled in an astounding 4 days using the pre-cut containers that were transported to the site on trucks. the building is the first commercial structure made using repurposed shipping containers and is set to be complete this spring.
http://distillstudio.com
http://www.stackdb.com

Planet of the Apps

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1379597365&play=1
Inside the applications explosion, somethings to take into consideration!

LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible ...

LIFE - influid, invisible, inaudible ... :: ryuichi sakamoto + shiro takatani from bacteriasleep on Vimeo.

installation - ryuichi sakamoto + shiro takatani (2007)

Social Networking Goes Beyond The Grave

This first iteration of Swedish startup MyWebwill.com gives users the ability to edit their online profiles after they are gone: deleting accounts, editing status, removing blogs, and even emailing last messages to family and friends. Social media experts anticipate a new digital phenomenon: More and more people will use online sites to dispatch messages to one’s "personal village"… even from beyond the grave.
OMG!

Obscura Day in Detroit: March 20

Discover the offbeat treasures of Detroit, or any city around the globe, March 20 on Obscura Day. Sponsored by Atlas Obscura, a source for rare urban findings, the highlights for Detroit include the Heidelberg Project, the underground salt mines and Edison's last breath at the Henry Ford Museum.