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- Motorola’s New Modular Smartphone Could Keep People from Buying New Phones Every Year Wed, 30 Oct 13, 4:31amMotorola is revolutionizing the smartphone industry with a new modular device that would make it unnecessary to buy a new phone every two years. Putting hardware in the hands of third party developers with their latest venture,...
- Open-Source ‘Precious Plastic’ Machines Recycle Small Scale Waste Wed, 23 Oct 13, 5:07amWhen Design Academy Eindhoven graduate student Dave Hakkens learned that only ten percent of discarded plastic is actually recycled, he decided to create "Precious Plastic," an open-source collection of machines that recycle...
- Phonebloks: Modular Phone Snaps Together Like LEGO Bricks So You Never Have to Throw It Away Wed, 18 Sep 13, 7:30amIt seems like most people get a new cellphone every year these days - and while that’s good news for phone manufacturers and telecoms, it’s not helping our wallets or the environment...
- Dave Hakkens’ Wind Oil Machine Produces Oil From Nuts and Seeds With Every Passing Breeze Sat, 21 Jul 12, 4:22amThe Netherlands is the perfect place to harvest wind power due to its flat landscape and strong breezes. To take advantage of this resource, Dutch Design Academy of Eindhoven student Dave Hakkens created Wind Oil –...
- Dave Hakkens’ Games Use a Single Drop of H2O To Highlight Water Scarcity Fri, 11 May 12, 2:12amWe all know that water is an essential part of our lives — we are about 70% water and we would die without it in a couple of days – but sometimes we just take it for granted...
- Dutch Designer Dave Hakkens Creates Cool “Rubble” Floors From Recycled Materials Fri, 3 Feb 12, 12:29amDemolished houses usually leave behind lots of scrap materials that, with a little bit of clever thinking, can be turned into fantastic new building supplies...
- Edible Candy Pen is Perfect for People Who Gnaw On Their Writing Instruments Fri, 27 May 11, 11:50pmIt’s a nasty habit, but thousands of people do it – pen chewing. Designer Dave Hakkens realized that people in the creative field, including himself, might be particularly susceptible to this behavior, which is...