Grist List
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Now even birds can find their homes using Google Maps markers
Artist Shuchun Hsiao he has an ongoing project in which he puts up birdhouses that look like Google Map markers.
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Naked Ben Kingsley holding an octopus
It's a campaign to raise awareness of naked Ben Kingsley holding an octopus. I mean of overfishing.
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Soon you’ll be able to dry your hands with cold air straight from the faucet
This cute hand dryer will save the world. No, it won't. But it's still cool.
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KFC’s ‘fried chicken instead of bread’ thing is now infecting other countries
KFC is about to sell a very weird sandwich to the Japanese. Will the Japanese say domo arigato? Or just "fuck you?"
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Oreo is making your Instagram photos into gross cookie sculptures
It is extremely impressive, extremely internet-savvy, and holy SHIT does it not make us want to eat an Oreo.
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Sea urchins can teach us the secret to effective carbon storage
Like other ocean creatures, sea urchins turn carbon dioxide into shells made of calcium carbonate.
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Upcycling win: A vintage shoe that also makes phone calls
This project doesn't make much sense on a practical level, but we're into it anyway.
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This bike pumps out clean air while you ride it
The wheels turn a generator that runs an air filter. The clean air goes through a tube, into one of those fighter pilot masks that make the wearer look like an alien.
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Superpowered squirrel has subzero body temperature for eight months of the year
Would you like to watch a hibernating squirrel wake up from deep freeze? We think you would.
