Low-tech Magazine

Heat your house with car tyres and earth : energy hungry America teaches the world how to build ecological houses.

Lego for Big Boys : habitable shipping containers promise cheap, modular and comfortable housing.

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ENERGY

Wind up your laptop : the human body can deliver enough power to drive computers, television sets and washing machines.

Energy from the clouds : floating windmills.

Nuclear reactors, but no fuel : already in 10 to 15 years time, there will be a severe shortage of uranium.

The world's factory hall : almost 30 percent of energy use in China comes from the production of export goods.

Water eats energy : if we fail to reduce water use, we may safely double predictions on future energy consumption.

Build your own windmill : traditional micro-wind turbines are plagued by problems.

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HISTORY

Email in the 18th century : the internet is more than 200 years old.

Bumper cars on the highway : the electric car is 170 years old.

Satellite navigation in the 18th century : who needs the GPS?

Reinventing the wheel : the story of the motorized monowheel

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HIGH-TECH

Faster internet is impossible : internet users continually need faster connections to surf the web at the same speed.

The digital oubliette : chances are small your children will be able to enjoy the family photo album when they grow up.

The right to 35 mobiles : the high energy consumption of the mobile phone network is due to the extremely short life span of the phones.

Information damages the environment : is an electronic newspaper more ecological than a paper newspaper?

Supercomputers reach their limits : the energy consumption of supercomputers is getting out of hand.

Second hand bits and bytes : where is the second hand market for digital products?

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TRANSPORTATION

Racing on solar energy : if racing cars can drive on solar energy, then why do normal cars still need fossil fuels?

A world without trucks : introducing a fifth transport system next to road, rail, air and water.

Cars on hot air : following the hype on hydrogen - meet the car on compressed air.

Green, slow air cargo : air freight could become the most eco-friendly mode of transport if speed is reduced.

The return of the sailing ship : considering the wind as an extra source of power, the fuel use of cargo ships can be reduced substantially. Can be.

Bumpers cars on the highway : the electric car has a conceptual problem.

Planes on wheels : from an ecological point of view, the strategy to move travellers from airplanes to high speed trains doesn't make sense.

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GAMES & TOYS

Download, print, cut, paste : an overview of the best paper models on the web

Gaming unplugged : the newest generation of board games is more fascinating than most computer games

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