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Lifesaving straw that purifies water

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November 23, 2012
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Sometimes, it’s the simplest technologies that have the greatest potential impact on people’s lives. Take the Vestergaard Frandsen Group’s mobile personal filtration system, otherwise known as LifeStraw. LifeStraw makes previously contaminated water drinkable by removing bacteria and viruses. It is a powder-blue plastic tube—much thicker than an ordinary straw—containing filters that make water teeming...
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Mobile tricycle library – Bicicloteca

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November 9, 2012
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Some people manage to get out of a hopeless situation by hanging on to their creative ideas and pursue them with passion and dedication. The man in the following incredible story is one of the people who launched a great and successful idea. Due to his dream and passion he left his homeless existence...
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Mountain of books in the Dutch Low Lands

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October 6, 2012
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There is nothing more exiting for book lovers than spent some quality time in a library or book store. The pleasure is even bigger when you can spent your time in a special or beautiful library or book  store. In some previous articles some special libraries and book stores around the globe were presented...
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Unique High Level Park

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September 2, 2012
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The High Line is a 1-mile (1.6 km) New York City linear park built on a 1.45-mile (2.33 km) section of the former elevated New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line, which runs along the lower west side of Manhattan; it has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway. The...
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Silent Evolution on the ocean floor

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August 19, 2012
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Unlike most museums, the Museo Subacuático de Arte is not located in a building. Instead, the museum, home to almost 500 statues, resides underwater off the coast of Cancún, Mexico. Located off the coast of Cancun, Mexico, artist Jason deCaires Taylor has created an incredible artificial reef of statues he calls the Silent Evolution....
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