[Categories] > Clever Ideas
Oil from Garbage (June 4, 2004)
Modern-day alchemy
French Butter Dishes (June 14, 2004)
Fresh butter without refrigeration
The Girolle (June 16, 2004)
One small step for cheese engineering
Global Energy Network (June 24, 2004)
World peace through sharing electrons
The Holographic Paradigm (June 26, 2004)
The way the universe really works?
Icewine (July 13, 2004)
How a little frost can do wonders for wine
Grass Photographs (July 21, 2004)
Photosynthetic art
Pie Funnels (July 27, 2004)
A piecrust's best friend
Monolithic Concrete Domes (August 3, 2004)
Creating buildings out of thin air
Public Enrichment Project (August 7, 2004)
Fun and common sense for a better world
Missile Silo Homes (August 20, 2004)
Hole is where the heart is
Measuring the Speed of Light (August 22, 2004)
Fun with mirrors and math
Giving Away the Razor, Selling the Blades (September 2, 2004)
The curious strategy of loss-leader marketing
Powder Coating (September 7, 2004)
Paint's shocking competitor
Heat-Resistant Chocolate (September 8, 2004)
Defying the laws of confectionary
Ventless Clothes Dryers (September 11, 2004)
Laundry without the hot air
NextBus (October 4, 2004)
Friendlier mass transit through technology
Automatic Transmissions for Bicycles (October 5, 2004)
Reinventing the two-wheeler
Car Sharing Programs (October 6, 2004)
The stress-free alternative to car ownership
The Evolution of Scrolling (October 7, 2004)
Reinventing the wheel
Flywheel Batteries (October 9, 2004)
A new spin on energy storage
___-of-the-Month Clubs (October 24, 2004)
Old marketing gimmicks never die
Freeze Drying (November 5, 2004)
The amazing science of lyophilization
The Steadicam (November 11, 2004)
Taking unwanted motion out of motion pictures
Pedometers (November 14, 2004)
Your mileage may vary
Carfree Cities (November 19, 2004)
Revenge of the pedestrian
Donate-a-Click Programs (November 21, 2004)
The humane side of internet advertising
Micropayment Systems (November 22, 2004)
Giving your two cents, digitally
Rent-a-Dog (November 23, 2004)
Canine company by the hour
Text-Based Ads (November 24, 2004)
Taming Web advertising
Affiliate Programs (November 25, 2004)
The benign internet marketing virus?
Bookcrossing (November 27, 2004)
Passing the book
Wikis (December 7, 2004)
Free-for-all Web editing that works
3-D Printers (December 8, 2004)
Rapid prototyping and beyond
Take Control Ebooks (December 10, 2004)
Electronic publishing that works
Personal Flying Machines (December 13, 2004)
George Jetson, Buck Rogers, and you
Carbon Sequestration (December 17, 2004)
Greenhouse gas disposal techniques
Urban Monorail Systems (December 18, 2004)
The rise of Personal Rapid Transit
Ice Hotels (January 3, 2005)
In-refrigerator rooms
Geodesic Domes (January 5, 2005)
Building outside the box
Straw Bale Houses (January 7, 2005)
The power of banding together
Online Lost-and-Found Services (January 9, 2005)
A better way to get your stuff back
Printing Skin Tissue (January 15, 2005)
Human organs from 3-D printers
Lagniappe (February 12, 2005)
But wait, there's more!
Code-Free DVD Players (February 14, 2005)
Overcoming the frustrations of DVD distribution
Titanium Art (February 16, 2005)
The colorful process of anodization
Rebreathers (February 17, 2005)
Taking scuba to new depths
Fire Pistons (April 3, 2005)
The primitive hi-tech fire starters
Optical Telegraphs (April 22, 2005)
18th century wireless telecommunications
The Paperclip (May 1, 2005)
The twisted tale of paper's best friend
Bakelite (May 2, 2005)
The Plastic Age
Space Pens (May 4, 2005)
What to use when your writing lacks gravity
Biodegradable Plastic (May 5, 2005)
The quest for impermanence
The Wet Collodion Process (May 6, 2005)
Developing a better negative
Operation Migration (May 15, 2005)
Follow that airplane!
Living Streets (May 18, 2005)
Using uncertainty to calm traffic
Breathing Liquid (May 24, 2005)
The frontiers of human respiration
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (June 21, 2006)
Engineering marvel of the Canal Age
Project Habakkuk (June 26, 2006)
Building aircraft carriers out of ice
Cruise Ship Condos (June 30, 2006)
Making your home on the high seas
Viral Marketing (July 12, 2006)
Making a fortune with paperclips and pixels
Doble Steam Cars (September 1, 2006)
The steam engine's last stand
Kite Sails (October 11, 2006)
A second wind for large ships
Sears Modern Homes (November 13, 2006)
Ordering houses by mail
826 National (March 16, 2007)
Pirates, spies, superheroes, and young authors
Royal de Luxe (April 11, 2007)
The theater group with pull
Freecycling (May 7, 2007)
Finding your stuff a new home, painlessly
Shipping Container Architecture (May 21, 2007)
Ship-shape design
The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra (July 27, 2007)
Grooves from the garden
Cow Sharing (July 30, 2007)
Getting the milk for free
Hikaru Dorodango (August 1, 2007)
Mud balls as art
Paris Plages (August 6, 2007)
Bringing the beach to Paris
Complaints Choirs (January 14, 2008)
Setting the world's problems to music
The Discovery of Radium (January 30, 2008)
Marie Curie's miracle cure
