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Filtered bottles help keep water mythology alive

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 8:54am

A world obsessed with bottled water is fertile ground for those who would take a product that's almost free and sell it for thousands of times its value. Into that fear-based atmosphere springs Bobble, a $10 product designed to "make...

Siemens Zeolith dishwasher dehumidifies the air to save power

Michael Trei

Monday, February 15, 2010 - 3:41pm

Dishwashers are big time power hogs. Between heating the wash water, and then heating up the air to dry the cleaned dishes, most dishwashers suck enough power to require a special high current electrical supply. A lot of the power...

Underwater flight a possibility with the Super Aviator

DVICE Staff

Monday, November 9, 2009 - 1:03am

Uber-fanatical as I am about scuba diving, and all things deep blue, I'm just not convinced about the Super Aviator. Sure, it's a two-seater submarine that costs around $2.5 million and has people like Roman Abramovich and Richard Branson moist...

SwiMP3 underwater MP3 player transmits sound through your bones

Kevin Hall

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 12:16pm

FINIS just brought out a sleeker second generation of its SwiMP3 player, which uses bone conduction to deliver clearer sound underwater. The unit still clips onto a pair of goggles, and we're glad to see that FINIS ditched the bulky...

Solar-powered UFOs spotted in the canals of Osaka, Japan

Kevin Hall

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 2:37pm

Alien spacecraft exist, and it seems all they want to do is keep our water clean. A pair of Solar UFOs have been built by Tokyo-based engineering group NTT Facilities for the Aqua Metropolis festival in Osaka, Japan. (Coolest name...

Musical Kettle plays your song when water boils

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 7:45am

Normally, when a kettle lets you know your water is boiling you'll hear a high pitched whistle. It's annoying, so you turn it off quickly. It's worked pretty well for a while now. But Naoki Kawamoto's Musical Kettle turns that...

Amphibious Wilcraft is an all-terrain answer to ice fishing

Kevin Hall

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 2:18pm

Like to drive to an icy lake to fish? Want to drive into that lake? The Wilcraft — or Water-Ice-Land-Craft — will do just that, with the ability to float over water and three fishing holes built right into the...

Watergate: try to force entry and get blasted by water

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 10:33am

The Watergate is a design by Michael Tatschl, Sascha Mikel and Martin Schnabl that would replace turnstiles with a different solution when it comes to keeping people out: water jets. While it doesn't present a serious physical barrier, it does...

Phyto-Purification bathroom looks like one uncomfortable way to bathe

Kevin Hall

Friday, July 17, 2009 - 12:09pm

Something about showering while surrounded by a bunch of plants just creeps me out. I mean, I know that they don't have eyes or anything, but a serious growth like the one you see above might keep brushing against you,...

WaterTherapy shower head envelops you with soothing colors

Michael Trei

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 8:03am

There's nothing quite like a long soothing shower to calm your frazzled nerves following a hectic day. The cascading warm water creates a wonderful tactile sensation, even though in most bathrooms there's little else to stimulate your other senses. The...

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water stories

Filtered bottles help keep water mythology alive

Siemens Zeolith dishwasher dehumidifies the air to save power

Underwater flight a possibility with the Super Aviator

SwiMP3 underwater MP3 player transmits sound through your bones

Solar-powered UFOs spotted in the canals of Osaka, Japan

Musical Kettle plays your song when water boils

Amphibious Wilcraft is an all-terrain answer to ice fishing

Watergate: try to force entry and get blasted by water

Phyto-Purification bathroom looks like one uncomfortable way to bathe

WaterTherapy shower head envelops you with soothing colors

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