I've always liked classical music.

if you can't get enough of Post Secret ...this is the envelope for you:
The Envelope Collective
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Your footsteps may not be able to form diamonds (thankfully), but your idle patter can still be converted into the most valuable commodity of all-- energy.

Biostep
Described by Lazor as "the most user-friendly project of anything we've seen," Biostep is a pressure-sensitive floor tile that can convert footsteps into energy stored in a high-capacity battery cell. Based on research undertaken at MIT's Media Lab, the tiles are designed to look and feel like rubber flooring. Ideally they would be installed in areas with heavy pedestrian traffic so that the footfalls of shoppers at a mall, say, could light the stores. The jurors liked that Biostep derived its power from common routines. "It's great because it's universal," said Nikitas. "Not everybody drives, not everybody rides a bicycle, but everybody walks."

This is genius. Probably the next ecohouse design must have, when the price comes down I look foward to brewing mochas with my morning rush.

Credit where it's due: Team Biostep at the Pratt Institute in good old New York City & MIT Labs. link

Light-emitting fabric called Lumalive, shines with LEDs weaved into the fibers. Though a recent development by Philips Research--the designers have already advanced the technology to where the fabric does not loose flexibility or softness. With potential for clothes, furniture, promotional communication and art--- yet another way to dazzle.


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