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Enviro-bras |
Condom Couture |
Party Power |
Moto Ouzo |
Earth Mamas |
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Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan has developed a bra that generates power for on-the-go iPod charging, and another that doubles as a shopping bag. |
Condoms have been woven into wedding gowns, swimsuits, and hats for fashion shows promoting safe sex in China, Thailand, Mississippi, and South Carolina. |
Dancing generates 60 percent of the energy that runs London’s Bar Surya club; the piezoelectric floor uses quartz crystals and ceramics to transform busted moves into electricity. |
The ultraefficient two-stroke Lotus Omnivore will come with a variable compression ratio system, which means it will run on just about any fuel, including liquor. |
Contestants in the Philippines-based Miss Earth Beauty Pageant, one of the world’s largest, plant trees and make “it their mission to be Mother Earth’s guardians.” |
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The solar bra must see daylight to work; still waiting for the bounce-powered kinetic-energy bra, an idea convincingly proposed by writer Adrienne So in Slate. |
Artists use quality-rejected condoms that otherwise would have been incinerated; rubber fashions sold in boutiques and galleries. |
Netherlands-based environmental lab Enviu, which helped develop the technology, is pushing for sustainable dance clubs across the globe. Next up: toddler-powered day care centers? |
A prototype is due early next year. But Jack, Jim, and José are even pricier than gas; time to crank up the still. |
Entrants must “possess beauty of face” and cannot have given birth; “knowledge of her country’s culture and environment” required. |
