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Well check out this farsighted kitchenware called the eco-cook. This could well be a necessity in the near future with environmental problems from energy increasing day by day. The idea behind the farsightedness is to help save water, energy and time. It allows you to boil 2-3 food items at the same time, which in turn reduces water, gas and electricity consumption. Water and gas covered, now when food is taken out the eco-cook, it will automatically drain out and help you save time. The designer says this is how dining will be in 2015. Not much time left though, but I have a question for you - Would things get that drastic in just seven years?

Via: DesignBoom

If you are the one - paranoid about your drinking water then the concept called ‘BottomsUp’ is out, especially for you. Actually, BottomsUp is a portable water purifier, using which you get crystal clear water. Interestingly, using it is as easy as a child’s play. Just screw it onto the top of the bottle and then screw its other side onto the top of an empty bottle and let the clean water filter down into the empty one. Your clean drinking water is out for you now!

Via: Yanko Design

If you are wondering what on earth are waterless urinals, well, as the name suggests they do not use water at all to flush. Honestly, initially the idea did not appeal to me at all, because I kept wondering about the hygiene and the cleanliness of these urinals.

But after reading about how these waterless urinals function, all my fears and apprehensions disappeared (Bodily fluids flow into a cartridge which collects “uric sediment” before passing through a layer of liquid sealant and heading down the drain)

According to Falcon Waterfree Technologies (one of the leading manufacturers of waterless urinals), each of their Falcon Waterfree urinal can save up to 40,000 gallons (151,000 liters) of fresh water per year. Now, that’s a lot – think about it that this amount of water does not need to be transported to the urinal or away from it to the water treatment facility too (which ends up saving precious energy).

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Hey what’s wrong with the world today? Talk about a thing and the corresponding answer is ‘scarce’. What’s not scarce is the growing pollution, global-warming and off course how can I forget corruption. You will find these things in abundance while the rest is scarce. I’ve started hating this word, but the show (life) must go on. Now here is a product that may help ‘our’ cause, but only and only if we implement it in our day to day lives. The scarcity I am referring here is pertaining to water. It’s a $3 product from Envirosax, a shower timer that sticks to a shower wall with a suction cup. Its blue, pink, green, or gray sands take 4 minutes to pass through the hourglass. In short, you get 4 minutes to clean yourself up. This may look like just another product but mind my words – a little effort from everyone can make a huge difference, a difference that the future generation can uphold, and live until eternity.

Via: Crave

For those who are not aware you will be surprised to know that conventional shower minimize thermal comfort, maximize energy use and water consumption and at the same time increase moisture problems. Can you guess what causes most of these negative effects? Well, it is evaporation. Check out the illustrative image above if you don’t believe me.

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