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As fall approaches, we bid a fond adieu to warm nights with a tribute to the ultimate summertime activity—nighttime swinging. (The wholesome, kid-friendly kind of swinging, mind you.) Swinging has never been as fun—or as futuristic—as it is with The ‘Swing Lamp’ by BCXSY, a design cooperative between artists Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto. The Learn More

Last week I ranted about some jerk in San Francisco who left a TV on the sidewalk close to my apartment. Attached to the TV was a sign that read “Free TV.”  Its 55 inches of flat screen was attractive, but the old tube TV style was not.  (The thing weighed over 100 lbs).  But Learn More

Aside from the occasional outage, most Americans enjoy uninterrupted access to power and light. In other parts of the world, and even some parts of the US, the situation is not so bright. Globally, 1.5 billion people, one quarter of the world’s population, live without electricity, according to a United Nations report. Living without power Learn More

Sure.  You are a San Franciscan who cares about sustainability.  In fact, I will go so far to say that sustainability is the new hipster.  I mean, even just saying the word “sustainable” in a sentence is a way to increase one’s care power by 2 green points.  And, to up your green pointage even Learn More

Besides the giant LED-lit art installations at Burning Man, it’s always fun to enjoy the smaller creations sprinkled throughout the desert as well. From LED costumes to RGB LED art cars, there’s plenty of eye candy to go around. We’re not sure what the name of this monstrous art car is, but we certainly love Learn More

JoeJoe Martin, Elemental LED’s lead engineer, contributed his incredible talents (and some of Elemental’s LED lights) to a few projects at Burning Man this year. Here’s a look at what he worked on. The Otic Oasis Burning Man, some might say, is an experiment in maximalism—big art, big music, big costumes, all converging in a Learn More

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure right?  Especially when gems are left on the sidewalk with a free sign on it.  Well… that may be true sometimes.  But more often then not, one man’s trash is simply just another man’s trash.  This is true in San Francisco, where I just moved.  I wanted to Learn More

So far the rumors have me a little jealous, not gonna lie. The weather was perfect; the ground was hard-packed and made for easy biking and not a single dust storm tousled Burners’ already disheveled hair all week. Oh, and yeah, the art was out of this world. Yep, it sounds like Burning Man 2011 Learn More

Barting, biking, car sharing, walking, carpooling, busing, muni…ing?  Yes, there are lots of ways for us to travel in the Bay Area that are greener than others.  But what is the future of transportation in the Bay Area?  There are still thousands of cars that commute long distances every day.  Toll prices are going up Learn More

Ah, Labor Day. It’s the official end of summer, and while most of us will be spending the day at the beach or barbequing with family, about 70,000 lucky dust-covered souls will be making their way back from Burning Man. In case you don’t know, Burning Man is a weeklong art and music festival that Learn More