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Design
Watch this Invisible Airbag Helmet for Cyclists Inflate
Behold a stylish girl wearing an invisible airbag-the genius new invention for bikers from (where else?) Sweden.
Design
Treehotel: Sweden's Dreamlike Treehouse Fantasies
Sweden's imaginative hotel takes childhood dreams of the ultimate treehouse to new heights.
News
Back-to-Basics Bike by Sson
Cool Hunting recently featured a new bike option for you minimalists out there who prefer your ride simple and to-the-point. Here's a basic...
Design
Transparency: GOOD's Most Popular Infographics of 2010
A look back at the infographics that drew the most attention, on topics from happiness to Burning Man
Environment
A 'Vertical Greenhouse' Could Make a Swedish City Self-Sufficient
Growing these plants in the city will make food production less costly both for the environment and for consumers.
Culture
Sweden Has a New Gender-Free Preschool. Is This the Way to Fight Bias?
One preschool in Sweden has banned the use of "him" and "her." Will this experiment bring us gender equality?
Lifestyle
Good News for Wombs: U.S. Paves Way for Free Birth Control Everywhere
The health department has made birth control covered under the new health care law, putting us ahead of progressive nations like France and Canada.
Business
200-Year-Old Shipwreck Champagne Hits the Auction Block (for Charity)
Want a bottle of 200-year-old bubbly, recovered from a shipwreck? Now's your chance.
Design
Stockholm's Central Station Harvests Body Heat
Those Scandinavians have done it again. Excess body heat in Stockholm's Central Station is being used to heat a building across the street.
Design
Intermission: Photo-a-Day Project Brings Star Wars Action Figures to Life
Kristina Alexanderson's project gives emotion to expressionless Lego stormtroopers.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: Ikea Cookbook Returns as the "Art of Cooking" Video Series
Check out photographer Carl Kleiner's latest project with Ikea: nine whimsical videos that should inspire a little cooking. And maybe some dancing.
Design
Swedish Treehouse Hotel Imitates Shapes Both Real and Imagined
A new hotel in Sweden is at one with the forest
Environment
What Distributed Energy Looks Like
In my earlier post on the tiny amount of renewable energy we're using today, I mentioned the potential of "distributed energy." The idea behind...
News
American vs. Swedish Democracy
View American vs. Swedish Democracy.
LOOK: The Plantagon Greenhouse
By year 2050, the global population is expected to reach 9 billion, 80 percent of which is projected to live in cities. Currently, most local...
