Bringing Back Drinking Fountains in NYC; Run Your Gadgets on Solar Energy with a Simple Outlet Adapter

July 29, 2015
  • Can drinking fountains make a comeback in NYC? [CityLab]
  • There’s a tiny island called Tinian, 8,000 miles from New York in the Pacific Ocean, where you’ll find NYC locations like Broadway, Central Park, Greenwich Village, and Riverside Drive. [Gothamist]
  • A table lamp designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his 1911 Taliesin house in Wisconsin is now available internationally. [Dezeen]
  • For 20 years, New York City had a “poop train” that took 1,200 pounds of daily sewage out west to be turned into fertilizer. [Mental Floss]
  • Sunport is an outlet adapter that lets you run all your gadgets on solar power. [Fast Co. Exist]

Images: Water fountain in Central Park (L); Sunport (R)

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