Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) Design / Sustainable Product Design August 11, 2015 TreeHugger is covering the INDEX: Design to Improve Life awards at the end of August; this post covers one of the 46 finalists chosen from 1,123 entries. Pour yourself a glass of Tang and think of all the great things that have been spinoffs from the space program. Memory foam. Invisible braces. And now, the Shower of the Future, from Orbital Systems. It’s actually…
The shower of the future recycles its own water and heat
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