We’re counting down the minutes until we can yell out “Summer!” and dive straight into a pool of bright blue water. Just in time to beat the heat, we’re giving away an Eco Swim by Aqua Green swimsuit of your choice to help you make the most of your sunny days. So whether you’re all about hanging poolside in a barely-there bikini, or prefer a more conservative look when taking a dip in coastal waters, Eco Swim has options aplenty for the bathing beauty.

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Hen and Hammock‘s beautiful tree trunk stool and scrap wood stool are very cleverly designed pieces of cardboard furniture. The stools are printed with weathered wood patterns, they can stand up to an astonishing 440 pounds (200kg) of weight, and each one only takes three minutes to assemble.

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Read the rest of Berlin’s Wagendorf Lohmühle is a Hidden Self-Sufficient Caravan Village

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Solar technology could have a role in reversing blindness in the near future. Stanford University researchers have invented goggles that can send information to chips – which behave like solar cells – implanted into eye retinas. These new retinal implants would require far less invasive surgeries than the very limited options that are currently available. The “bionic eye” could potentially give the blind the gift of sight once again.

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Read the rest of Anish Kapoor’s Recycled Steel ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower Now Complete in London

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Read the rest of Abandoned Food Factory to be Transformed into Chicago’s First Zero-Energy Vertical Farm!

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For a while now, we have been excited by Google’s attempts to create a self-driven car that uses video cameras, radar sensors and lasers to identify traffic and allow the driver to sit back and relax. Well now, it seems like the autonomous car is close to becoming an everyday reality, as the state of Nevada has just granted Google with the world’s first license for a computer-controller, driverless Toyota Prius.

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Read the rest of Living Grass Walls Completely Cover the Interior of London’s Dilston Grove Gallery!

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The electronics industry is constantly making advancements to make their products better, but the invention of GraphExeter by the University of Exeter has everyone looking forward to big changes in the field.  Researchers are calling the carbon-based material the world’s lightest and most flexible electrical conductor, which could revolutionize the field of wearable technology and even increase the efficiency of solar panels.  Click ahead to learn more about the material and what futuristic advancements we can look forward to.

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