Etsy Find: Tubular Upcycled Notebook

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

I love this repurposed bike tire notebook from the Palepink Etsy shop. Palepink takes used bike tires, cleans them up then sews them onto a hard plastic cover, lines them with felt, bounds the notepaper (I hope it’s recycled paper!) and seals them with an fabric elastic band. Since these are made from actual used bike tires each notbook is different with slightly different treads and some with repaired battle wounds.

PolyFuel Methanol Fuel Cell T40 Laptop Prototype

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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PolyFuel announced yesterday that they have a working prototype of their methanol fuel cell laptop which they will demonstrating across the consumer electronics industry. The prototype is a Lenovo T40 that uses a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). This technology converts methanol to electricity to run the computer.
As consumers are becoming more an [...]

Ecojot: Stylish & Fun Eco-Friendly Notebooks

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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Ecojot is a stylish and fun line of writing pads made up of paper made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste. As the designer Carolyn Gavin explains…
NO NEW TREES were used in the process. This means that your old bills, cereal boxes and yesterday’s news is recreated into these exciting journals, workbooks, agendas, file folders [...]