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Nap Bar In Dubai Lets You Take Breaks During Busy Days

Ever had one of those really busy days at work when all you want to do during your lunch hour is curl up and go to sleep? Well, if you happen to be in Dubai then you just might be in luck thanks to a recently installed a temporary Nap Bar. That’s right. A bar. That you can nap in. Officially.

This Standing Cardboard Desk Is Portable, Recyclable, And Is Strong Enough To Hold An Adult

A team of designers in New Zealand has created a cardboard table called the “Refold” that they claim is “flexible, foldable, portable, affordable and 100% recyclable.”

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Pay for your subway ride in Beijing by recycling a plastic bottle

The city of Beijing has come up with an ingenious idea to encourage people to recycle more. It has installed 34 “reverse” vending machines in subway stations throughout the city. When a passerby inserts an empty plastic bottle, the machine’s sensor scans it to assess the value of the plastic – anywhere from 5 to 15 cents – and spits out a public transportation credit or extra mobile phone minutes.

Smartphone charged by ambient sound

Researchers in the U.K. have developed a cellphone that is charged by ambient sound, eliminating the need for a charger. Filled with energy-harvesting “nanogenerators,” the device uses a principal called the piezoelectric effect to turn the sound vibrations in the atmosphere around it into energy.