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Jun 192012

GreenCupboards‘ supplier, West Paw, has come up with some great travel tips for all you pet lovers out there.

Greencupboards CEO, Josh Neblett, enjoying a ride with his dog Bennie.

Everyone knows life is better when you have a friend.

Don’t forget the water and food bowls. Use a size appropriate animal restraint system.
Bring a leash (your dog should be taken on a walk every few hours) as well as a poo bag and extra towels.
Bring a West Paw Design Eco Nap, Nature Nap or Zoo Rest! (Any of these will fit in a standard crate, slip into the backseat or easily come along camping.)
Chew Toys! Try one of our Zogoflex chewtoys (JiveTM,! Hurley and Tux) to entertain while helping to relive any travel anxiety. Tip: Tuck a treat inside Tux for hours of fun.
Play Toys! Now we’re talking…
Zogoflex® play toys (Bumi, TizziTM and Zisc) are exactly what your dog will be begging for when they’re finally off their leash (in a safe area!) Play fetch or tug-of-war with your pet to give them some much needed exercise!
A doggy first aid kit!

If you’ve got a story about an adventure you’ve been on with your favorite pet GreenCupboards would love to hear it, post a comment below.

Another GreenCupboards employee's dog, Baab, enjoying his time at the lake with Bennie.

Our Communications Director, Tove Tupper's dog Josie enjoys the wind in her blonde hair.

box car houses

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May 302012

Trains have long stood as a symbol of industrial achievement, adventure, and utility. After traveling tens of thousands of miles, carrying an array of items, train cars eventually retire from the tracks. But, some people are trying to stretch the utility of train cars and shipping containers by using them for homes, restaurants and businesses.

Cargotechture is the process of re-designing a train car or cargo hold into a functioning workspace or living place. The average train car is about fifty feet long and ten feet wide, providing around 500 square feet inside.

Some office buildings (like the one pictured to the right) combine box cars to create a unique structure. Cargotechture is not just a style, it is also a green movement. The containers are recycled and require minimal energy because they are so small. You can also put solar panels on the roof and capture rainwater to use in toilets. This makes the box car self sustaining.

Being green doesn’t always need to be complicated. In fact, sometimes the simplest solutions are the most sustainable.

Sources:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130027101

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/30/153574677/forget-big-box-stores-how-about-a-big-box-house

Car Fireworks Locator

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Jun 272011

Where's your car? Oh I see it, it's the one with fireworks over it.

This product basically speaks, or shows, for itself. Have you ever had vertigo in the parking lot, looking anxiously around trying to find your car and it is seemingly nowhere to be found? What if your car could show you where it was? And do it with a spectacular mini fireworks show?

The Fireworks Locator creates a holographic firework display to project or “launch” into the air. Designer Mac Funamizu has come up with this spectacular innovation to spare short-term memory loss sufferers the stress of temporarily believing they have lost their car. Nobody likes to be the one who reports their car stolen to the mall police only to have it found parked in the lot where “someone” (surely not I) parked it.

A remote control could be in the key or clipped to the keychain and used to activate the Fireworks Locator either for entertainment or S.O.S.

Would the Fireworks Locator be beneficial to you and your vehicle parking trials?

Sources/Images:

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/parked-car-locators-holographic-fireworks-helps-you-find-your-car#!/photos/28753/2

http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/11/02/fireworks-help-find-your-car/

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/fireworks-locator-system-the-best-way-to-find-your-vehicle-ar66445/picture271665.html

Who Knows Where Google Street View Goes?

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Mar 022011

Coming Soon to Google Street View

Now Google’s street view is not just on the streets. Google recently came out with new tricycles that are affixed with cameras to extend the range of their popular street view application.

Google street view is a site you can go to view a specific location at a vantage point that is eye heigh, so you can see what an area will look like before you even go there.

The new Google trikes are an addition to the motor pool of street view car’s Google has to capture the streets. The goal of the trike is to take street view off of the paved road and onto trails, footpaths, and through parks.

The trikes are not easy to operate, having a seven-foot pole mounted to the back of a trailer with a camera at the top adds to the 250 pounds. The rider must pull all of this weight through unpaved terrain. For this job Google has been hiring athletes to capture images off the beaten path using the trikes.

A quote on Google’s blog, from the mechanical engineer responsible for designing the Google street view trike:

“I first started thinking about this question around two years ago. My day job is working as a mechanical engineer on the Street View team, but I do a lot of mountain biking in my spare time. One day, while exploring some roads less traveled, I realized that I could combine these two pursuits and build a bicycle-based camera system for Street View. The result? The Street View trike.”

So prepare to soon be able to view your favorite trails, and parks as though you are there. From the comfort of your computer screen at home, possibly even looking at your own front door.