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Gaga GooGoo: Lady Gaga Launches a Spoof Babywear Line That Includes a Mini Meat Dress

by , 07/30/11
 
 
Gaga goo goo? Just when we thought that Lady Gaga couldn't get any zanier, the 25 year old chanteuse showcased her new line of babywear consisting of mini versions of her most famous getups. If you're hoping this is a joke, you're in luck. The line, called Gaga Goo Goo, was actually a spoof for her appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, where a video showing the outfits - like a pint-sized version of the infamous meat dress - debuted. Check out the video after the jump to see all of the looks.
 

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Study Shows Kids Are Predicting the Future of Technology

by , 07/08/11

Want to know what the next big thing in tech will be? Forget Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg – ask your 2 year old instead. At least that’s what a new study conducted by international research consultancy firm Latitude is suggesting. The company found that children are becoming human weathervanes pointing to the direction that computers and digital experiences are headed in. And according to the report, kids around the globe are indicating that more interactive, even human-like back and forth may be what’s in store for us in years to come.

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Kiri Martin’s Adorable Paper Pulp Piggy Bank Teaches Kids How to Save

by , 05/27/11
 
 
As simple as they may seem, there is a reason piggy banks have maintained their status as a kid and adult favorite throughout the years - not only are they incredibly adorable, they also teach little ones the value of money and saving. That's why we were so excited to see designer Kiri Martin take this iconic toy and create a sustainable version of it out of paper pulp. Named Bergdorf (perhaps an allusion to where young savers can spend their nesteggs if they accumulate enough cash), the paper piggy uses minimal materials and can be ripped apart and recycled when it's time for kids to retrieve their coins.
 

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Stop the Paper Towels Competition: Design the Next PeopleTowel and Win $500!

by , 02/23/11

Design the next Inhabitat + PeopleTowels reusable cloth hand towel and win $500!

DESIGN THE NEXT PEOPLETOWEL TO SAVE ENOUGH TREES TO COVER ALASKA & WIN $500!

Every day, the U.S. alone generates over 3,000 tons of paper towel waste – and to produce every one of those tons, 17 trees are cut down and 20,000 gallons of water are consumed, contributing to deforestation, water pollution and global warming. As parents, it’s sad to think that the lazy actions we’re taking now could rob our kids of forests and clean air when they grow up – but it’s not too late to change. If you want to do something about the situation, now is your chance.

We’re teaming up with PeopleTowels to launch a design competition challenging YOU to design a new Inhabitat + PeopleTowels reusable cloth hand towel to help cut paper towel waste! The grand prize winner will receive $500, a chance to see their design being produced for sale to the public and 10% royalty on those sales. The winning design will also be published on Inhabitat.com for the world to see, as well as our t-shirts. So get your design in to win today!

Submissions deadline is March 7th

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Babies on Diets: A Distrubing New Trend

Babies on Diets: A Distrubing New Trend

Babies come in all shapes and sizes, and for some, that means chubby legs and a big of healthy baby fat. But more and more parents are going to extremes and doing the unthinkable — putting their babies on diets. Several news outlets have recently reported that some parents are restricting their babies’ caloric intake and in one especially disturbing case, starving and feeding laxatives to their baby girl to keep her thin. Of course your baby’s health is of utmost importance, and with childhood obesity doubling in the past 20 years, it’s certainly not a path you want your kid to go down, but this approach is downright disturbing.

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LAST CHANCE: Win a Windows Phone 7 (worth $500)!

LAST CHANCE: Win a Windows Phone 7 (worth $500)!


WIN YOUR VERY OWN WINDOWS 7 PHONE WORTH $500 – CONTEST CLOSES IN 1 HOUR!
You might have heard all the buzz surrounding the new Windows 7 smart phones equipped with a sleek, super fast mobile operating system that just came out this week. If you’re dying to get your hands on one, today is your lucky day because we’re giving away a brand spanking new HTC HD7 Windows 7 smart phone (worth $500) to one very lucky Inhabitots reader – and it could be you! This innovative new gadget was designed with a super crisp large display and allows you to access all of the best entertainment programs like Netflix, T-Mobile TV and Slacker Radio right at the tip of your fingers – great for entertaining little ones. On top of this amazing new phone, the winner will receive a one year XBOX Live Gold membership, a three month unlimited Zune Pass which will allow them to download and stream unlimited music and keep 30 songs of their choice forever and
a T-Mobile SIM that will be active until Nov 30th.

TO ENTER THIS GIVEAWAY

1. SIGN UP FOR THE INHABITOTS NEWSLETTER (This is important because we’ll be announcing our winner there.)

2. LEAVE A COMMENT below by 12pm EST on November 29, 2010. We will select a winner at random.

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Don’t Forget to Enter to Win a New Windows Phone 7 (worth $500)!

Don’t Forget to Enter to Win a New Windows Phone 7 (worth $500)!

If you’ve been meaning to get a new phone, why pay hundreds of dollars for one when you could get a beautiful and streamlined Windows 7 smartphone for free right here? That’s right, we’re giving away a brand-spanking-new HTC HD7 Windows 7 smartphone (worth $500) to one super lucky reader. This innovative new gadget was designed with a …

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Announcing the Green Halloween Costume Contest Finalists!

Announcing the Green Halloween Costume Contest Finalists!

Sad that Halloween has come and gone? Relive the excitement and pageantry by checking out the excruciatingly cute finalists of our Green Halloween Costume Contest! You, our readers, sent in some of the most detailed and adorable costumes we’ve ever seen – and they’re all made by hand out of ordinary every day objects. We were …

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David Weeks and Areaware Design Hugo the Boar for Monocle

David Weeks and Areaware Design Hugo the Boar for Monocle

Adding to their menacing menagerie of cute animals carved from sustainable wood like Ursa the Bear and Hanno the Gorilla, David Weeks and Areaware have teamed up once again to bring us a new lovable little guy – Hugo the Wild Boar! The cantankerous character was designed for Monocle, one of our favorite magazines …

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The Eco Rocker: A Children’s Classic Re-imagined

The Eco Rocker: A Children’s Classic Re-imagined

We are big fans of Reggie the Eco Rocker, spotted at Tent London during this year’s London Design Festival. Designed by Shell Thomas and made from an inner core of 100% recycled paper product, this modern-day hobby horse is a great example of sustainable toy design. The classic rocker shape is flat-pack shipped in 100% recycled packaging (reducing it’s carbon foot-print on two fronts), then constructed at home from a series of slotting components. …

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MASSIVE RECALL: Beetles Found in Similac Infant Formula

MASSIVE RECALL: Beetles Found in Similac Infant Formula

Abbott Labs just announced that they are recalling certain Similac brand powder infant formulas in Guam, Puerto Rico, the USA and some parts of the Caribbean due to a “remote” possibility that it is contaminated by a common beetle. The risk was discovered when the presence of the insects in formula from one production area in a single manufacturing facility was unearthed during an internal quality review. Read on for details of the recall.

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Recent Findings on Early Puberty in Girls Highlight Urgent Need for Chemical Regulation

Recent Findings on Early Puberty in Girls Highlight Urgent Need for Chemical Regulation

Released yesterday in the medical journal Pediatrics, an alarming new study found that more than 1 in 10 girls have already begun developing breasts by the age of 8 — a shockingly young age to go through puberty. The findings surmised that this trend correlates with increasingly widespread exposure dangerous chemicals like BPA (a chemical found in plastics and some food can linings), certain preservatives, surfactants, pesticides, and plastic additives. Exposure to these and other common household chemicals may be disrupting girls’ hormones, and possibly even making them more susceptible to breast cancer and other health risks. With all of these detrimental effects, you would think that there would be regulations in place to control these substances. But the scary thing is — under our current policy, they are virtually unregulated.

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Deserved Deliveries: A New Kind of Birthing Clinic for NYC

Deserved Deliveries: A New Kind of Birthing Clinic for NYC

New York City is considered one of the most forward-thinking cities in the world – so you would think that it would be at the forefront of innovation when it comes to childbirth. But did you know that the Big Apple actually ranks as the worst city in the U.S. in terms of maternal-related mortality? In order to address this very concerning issue and the fact that there is is a serious dearth of mother/child-friendly birthing centers in NYC, designer Kristi Bernick designed a Brooklyn facility for natural childbirth called Deserved Deliveries. This design project explores innovative methods of maternal care that place emphasis on combining midwifery and obstetrics into one cohesive and comfortable environment – an idea that could help turn New York’s abysmal track record around.




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World’s First Solar Powered Soccer Ball Could Help the Blind Play Soccer

World’s First Solar Powered Soccer Ball Could Help the Blind Play Soccer

Greendix, the company that makes these nifty leaf-shaped solar panels has captured our attention yet again with something even cooler – the world’s first solar powered soccer ball! Just in time for the World Cup games, the Taiwan-based company unveiled photos of the ball, which looks just like a regular soccer ball except that the iconic black pentagonal patches have been replaced with solar cells, giving it an eye-catching, prismatic look. Even more interestingly, the company is developing the ball with motion-sensing technology in hopes that it will allow visually impaired people to play with it!


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Energy Generating Soccer Ball Brings Power to Developing Nations

Energy Generating Soccer Ball Brings Power to Developing Nations

Just in time for the World Cup tournament, a group of enterprising women entrepreneurs has unveiled a soccer ball that captures and stores energy generated by play. Called the sOccket (a mashup of “soccer” and “socket”), the ingenious little ball was created by Harvard alums Jessica Lin, Jessica Matthews, Julia Silverman, and Hemali Thakkar with developing nations in mind. Kids in countries where electricity is not readily available can play a game with sOccket after school and then bring it home to power a lamp so that they can do homework. Imagine what an improvement the sOccket could make in nations where dangerous kerosene lamps that can start fires or even kill children by causing respiratory infections are currently the only option for light.


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Delightful Tree Shaped Bookshelf by Shawn Soh

Delightful Tree Shaped Bookshelf by Shawn Soh

What better way to nurture your child’s love of books than by displaying all of their favorite titles on this delightful tree-shaped bookshelf?! When our editors spotted this adorable Shawn Soh‘s “Tree Bookshelf” has not an ounce of the stodginess that traditional rectangular shelving units have, instead reflecting the natural fun and wonder of reading, with their organic designs!


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New Low Cost Transport Incubator Could Reduce Infant Deaths

New Low Cost Transport Incubator Could Reduce Infant Deaths

In just one six-month period in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2006, 96 newborn babies who were in need of medical care died before they could get help. In many developing nations, these deaths can be prevented simply by providing better ways for medical responders to transport infants properly over rough terrain and keep them alive until they can reach hospitals and clinics. Now, a group of Colorado State University seniors have designed and filed a patent for a medically equipped incubator backpack unit that they believe can reduce baby deaths in medical emergencies both in the United States and in newly industrialized nations.


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April Hannah Tree Table Furniture Grows in Brooklyn

April Hannah Tree Table Furniture Grows in Brooklyn

If you’re in the market for kids furniture that is as kind to your discerning eyes as it is to the earth, new designer April Hannah‘s Tree Table collection will knock your socks off! Featuring cool cutouts that make tabletops and chairseats look as if they’re perched atop tree branches, these modern pieces are crafted from FSC-certified wood using all non-toxic, formaldehyde-free finishes. Hannah made a splash when she debuted her new collection last week’s BKLYN Designs show — and she’s even got the Inhabitat Editor’s Choice Award for Best Kids Design to show for it!



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Top 5 Best Green Bouncers for Eco Babies

Top 5 Best Green Bouncers for Eco Babies

 
 
Cribs and strollers are new parent essentials, but ask any bleary-eyed mom or dad and they will tell you that bouncers are a must-have too! Not only does the rocking motion of sitting in the bouncer help develop a child's motor skills, but the soothing and calming effect is a godsend for parents. There are plenty of bouncers on the market, but check out our top picks for the cream of the eco-friendly crop.
 

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Top 5 Green Musical Toys for Your Budding Musician

Top 5 Green Musical Toys for Your Budding Musician

 
 
Before little ones can crawl, speak or even leave the womb, they can hear and respond to music. That's why it's so important to let them experiment with and learn about melody and sound from a young age. Luckily, there is a colorful array of eco-friendly, non-toxic musical green toys on the market nowadays for your tot to jam on. Check out our top 5 picks!
 

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