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Philippe Starck's Wind Turbine For Home Use

Filed under: Green

Philippe Starck has been pretty busy designing stuff lately, considering just a few months ago he was proclaiming that "design is dead" and announcing his retirement. I guess the most creative minds have the most persuasive demons, and it seems Starck is trying to learn from his: after proclaiming that "everything he had ever designed was useless" he's now on to designing something truly useful and trendy: a mini-turbine designed for people to use at home to generate their own wind power.

The mini-turbine is made of clear polycarbonate (the lack of color is apparently a statement about there being so much materiality in the world) and is capable of providing 20-60% of the power needs for the average home. It will be available this coming September with a price tag around $600.

Gallery: The Philippe Starck Home Wind Turbine

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Skystream Wind Generator

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

It's always nice to come across a product that can save you money and do something good for the environment as well. The Skystream is a small wind turbine system that lets you provide your own wind power. When the wind isn't blowing your home can still be powered by your local power company but in some cases you can sell excess electricity back to the power company. The wind generator costs between $8,000 to $10,000 and will pay for itself over time. I wonder if over time the Skystream will achieve a certain level of eco chic much as the Toyota Prius has done.

[via Treehugger]

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