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Yahoo!’s Make It Green program

Yahoo!’s Make It Green program

Yahoo! is launching a new program, in search of innovative and environmentally-conscious products to bring to market. They write: Make It Green is turning great ideas that improve lives and help our planet into actual products. We’re looking for the best green do-it-yourself ideas — and we need you to help us. Submit your idea, […]

CNET Maker Faire contest

CNET Maker Faire contest

CNet is running a contest to give away 20 passes to Maker Faire San Mateo, May 30-31, 2009. Here’s what “Geek Gestal” columnist Daniel Terdiman says about it: The event’s organizers have given me 20 passes to award CNET News readers. And all you have to do to win one is tell me, in 150 […]

Inhabitat’s Spring Greening contest – last call

Inhabitat’s Spring Greening contest – last call

There’s only a few days left to submit projects to Inhabitat’s Spring Greening contest. Deadline is midnight March 27th. Repair and reuse have been hot topics as of late, with everyone from technology renaissance man Saul Griffith to Worldchanging editor Alex Steffen advocating a shift towards repairable, long-lasting heirloom products. We’ve been covering reclaimed design […]

IdeaBlob cultivates projects

Ideablob has a collection of projects that users of their system have submitted to a user response contest to win funding. Here is a quote from their About Us page: ideablob.com is where entrepreneurs and small business owners can share and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling […]