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Thoreau’s Famous Walden Cabin Reinvented as a Floating Cottage

Posted: 22 Dec 2015 09:24 AM PST

The idea of having a little cabin in the woods to escape to is a fantasy for many of us, especially urban denizens. The desire is not new. Writer, poet and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau built a small cabin in the woods in 1845 at now-famous Walden Pond. Nine years later he authored Walden. He was devoted to living simply and self-sufficiently. Read more…

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Earthquake Bed Traps You Safely Inside a Vault

Posted: 21 Dec 2015 06:00 AM PST

A 66-year old retired Chinese inventor has designed an earthquake proof bed that has been described by some members of the media as being scarier than an actual earthquake. Wang Wenxi's "Anti Earth-Quake Bed" video has been circulating the Web, showing users how his modular bed design would react in the case of such a catastrophe. Read more…