A new gelatinous sphere called the Ooho contains one portion of water, then you can eat the packaging or put it in your compost bin. If you run in a race in London in the near future and pass a ...

One way to stop the ever-growing pile of plastic water bottles in landfills? Make a bottle people can eat. Inspired by techniques from molecular gastronomy, three London-based industrial design ...

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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

Organizers of Sunday’s London Marathon made edible seaweed pods available to runners to cut down on plastic water bottles. Volunteers handed out more than 30,000 of the edible Ooho seaweed pods at the ...

Meet the Ooho, a bubble-like membrane designed to replace your plastic water bottle. Three London industrial design students recently introduced the Ooho in an effort to deliver quick hydration with ...

Given the well-known detrimental effect of water bottles on the environment, some states have proposed banning plastic water bottles altogether. With 38 billion bottles annually decomposing after not ...

WASHINGTON — An innovative design and a creative concept could be the answer to one of the world’s most troubling environmental problems: plastic pollution. Manufacturing water bottles is another ...

Plastic bottles have a lengthy résumé of environmental damages, earning membership into the “blight upon the Earth” club alongside toxic waste and greenhouse gases. Did you know that 38 billion water ...