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2011Insulation: First the body, then the home (lowtechmagazine.com)
523 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 302 comments
2011The Chinese Wheelbarrow (lowtechmagazine.com)
143 points across 2 posts | 6 years ago with 33 comments
1905Photovoltaic Solar Panels (lowtechmagazine.com)
141 points | 2 years ago with 48 comments
2008Oven Stoves and Heat Walls (lowtechmagazine.com)
128 points | 2 years ago with 104 comments
2010Human-powered cranes and lifting devices (lowtechmagazine.com)
108 points | 6 years ago with 25 comments
2015Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s (lowtechmagazine.com)
88 points | 3 years ago with 16 comments
2016Slow Electricity: The Return of DC Power? (lowtechmagazine.com)
86 points | 3 years ago with 230 comments
2018Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage (lowtechmagazine.com)
76 points | 4 years ago with 90 comments
2007Email in the 18th century: the optical telegraph (lowtechmagazine.com)
74 points | 1 year ago with 21 comments
2013The Mechanical Transmission of Power (lowtechmagazine.com)
67 points | 4 years ago with 21 comments
2018Electric recumbent bikes are 80 more efficient than EV (lowtechmagazine.com)
56 points | 1 year ago with 139 comments
2010Hand powered drilling tools and machines (lowtechmagazine.com)
56 points | 8 years ago with 22 comments
2013Electrically heated clothing (lowtechmagazine.com)
42 points | 2 years ago with 77 comments

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