These Living Machines recycle wastewater by filtering it through a system of bacteria and plants.

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Worrell's Living Machines are water recycling systems that drastically reduce water use and can eliminate sewer discharge.

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There are Living Machines installed in 20 locations, like in a recently constructed Port of Portland building.

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Now Lohan is trying to incorporate anammox bacteria into Living Machines.

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Or, more intriguing, are we overestimating how these little machines can affect living standards?

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As robots advance into the service industries they are starting to look less like machines and more like living creatures.

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Some were left as messages on friends' answering machines while Banhart was living in Paris seeking out the French music he loves.

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The predominant sentiments of the time were more in tune with the Romantics, who believed that salvation was to be found not in the power of machines, but by living as simply and as closely to nature as possible.

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They are also being positioned as far more than just mere gaming machines as both Sony and Microsoft continue to vie for control of the digital living room.

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Other issues raised during the debate included the importance of access to green spaces for people living in urban areas and concerns that some schools still allow junk food to be sold in vending machines.

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