@Travisimo, that pint glass project is terrific. Have you seen any in use?
@asap, here are a few more resources:
The Safe Aqua Peru project, my sister in law was a designer in this project as a student at Art Center. This is a great short movie documenting the experience.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/42475212[/vimeo]
UNICEF actually has an Innovation program. Their Digital Drum project uses locally manufactured oil drums as casings for public computers at youth centers in Africa. They also have several other great projects worth checking out.