Archive for the ‘habitats’ category: Page 133
Dec 10, 2015
Tesla unveils a battery to power your home, completely off grid
Posted by Matthew White in categories: energy, habitats
Dec 6, 2015
60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For 24 Hours
Posted by Matthew White in categories: energy, habitats
Would you exercise for an hour every day if the workout powered your home for twenty-four hours?
People often complain about the high costs of energy and the fact that they “never have time to workout.” This invention certainly solves both conundrums.
And, most importantly, this free power invention has the potential to lift the 1.3 billion people who presently live without electricity out of poverty.
Nov 25, 2015
Veritasium Explores The Future of Energy — GE
Posted by Gerard Bain in categories: energy, finance, habitats, health, transportation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVA34lM3-OY&feature=youtu.be
Derek Muller of ‘Veritasium’ explores the impact of the Northeast blackout of 2003 and the innovations in energy that are essential to keeping the lights on. For more on the future of energy, check out Breakthrough’s ‘Energy on the Edge’ episode on the National Geographic Channel airing Sunday 11/29 at 9/8c.
Check Out Veritasium’s ‘How Long Will You Live’: http://bit.ly/21fLyDN
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Nov 20, 2015
This is the best building in the world. It’s called “The Interlace.”
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: habitats
Nov 16, 2015
An Italian company built a 40-foot tall 3D printer to help solve the global housing crisis
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, habitats
Nov 11, 2015
Cops Called After Tesla Model S Owners ‘Put A Child In The Trunk’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: habitats, sustainability, transportation
Police waited at the home of a family after someone called in seeing the parents “put a child in the trunk” of the car — someone who clearly wasn’t aware that the Tesla Model S can be equipped with a third row of seats for children.
I stumbled upon this video after comments veteran and Twitter tweeter @_McMike_ tweeted it.
Nov 5, 2015
World’s second vertical forest tower will rise in Switzerland
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: habitats, sustainability
Stefano Boeri Architetti won the bid just one year after completing their first acclaimed vertical forest, or Bosco Verticale, one year ago in Milan. Like its predecessor, the forested tower planned for Lausanne will be covered by shrubs and plants, and will add 3,000 square meters of greenery along its 117-meter-tall facade. The new tower is named “La Tour des Cedres” after the architects’ vision to install over 100 cedar trees on the structure.
Related: Bosco Verticale: World’s First Vertical Forest is Finally Complete in Milan.
Oct 30, 2015
3D-printing earthquake-proof towns, brick by brick
Posted by Julius Garcia in categories: 3D printing, habitats
We can build structures that resettle after quakes, and self-cooling homes – the trick is to 3D print custom building blocks, not whole buildings.
