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Sep 6, 2022

Researchers developed 3D-printed living soil walls that can support plant growth

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, habitats

They created a cylindrical prototype resembling a Chia pet.

We can observe how far the architecture has progressed with the developing technology today. Referring to this, we have even seen houses made with 3D printing technology.

Now, a group of scientists from the University of Virginia is raising the bars of 3D printing technology by producing 3D-print soil structures which can grow plants on their surfaces.

Sep 6, 2022

Jeff Bezos Says Most People Won’t Be Able to Live on Earth

Posted by in categories: habitats, space travel

Jeff Bezos thinks the Earth will be like a protected national park in the future — and maybe even a hot cosmic tourist attraction.

The Amazon and Blue Origin founder spoke at the 2021 Ignatius Forum last Wednesday about the future of space travel. During the discussion, he made the eyebrow-raising comment that most people won’t even be born on Earth one day and that it might even turn into a tourist destination for space colonizers, according to RealClearPolitics.

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Sep 6, 2022

These tiny homes are 3D printed from 100,000 recycled plastic bottles

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The startup Azure Printed Homes uses a range of recycled plastic to build 180-square-foot spaces that start at just $40,000.

Sep 5, 2022

Maine pairs solar panels with wild blueberries. Will it bear fruit?

Posted by in categories: food, habitats, solar power, sustainability

But blueberry land and other parcels of rural Maine are being increasingly eyed for housing development, and Sweetland feels the wild blueberry sector is under pressure, especially when blueberry market prices drop.

He hopes that a new “crop” growing in tandem with berries could help boost the local industry and preserve farmland. That would be solar panels that have been installed across 11 acres of the land where Sweetland farms blueberries in Rockport, Maine.

The University of Maine is studying this example of dual-use agrivoltaics. The solar installation was developed by the Boston-based solar developer BlueWave, and it is owned by the company Navisun, which makes lease payments to the landowner. Sweetland tends, harvests and sells the blueberries, and shares profits with the landowner.

Sep 5, 2022

Everything to know about Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Posted by in categories: climatology, habitats

Two celebrated volcanoes—one of them very tall, the other very active—frame this large national park. From glowing lava flows and earth-shaking tremors to wind, rain, and waves, the geological and meteorological forces that shaped our planet are fully on display on the Big Island. While volcanism rules the day, pockets of rainforest and grassland shelter rare Hawaiian flora and fauna.

“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble.” Shakespeare could just as easily have been describing Hawaiian volcanoes rather than a witch’s brew in Macbeth. No other national park produces so much drama on a regular basis.

Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Its monthslong 2018 event destroyed hundreds of homes, sent massive plumes of ash rocketing into the air, and collapsed nearly 2,000 feet of the crater’s summit. Its most recent and currently ongoing eruption began in September 2021.

Sep 4, 2022

Home Astronomy A ‘Dead’ Sunspot Just Exploded, Launching A Plasma Ball Straight Toward Earth

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

A ‘dead’ sunspot on the surface of the Sun has erupted, and as a result, a massive plasma ball has been blasted straight towards Earth.

Sep 3, 2022

How Robotic Furniture Will Turn Your Apartment Into a Mansion

Posted by in categories: habitats, robotics/AI

The promise of robotic furniture is that it can turn single rooms into multipurpose spaces.

“Robotics, AI, and many things will disrupt what we know now. Taking advantage of such has great benefits, especially if focused on demand”-me.

Aug 31, 2022

The 45-year-old probe is aging gracefully

Posted by in categories: engineering, habitats, health

Since May, the engineering team with NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft had been trying to solve a mystery. The 45-year-old spacecraft seemed to be in excellent condition, receiving and executing commands from Earth, along with gathering and returning science data — but the probe’s attitude articulation and control system (AACS) was sending garbled information about its health and activities to mission controllers.

The AACS controls the spacecraft’s orientation and keeps Voyager 1’s high-gain antenna pointed precisely at Earth, enabling it to send data home. Though all signs suggested that the AACS was still working, the telemetry data was invalid.


While the spacecraft continues to return science data and otherwise operate as normal, the mission team is searching for the source of a system data issue.

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Aug 31, 2022

7 Things You Should Know About the Future of Underwater Cities

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

Circa 2020


The idea of humans living underwater may not be as crazy as you think. An idea once reserved for video games or science fiction, underwater cities may be a viable solution for humanity in the distant future.

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Aug 31, 2022

“Smart glass” is coming to a building near you

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New incentives could help make buildings (and cities) greener.

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