http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071031/torpedo-projector-lets-kids-go-big-%e2%80%a6/ Odd resolution – 920 x 240 or something – but looks remarkably like video projectors for all
Read more →http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7070494.stm A World Toilet Summit has opened in the Indian capital, Delhi, with more than 40 countries taking part. The four-day meeting will examine solutions and technologies that can be used to provide a basic need for nearly half the world’s population. According to estimates, 2.6bn people around the world lack access to a hygienic [...]
Read more →http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2007/10/welcome_to_my_career.html To which I said: To really understand this, we need to run a war game. Two groups, one with the standard kit, the other with 25% of the budget spent on total acquisition of that kit, one year, and the ability to buy or contract for anything they can get delivered. I don’t think [...]
Read more →Again, please send me all of your thoughts and feedback. We’ve got time to tweak yet! ==================== Challenge Response: The Hexayurt (http://hexayurt.com) is a practical global housing solution that has found champions in groups as diverse as the Amritanandamayi Ashram, the American Red Cross and the US Department of Defense. A $200 family home that [...]
Read more →http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house Passivhaus in German) refers to the rigorous, voluntary, Passivhaus standard for energy use in buildings. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating.[1] A similar standard, MINERGIE-P®, is used in Switzerland [2]. Despite the name, the standard is not confined only to houses. Several office buildings, schools, kindergartens and [...]
Read more →12′ Hexayurt construction gallery from the STAR-TIDES demonstration in October. There is likely to be a second run sometime in mid-November at Henderson Hall, if it all comes together.
Read more →You can download the next SketchUp models of the Hexayurt (including the Stretch Hexayurt and Pentayurt) here.
Read more →FIRST DRAFT PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS It’s within 1% of the maximum length, but has a little bit of word-level slack that could be trimmed to get in an additional sentence. Larger scale cuts and re-arrangements are perfectly plausible also. ============================ Challenge Response: Our goal is to produce a proven [...]
Read more →Andy Buxton just wrote an article on shelter cooling and the rational for the SleepBreeze Personal Cooler on Appropedia. It’s a very useful piece of kit, and you should be able to buy one soon. I recommend subscribing to the BreezeBlog if you’re at all interested in product development, small business, manufacturing logistics, ergonomics, or [...]
Read more →If you’ve been wondering how the TIDES Demonstration at National Defense University went, the TIDES Summary – 2.5 mb PDF – 35 pages is a good place to start. This is a first draft of the TIDES boards – we’re still missing some of the material on solar, and everything to do with satellite communications [...]
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