Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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 
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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 [...]
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
You can download the next SketchUp models of the Hexayurt (including the Stretch Hexayurt and Pentayurt) here.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
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 [...]
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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 [...]
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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 [...]