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Flourishing in our new autonomy requires that we construct secure habitats in which to dwell. Cutting edge materials and methods provide unimaginable new options, allowing us greater mobility, and access to many previously uninhabitable environments.
Attention Millennials: You Can Now Buy Tiny Homes On Amazon
One of the main goals of the Federal Reserve's monetary policies of the past decade was to generate the "wealth effect": by pushing the valuations of homes higher, would make American households feel wealthier. But it didn't.
Otherworldly teardrop trailer uses chicken feather composite for light, tiny car-friendly towing
New Mexico-based startup Earth Traveler is developing a very different style of teardrop trailer, a skeletal archway built of lightweight composite meant to put minimal strain on your engine and wallet.
Nawa's carbon nanotube ultra-capacitors are going into mass production
Charging almost instantly and offering massive power density, Nawa's innovative ultracapacitors are ready to make a mark across industries from automotive to power tools and aviation. And after raising more than US$10 million, this French company is
Batteries and Supercapacitors
With Tesla's recent purchase of Maxwell Technologies, I thought it was a perfect time to take a closer look at the current state of batteries and supercapacitors.
Construction to kick off on world's first 3D-printed neighborhood
A noble plan to improve housing access for those in need through cutting-edge construction technology is gathering momentum, with a blueprint now in place for what is billed as the world's first 3D-printed community.
Is It Legal To Go Off The Grid In Your State?
Living off grid is not illegal in any of the 50 states – at least not technically.
Miami Condo Prepares Landing Pad for Flying Cars
In what's likely to be some sort of marketing ploy, a condo development in Miami is making preparations for flying cars.
New desalination method could get industry – and the environment – out of a very salty pickle
"Hypersaline brine" is industrial waste-water with salt levels that exceed even that of seawater.
Tesla's Quest for Better Batteries
Tesla's Quest for Better Batteries
Is Thorium Our Energy Future? | Answers With Joe
With the need for cleaner energy higher than ever before, could liquid fluoride thorium reactors be the solution?
Anode for Achieving High-energy Lithium Metal Batteries
Despite considerable efforts to stabilize lithium metal anode structures and prevent dendrite formation, achieving long cycling life in high-energy batteries under realistic conditions remains extremely difficult due to a combination of complex failu
Potentially Smallest Fusion Device Using Improved Z-Pinch Fusion
ARPA-E-funded alternative z-pinch fusion which is being developed by Zap Energy.
Product Review: Door Armor MAX Plus Set by Armor Concepts
Having dealt with a variety of home security concerns over the years, and having watched videos showing products that are supposed to help secure doors against forced entry efforts such as kick-ins and prying, I was very interested to take a look at
With Fridges and Air Conditioners Using 20% of World's Energy, Cheap Plastic ...
Crystals Could Be the Answer...Scientists may have just found the perfect substitute for the inefficient and polluting gases used in most refrigerators and air conditioners.
Shipping Containers Make Surprisingly Nice Homes
Hipness aside, container housing is a potential source of housing for lower-income households.
Solar Air Heater! - The "Screen Absorber" Solar Air Heater! - Easy DIY (full instructions)
Homemade Solar Air Heater! - The "Screen Absorber" Solar Air Heater!. Easy DIY. Produces temps near 140F (with outdoor air in the mid 40's). design of collector is similar to the steel can/aluminum can solar air heater but uses a "screen absorber pla
What is the Multi-generational Effect of Partial Gravity ?
There was a presentation of the Space Studies Institute G-lab (Gravity Lab) which is proposal to look at 10 generations of animals at a range of partial gravity conditions.
New floating PV panels can generate up to 10 percent of U.S. electricity needs
(Natural News) In order to conserve land, researchers proposed an alternative location for space-intensive solar energy farms. They wanted to set up floating solar photovoltaic arrays on the surfaces of the thousands of artificial reservoirs that pro
Nuclear fusion breakthrough breathes life into the overlooked Z-pinch approach
Nuclear fusion holds untold potential as a source of power, but to recreate the colliding atomic nuclei taking place inside the Sun and generate inexhaustible amounts of clean energy scientists will need to achieve remarkable things.
Sony creates colossal 16K screen in Japan
The biggest 16K screen of its kind will shortly go on show in Japan.
Metallic Wood: New Material That Is As Strong As Titanium But 5 Times Lighter
Metallic Wood is the name of a new material that is developed by the scientists of University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, the University of Cambridge, and Middle Eas
Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander Warns US Carrier: Stay Away From Our Speed Boats
It begins: unprecedented tit-for-tat formal "terror" designations exchanged between Washington and Tehran on Monday could soon enter a hot war on the ground. A mere hours after President Trump formally designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards C
Floating cities once seemed like sci-fi. Now the UN is getting on board
Bjarke Ingels Group and a company called Oceanix presented a wild concept for floating cities at the UN this week, imagining completely self-sufficient communities in the era of sea level rise.
Ocean Energy - Wave Power Station
Functionality of wave power station developed by Voith Hydro (www.voith.com). Animation produced by Kral GmbH (www.kralgmbh.at). This video explains the function of the Wave Power Station with Wells turbine. This plant was shut down. It was built mai
Unbelievable! A Small Hill become Beautiful Underground House Build by a Men - Hobbit House ( Full )
This is about 20 minutes long and shows a guy build an underground house with just a basket and a bamboo digging stick with metal blade. Truly impressive...
Clean, Cheap, Abundant Fusion Energy Would Wreck Globalization
The bootstrapped LPP Fusion dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project will be starting a potentially big year of testing. They are completing work on their beryllium electrode.
ESA dives into development of deep-space airlock for the Gateway outpost
If and when the Gateway outpost is deployed in 2023, it will need an airlock to get any useful work done, so ESA is working on a new egress point for scientific experiments for the cislunar manned laboratory. Based on two independent approaches by Ai
SpaceX is Already Building the Orbital Starship
SpaceX will not build a new nosecone for the Starhopper. Elon Musk tweeted that the new nosecone is being built for the orbital Starship.
Series of Fusion Experiments that Could Lead to Cheap, Clean, Abundant Fusion Energy
The bootstrapped LPP Fusion dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project will be starting a potentially big year of testing. They are completing work on their beryllium electrode. If everything goes smoothly on four critical steps then this could be the
Series of Fusion Experiments that Could Lead to Cheap, Clean, Abundant Fusion Energy
The bootstrapped LPP Fusion dense plasma focus nuclear fusion project will be starting a potentially big year of testing. They are completing work on their beryllium electrode. If everything goes smoothly on four critical steps then this could be the
Superlight Micro-Engine That Weighs Just 22lbs and Is the Size Of A BACKPACK ...
Is Powerful Enough to Drive A Ford Fiesta For 750 Miles Without Refuelling...A hyper-efficient and super-light one-piston engine smaller than a backpack could render modern hybrids obsolete.
Thermal Energy Stored for Month in New Material
Global emissions must be reduced by 60% before 2050 to avoid 2 degrees of global warming. However, energy consumption is doubling in the next 40 years due to an increasing world population and economic growth.
Help render the next Pirates Without Borders 3D animation!
If you would like to contribute to future Precariat animations, you can donate your computer time to cloud rendering. No knowledge of 3D animation is required.
Tesla's Maxwell Dry Battery and a Five Year Lead on the World
Tesla bought Maxwell Technologies for their dry battery technology. Maxwell proved 300 Wh/kg energy density is which 20-40% better than current Tesla batteries.
Graphene-based sieve turns seawater into drinking water
A UK-based team of researchers has created a graphene-based sieve capable of removing salt from seawater.
This SUV powers your house–and your house powers this SUV
Solar power is remarkable, but it's unstable. Is it a clear day or did the clouds just roll in? The power is always in flux. That's why many solar panel owners choose to buy big batteries to store and sip energy all the time. But what if your ele
Breakthrough process welds metal and glass together using ultrafast lasers
Traditionally, welding has been limited to materials that share similar properties, so it's tough to make even aluminum and steel join forces. But now, scientists from Heriot-Watt University are claiming a breakthrough method that can weld together m
Record-breaking device uses sunlight to produce hydrogen at 15% efficiency
Scientists at KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a device that combines incoming solar energy and water vapor from the surrounding air to produce a record-breaking daily average of 250 liters (66 gal) of hydrogen throughout the year.
Bigelow Aerospace Is Building The World's First Space Hotel | Answers With Joe
Robert Bigelow became a billionaire as the owner of Budget Suites of America hotels. But now he wants to build hotels in space. And his company Bigelow Aerospace is getting closer with their inflatable habitats.
What's Old Is New Again: How Our Grandparents Lived Off Grid
Long before the Rural Electrification Administration started bringing power to rural folks who hadn't been reached by big corporate power companies, farmers and people living away from profitable to operate transmission lines were stuck without the
Scientists Have Developed New Material That is as Flexible as Elastic But Tough as Steel
A new high-tech fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal has been developed by US scientists. (Video)
Arkup's incredible floating home is finally complete... and it'll cost you $5.5 million
You could be forgiven for thinking that Arkup's ambitious concept for a floating home would never be realized, but it has indeed been built and is now for sale for a cool US$5.5 million.
24M Delivers SemiSolid Cells With Energy Density Above 280 Wh/kg
24M, the battery start-up headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., announced first delivery of a commercially viable, high energy density lithium-ion cells – the SemiSolid lithium-ion battery design – to an undisclosed industrial partner.
If We Master Building in Space Then the Solar System Will Be Wide Open
Marc G. Millis, Jeff Greason, Rhonda Stevenson of the Tau Zero Foundation provided a 69-page review to NASA of the Interstellar Flight Challenges and Prospects.
'Youngest person' to ever build a nuclear reactor: Boy wonder, 12, made a working...
'Youngest person' to ever build a nuclear reactor: Boy wonder, 12, made a working atomic fusion experiment in his parent's spare room using $10,000 worth of parts from eBay
Cheap 2D Material Can Cleanse 99.9999% of Bacteria From Water in 30 Minutes Simply by Using the Sun
This latest scientific breakthrough from China could bring cheap, clean drinking water to people around the world.
Earlier this month, scientists from Yangzhou University developed a water system that used sunlight and 2D materials to purify water
Researchers to manufacture graphene-based wearable e-textiles commercially
Figure: Graphene-based wearable e-textiles move closer to commercial production. The new technique could allow graphene e-textiles to be manufactured at commercial production rates of 150 meters per minute, researchers said. "To be able to produce
This magic fabric ensures you're never too hot and never too cold
The new material is made of two synthetic materials that combine with carbon nanotubes to regulate your temperature all the time.
Moon Bases, Orbital Bases and the Start of Mars Colonization by 2040
One of Elon Musk's speeches was animated by After Skool. Elon discussed how societal and technological progress is not inevitable.
Tickets to Mars Will Eventually Cost Less Than $500,000, Elon Musk Says
SpaceX's Mars ships won't be ferrying just the super rich to and from the Red Planet, if everything goes according to Elon Musk's plan.