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Graphene Dream Becomes a Reality as Miracle Material Enters Production for Better Chips, Batteries

Virtual Fencing May Allow Thousands More Cattle to Be Ranched on Land Rather Than in Barns

Prominent Personalities Sign Letter Seeking Ban On 'Development Of Superintelligence'

Why 'Mirror Life' Is Causing Some Genetic Scientists To Freak Out

Retina e-paper promises screens 'visually indistinguishable from reality'

Scientists baffled as interstellar visitor appears to reverse thrust before vanishing behind the sun

Future of Satellite of Direct to Cellphone

Amazon goes nuclear with new modular reactor plant

China Is Making 800-Mile EV Batteries. Here's Why America Can't Have Them

China Innovates: Transforming Sand into Paper

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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.

New tech boosts 3D printing of metal objects

The prospects for 3D printing may have just become a little bit stronger, literally, thanks to a new way of using metallic powders to create structures.

Shipping containers floated as the next BIG thing in student housing

Though the Bjarke Ingels Group appears to be increasingly associated with, well, big projects like the impressive courtscraper, it's most recently-completed build is on a much smaller scale.

Balloon-Like Dome Houses Can Withstand Fires And Earthquakes, Start At Just $3,500

These tiny bubble-shaped structures are incredibly durable because they've been constructed using a technique similar to papier-mâché.

Luxury floating house has a sting in its tail

Boston, MA-based Schopfer Associates is planning to build a novel stingray-shaped floating residence somewhere off the coast of an island in the Aegean Sea.

09-19-16 -- Ernest Hancock & Bob Anderson Special Podcast -- Energy, Real Estate, Metals, Election

Ernest Hancock and Bob Anderson (local libertarian activist; off-grid) do a special podcast to cover relevant topics such as energy, real estate, precious metals, the election, and other prepping and libertarian issues...

MAKE YOUR OWN WATER FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS

Introducing the Water Generator.

New sensor chip will give you quick analysis of your drinking water

The company hoping to do away with the idea of sending something off to a lab for analysis has introduced the second of four planned sensor chips for its hand-held chemical analyzer.

Prototype tiny house can be assembled in just 3 hours

Prototype tiny house can be assembled in just 3 hours

21 Life Hacks To Help You Breeze Through the Apocalypse...

21 Life Hacks To Help You Breeze Through the Apocalypse (or at Least the Next Power Outage)

This Alaskan Woman Built A Phenomenal Tiny Home - And Is Giving Away The Plans For FREE!

This tiny home could be the perfect abode for someone who enjoys basic accommodation.

New Plastic Fabric Keeps Its Cool Better Than Cotton

It could also help lessen energy demand

Scientists Develop 'Nanopores' That Inexpensively Filter the Salt Out of Seawater

There you have it, folks - the world's first thirsty water filter. We love it! The next steps for the researchers are partnering with manufacturers who can bring their modelled desalination technique to life. The first step will be testing, but

How To Survive With Nothing But "Primitive Technology"

Whether by choice, or out of desperation, you may someday need to live off of nothing else than the surrounding environment and your survival skills (or lack thereof).

Lucy Is A Robotic Daylighting System That Directs Sunlight Right Where You Need It

We bet you didn't even know you wanted more sunlight in your home before you saw Lucy.

SOLN1 25 - Easy to Build DIY Portable Energy Generator Solar

he new SOLN1 is now better than ever. Faster assembly, much easier construction and a more affordable entry price. We are starting production runs now. This portable solar generator is solar made easy.

RED ZEPPELIN: VLADIMIR PUTIN IS PLANNING TO BUILD THIS HUGE £23MILLION AIRSHIP TO OPEN UP SIBERIA

GEORGE HARRISON for the Sun reports THIS is the enormous £23million zeppelin Vladimir Putin is planning to develop in order to open up Siberia. The Putin-led Russian Security Council plans to use the futuristic "half plane, half airship" to acce

Portable air conditioner would do more than keep things cool

With global temperatures reaching new record highs, it's as important as ever for individuals to mind the sun and heat.

Next-gen concrete bends instead of cracking

Concrete may generally be a good choice for sidewalks, but it is a brittle material – this means that it needs to be poured thick, in order to keep those sidewalks from cracking under pressure.

Innovative Machine Dries Clothes In 20 Minutes Using 70% Less Energy And NO Heat

New ultrasonic drying technology uses 70% less energy and dries clothes in 20 minutes - no heat required!

Dubai's newest luxury home on the water has an eye-watering price

There may be a time in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that floating homes become passé, but that time doesn't appear to be now.

How To Hand Dig Your Own Shallow Well on the Cheap - Get Off The Grid

I go old school and hand dig a well on the cheap. I wanted the well for the garden and for emergencies for power outages.

QUBIQ Camping Module

QUBIQ Camping Module

How to build a simple PVC Hand Pump - the Peters Pump

This video shows you how to build the Peters Pump, a simple inexpensive direct-acting PVC hand pump suitable for shallow wells.

SolarCity is designing a roof made of solar panels

SolarCity's next big product will be a "solar roof" that's entirely composed of solar panels -- a sleeker alternative to covering an existing roof in solar modules sometime after installation.

Nine Things You Can Learn from Camping That Will Make You a Better Prepper

One of the best ways to test your survival skills is to spend some time outdoors, without electricity, running water, and flushable toilets.

Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here

One of the driest countries on Earth now makes more freshwater than it needs

Things All Scouts Should Know: 16 Camping and Life Hacks from 1911

In 1911, the first edition of Boys' Life magazine was published. The first several issues included a short-lived section called "Things All Scouts Should Know," which featured short, practical tips for boys at home and out camping.

hyperadobe quick wall machine

hyperadobe quick wall machine

Full Version Movie | The Family Builds Bryson's Earth Bag Bedroom | $4650 Total Cost for Expense

If you've got some time, you can watch the full version of the building of Bryson's Earth Bag Bedroom from start to finish all in one setting :)

Colombians Are Building Houses Made Of LEGO-like Recycled Plastic Bricks For Just $5,200

A Colombian company, Conceptos Plasticos, has come up with a solution to the landfill problem by recycling plastic into LEGO-like building blocks that families can use to construct their homes.

This Tiny Cardboard Home Takes Only 1 Day To Build & Lasts 100 Years

While most people wouldn't think this type of material to be suitable for building a comfortable and safe abode, award-winning architects have discovered how to use it to produce remarkably sturdy and reliable shelters. Dutch design studio Fiction

25 Survival Skills Everyone Needs

In our fast-paced technologically-centered modern world, many adults have never learned some of the basic skills need for self-sufficiency or survival. We've complied a list of some of the crucial skills everyone should know, for day-to-day life, h

Goodbye Bricklayers, Hello Fastbrick Robotics

Fastbrick Robotics plans to commercialize their patented technology, and they're also developing an add-on for SOLIDWORKS software that uses 3D model data to create machine code for the size, cut, rotation and placement of the bricks.

VIDEO: A one-armed Australian robot can build a house four times quicker than a brickie

Fastbrick Robotics, an ASX-listed company based in Perth, has created a robot brick layer, a form of 3D printing which can create the shell of a house without being touched by human hands.

Movable concrete micro-home can be installed in just 7 hours

Estonian firm Kodasema is developing a prefabricated concrete micro-home that can be assembled and installed on-site within just seven hours, then moved to another location with relative ease.

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Carbon Nanotube Fiber.....

This Guy Is So Hype On Graphite

Graphite is experimental gold

How to Build a Quinzee Snow Shelter

How to Build a Quinzee Snow Shelter

Next-gen adhesive based on octopus suckers

Along with their unique propulsion system and ability to change color, octopi are also known for their grabby tentacles.

Shipping container transformed into a tiny house

Despite their drawbacks, there's definitely something appealing about recycling a shipping container into a viable home.

Build a Bug Out Kindle: A Digital Survival Library at Your Fingertips

A "bug out situation" is the phrase used to describe a survival scenario which makes staying at home more dangerous than leaving.

These Windows Can Go Opaque On Command

Panes block sunlight with the flip of a switch

Embedded nanoparticles clear the way for smart glass devices

In a breakthrough new "direct-doping" process, scientists have embedded light-emitting nanoparticles into glass so that it remains almost perfectly transparent, but glows brightly when stimulated by lower frequency light.

Improved Desalination Technology is Quenching the World's Thirst

The world is parched, we are thirsty, and there's likely nothing we can do to make it rain.

The Skills That Will Really Matter After An Economic Meltdown

In the middle of this catastrophe, money in the bank, gold in your home, or collector's antiques aren't going to matter too much.

Welcome to Sunrise Domes!

Geodesic Domes were invented by R. Buckminster Fuller in the 1960's, and are a revolutionary building structure with many advantages over conventional rectangular designs:

Living in a greenhouse: One family's experiment in sustainable living

Dutch stylist Helly Scholten is interested in living sustainably, so when the chance came to move herself and her family into an experimental sustainable house designed by Rotterdam University students and researchers, she jumped at it.

UFO home concept floats off-grid ocean living

While you can always head for the hills to wait out the apocalypse, a more stylish option could be a fully sustainable floating home from Italian mini yacht-maker Jet Capsule.

3D Fashion project set to revolutionize clothing industry

A new partnership between Loughborough University in the UK and garment manufacturer the Yeh Group aims to kick 3D printed fashion into gear.

An Island Fit For A Bond Villain

The new lifestyle for the rich and famous
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