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This Silicon Anode Breakthrough Could Mark A Turning Point For EV Batteries [Update]

Travel gadget promises to dry and iron your clothes – totally hands-free

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Futuristic pixel-raising display lets you feel what's onscreen

Cutting-Edge Facility Generates Pure Water and Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater for Mere Pennies

This tiny dev board is packed with features for ambitious makers

Scientists Discover Gel to Regrow Tooth Enamel

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Galactic Brain: US firm plans space-based data centers, power grid to challenge China

Shelter

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.

This home goes up like a Coachella modular build: fast/cheap

When the Woolsey Fire burnt down their home in 2018, Molly and Ed Murphy wanted a house that would go up fast, that their limited insurance funds would pay for and that wasn't wood. They were introduced to Alexis Rochas whose Oasys prefab can be erec

Polydrop camping trailer optimized for EV towing and off-grid living

In 2019, California startup Polydrops reimagined the teardrop trailer as an angular mobile personal space designed to escape the world.

Nissan concept camper van gives digital nomads a surfy workation

As the pandemic creeps slowly onward, it seems Nissan suits are going absolutely stir-crazy. At least that's the impression we're left with after the automaker revealed both a mobile office van concept and all-electric mini-ski lodge concept within a

Tiny cabin balances on a single pillar within Finnish highlands

Helsinki-based architectural firm Studio Puisto has recently completed the first of 25 tiny tree-top cabins. Located in the highlands of Kivijärvi, close to the Salamajärvi National Park in Finland, the striking cabin is the first addition to a new

Luxury home disappears into rugged Greek landscape

It would be easy to miss the NCaved house among the rugged landscape of Greece's Serifos island if you weren't paying attention.

Life on the bachelor bus: Massachusetts man, 27, spends $24,000 transforming...

Life on the bachelor bus: Massachusetts man, 27, spends $24,000 transforming an old school bus into a dream traveling home with electric fireplace and rooftop terrace after losing his job and fiancé during the pandemic

Hybrid supercapacitor offers NiMH energy density, charges much faster

QUT researchers have demonstrated a hybrid supercapacitor design that stores vastly more energy than a regular supercap while offering charge/discharge rates much higher than lithium batteries

Folding tiny house tucks away for easy transportation

We've seen tiny houses that extend upward, tiny houses that extend outward, and even tiny houses that take the roof off, but the Brette Haus puts another interesting spin on the small living movement with a folding design intended for easier truck-ba

OFF GRID No Electricity Air Conditioning in the Desert | Making a Solar Chimney

A solar chimney can be a possible solution as an off grid air conditioning that requires no fan, motors, or electricity. Using the power of the sun, we're trying to create a method to help passively cool the inside of the shed. Come along on this uni

6 Unconventional Home Builders

6 Unconventional Home Builders

Homeless In Germany Offered Futuristic 'Coffin-Like' Pods To Sleep In

The German city of Ulm has unveiled futuristic insulated sleep pods for the homeless on cold winter nights.

Premade Concrete Canvas Tents - Just Add Water

Concrete Canvas, is a concrete impregnated fabric, that once water has been added to it, it hardens in a durable waterproof & fire resistant layer. Essentially, it's concrete on a roll.

Off-grid container-based home is tiny in size and cost

Pin-Up Houses, the Czech firm behind the rather colorful DIY US$10,000 tiny house, recently completed a new model that's based on a shipping container and cost $21,000 to build.

SPACE FLOATERS Humans could move to 'floating asteroid belt colony' --

--housing millions of people within 15 YEARS

5 Innovative BUILDING SYSTEMS for your house #6

5 Innovative BUILDING SYSTEMS for your house #6

Gigafactories With New Solar PV Module Tech Might Cause Solar Glut in 2021

China-based PV manufacturing industry has possibly over built new Solar PV Module technology for 2021. If global installs follows the 20% annual global growth of recent years then the world will installs 145GW to 160GW of solar.

Orbital Assembly Building Parts to Eventually Scale to Large Rotating Space Stations

Orbital Assembly Corp. (OAC) is planning a virtual media event on Friday, January 29 from 1-2 pm PST / 4-5 pm EST.

Complete Recap & Cost of Off-Grid Land and Builds in 2020

Our progress & how much everything cost, on our off-grid land in 2020. Recap of the last 5 months of the year, and what we have got done on our off-grid property in Cochise Country, AZ.

AirCrete School & Hands-on Training Workshops

Learn Foundation, AirCrete Safety Engineering, slip form Casting to save time and labor, Electric, Plumbing, Solar System Design, Compost Flush Toilets, water recycling, Sizing Air-Conditioning for AirCrete, Installing Mini-Split HVAC and so much mo

Tiny home's sliding roof lets the outside inside

It can be really tough for a firm to stand out in the jam-packed tiny house scene nowadays but Optinid has created its own niche with a series of homes sporting unusual sunroof-like sliding roofs that open them up to the elements.

"The White House" - Homeless Woman Shows Off Skid Row Mansion

Homelessness is a humanitarian crisis in liberal-run Los Angeles, with more than 40,000 people living on the streets.

The Airship Heritage Trust

Inside you will find an extensive history relating to all of the British Airships from 1900 to the present day.

Incredible Fastest Wooden House Construction - Faster And Less Inexpensive

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5 Innovative BUILDING SYSTEMS for your house #5

ZIP System Building Enclosures, Porotherm Clay Blocks, Hadrian X, RBM Building System, Ytong Aircrete

#2 Cost of Components DIY Off-Grid Solar System Overview & Description List of Parts

Part 3 DIY Build; Off-Grid Shipping Container Garage, Barn, Shop, Storage, RV & Solar, 2 Box Roof

Raising the DIY prefabricated rafters. Putting on the purlins, and sheet metal. Part 3 of our do-it-yourself shipping container conex barn build on our off-the-grid land in the Arizona desert.

The 2020/2021 Ammo Shortage - What's Behind It? Are Industry Leaders Telling The Truth?

How long will this go on? Why is it happening?

Sewed own popup dome-home for need, been selling them since

In 1979 Asha Deliverance sewed her first geodesic dome on an old Singer sewing machine, finishing it in time to become her eldest child's first home.

Lithium Batteries, Chargers, Solar Storage | Electric Cars Parts Company

We are experts in EV lithium batteries & packs, management systems, J1772 chargers & sockets, DC-DC Converters

Boring Company Prufrock Machine Will Start Tunneling in 2021

Boring Revolution indicates that the Boring Company Prufrock tunneling machine should start digging test tunnels in 2021.

Perovskite Tandem Solar Will Start Taking Solar to 43% Energy Conversion

Perovskite Tandem Solar Will Start Taking Solar to 43% Energy Conversion

World's largest fully-autonomous DRONE unveiled by US space startup will launch satellites...

World's largest fully-autonomous DRONE unveiled by US space startup will launch satellites into orbit in as little as 180 minutes

What Is A Gigafactory?

It's giga and it's a factory, but what does Gigafactory really mean?

My Well Broke The Day Before Thanksgiving

My well broke the day before thanksgiving and I did a ton of research to try and fix it myself but in the end needed the professionals. I had a completely new system put it as mine was 20 years old and damaged. Learn some well basics and what it's li

Stanford Increases Solar Cell Production Rates by Four Times and Up to Ten Times Lower Cost

Using rapid-spray plasma processing, the Stanford team was able to produce 40 feet (12 meters) of perovskite film per minute – about four times faster than it takes to manufacture a silicon cell.

Tesla Shows First 4680 Cells And Pack Video

The new Tesla 4680 cylindrical battery cells, with the shingle spiral approach, are one of the hottest topics in the EV world, as this new design can translate into 30% more range without even improving the chemistry.

Easy to assemble A-frame cabin goes up in a long weekend

There's something timeless about the classic A-frame cabin and while handy types can build their own from scrap materials for as little as US$700, the less DIY inclined who would rather follow a plan and have the materials supplied to them have anoth

This 2-Acre Vertical Farm Produces More Than 'Flat Farms' That Are Using 720 Acres

Another massively successful vertical farming startup is pushing the future of farming towards the sky, literally and figuratively.

The battle for the Republic: "This is the 1775 of our generation"

History in the making.

NawaStitch promises to make carbon composites even lighter and stronger

France's Nawa Technologies is setting up operations in the United States, and bringing its fast, affordable vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) manufacturing process into a new application: making carbon fiber composites much stronger.

Forget The 'Blue Wave', JPM Says 'The Democratic Tide Actually Went Out'

Assuming no unexpected reversals from state recounts or voter fraud litigation, last week's Biden election win was historic - for the first time in 100 years, a challenger unseated an incumbent President at a time of strong economic and market tailwi

Stealthy diver delivery boat transforms into a submarine

If you're on a secret military diving mission, chances are you don't want the enemy to see you getting into the water. That's where VICTA comes in, as it's a diver delivery boat that transforms into a submarine.

Doing the school run!

Primary school walks on mechanical legs to new location so the building can be preserved in its entirety in Shanghai

Argonnes Developing Micro-Nuclear Reactors for eTruck Supercharging

The largest cross-country 18-wheel trucks will need five to 10 times more electricity than an electric car to recharge its battery. And these trucks often need to recharge far from high-power transmission lines.

When It Comes to Generators, Bigger Is NOT Always Better

A generator can save the day when the power goes out. But, do you really need the biggest one you can find? Consider this alternative strategy instead.

Tesla Battery Farms Will Destroy Utility Grids

Many will say that Tesla is an overvalued car company but forget to address an integral part of Tesla's business. In this video, I explain why Tesla battery farms will end power plants forever.

SPARC Fusion Reactor on Track for 2035

The SPARC Fusion reactor team have made good theoretical progress to the goal of a commercial nuclear fusion reactor.

BIG shoots for the Moon with 3D-printed lunar habitat plan

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has conceived some of the most interesting architecture projects we've seen on land, and even water, but its latest design is out of this world - literally.

How Transparent Solar Panels And 'Quantum Dots' Could Make Skyscrapers Power Themselves

This has been made possible by a seemingly fictional invention that has appeared over the last few years--organic, transparent solar cells that when inserted into panes of glass, absorb sun and turn it into electricity to power the building.

Algae for Fuel Production on Mars

Algae could be used for fuel production on Mars and it would also produce oxygen on Mars. It would also produce fertilizer for growing crops on Mars.
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