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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.
Dash of nanocarbon black makes conductive, heat-generating concrete
Concrete is pretty useful, which is why it's the most widely used construction material in the world. But it could be argued that it doesn't really do anything. Now, engineers have made concrete that can conduct electricity and produce heat, by m
Scalable New Fusion Drive
It exploits magnetic reconnection as a fast, high-power ion heating mechanism; natural plasma self-organization as a robust, stable confinement scheme; and passive magnetic compression at modest ratios to reduce overall engineering complexity.
Bladeless turbines could help bring wind power to your home
A Spanish green energy company is pioneering the development of bladeless turbines that can harness energy from wind without the sweeping white blades that have become synonymous with wind power.
Revealed: CyberLandr Is A Truck Camper For The Tesla Cybertruck
A kitchen, living room, office, bathroom, and bedroom all in one tiny package that fits in the Cybertruck's vault.
Review of Nomad Internet for RV travelers
We tried Nomad Internet in our RV and came to really appreciate the fact that it is unlimited and unthrottled data.
AirCrete - Everything you Need to Know
From dome homes with an artistic feel, to just about everything else you can think of, AirCrete is becoming the best solution for many DIY home builders and even some construction companies.
BAK Battery Unveils First Chinese 4680 Battery Cells
Limited production to start this year, mass production next year.
Ambri: A Battery that Could Change the World
Today Zac and Jesse speak to Donald Sadoway, the Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Advisor of Ambri.
This house was 3D-printed in just 24 hours
A company called Mighty Buildings is able to 3D-print 350-square-foot housing units in just 24 hours thanks to its UV-curable synthetic stone material.
World's First 3-D Printed School Poised to Be Built in Madagascar For Half the Price of Traditio
Hundreds of millions of children don't have schools to attend around the world, and Grout feels one of the best ways to solve the problem is by bringing down the construction costs of schoolhouses. The initial pilot Thinking Hut in Madagascar is ex
6 Alternative BUILDING INSULATION Materials
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To save historic farm, couple creates agrihood of tiny homes
Instead of building community around a golf course or a pool, they argued for making the farm the focal point and to build tiny houses around it so residents would benefit from fresh produce and views of fields and flowers.
Brawny Domino dual-mode trailer swallows campers with yawning jaws
A Domino that won't fall come bumps, tips or wind, the latest off-road camper trailer from Australia's Offline Campers features a unique ruggedized teardrop design that creates a quick sleepover or a full base camp.
The 12 Million Mile Battery
Tesla recently announced the coming "1 million mile battery" shocking the world.
Yacht of the future: Florida-based designer unveils plans for an eco-friendly...
Yacht of the future: Florida-based designer unveils plans for an eco-friendly $811m superyacht powered by retractable solar-panelled 'sails'
6 Super Easy Tips on How to care for RV Solar Panels
I'm not the sort that likes to do unnecessary maintenance. So when it comes to solar, all I do is clean them once or twice a year.
Eco-Floating Hotel puts ambitious spin on sustainable design
Qatar isn't exactly lacking in notable architecture but a new floating hotel would certainly be a head-turning addition to the Middle Eastern country.
Bushcraft Dome Built From Branches and Plastic Wrap
In this video, I am going to show how you can easily make a waterproof dome using branches and plastic wrap.
Shrink Wrapping a Geodesic Dome - 18 ft 3v Frequency
Applying a marine shrink wrap cover to an 18 ft diameter 3v frequency geodesic dome. This dome also has two pentagon dormer windows.
Here's How 30 Preppers Have Adapted And What They Foresee Happening Next
There's a lot more crazy and a lot less money than usual, and as I've written before, the face of prepping has changed.
Solar-powered off-road teardrop trades propane for electric camping
Making an all-electric camper tends to be a little easier when that camper doesn't require a large motive engine to propel itself to camp.
The Federal Government Issues Stern Warning About Off Grid Living In A Tiny House
This channel will teach you the Good, Bad, and Reality of Off Grid Living, minimalistic living, tiny camper, tiny house, frugal living.
Tesla Current 10-30% Battery Cost Advantage is Still Improving
Cairn Energy Research Advisors reports that Tesla has the lowest cost batteries by at least 10% and over 24% versus other car companies. This is before the cost reductions that Tesla is implementing from 2020 Battery Day.
What a difference 400 years makes! AI 'Mayflower' will make groundbreaking crew-less...
What a difference 400 years makes! AI 'Mayflower' will make groundbreaking crew-less crossing of Atlantic next month powered by solar energy: Craft will chart same 3,000-mile route taken by ship that brought 102 Pilgrims to America in 1620
Future homes may soon be made of eco-friendly mushroom "bricks"
Mushrooms make for a savory, vitamin D-rich addition to a balanced diet. But it turns out, they make for more environmentally friendly "bricks," too.
World's first space HOTEL to begin construction in low Earth orbit in 2025...
...complete with restaurants, cinemas and rooms for up to 400 guests
Campervan DIY battery build HUGE POWER!
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Our 10-Acre Survival Homestead (2020 PROOF)
2020, rumors of a virus in China. Soon, lockdowns were spreading across the globe and trouble was coming to America. Our homestead was about to be tested. Watch how we thrived. Now, Do this Yourself here (free): http://bit.ly/HomesteadCrashCourse
Sunken greenhouse wraps home & feeds suburban antifragile co-op
He turned his father's RV garage into an off-grid home relying on photovoltaics, rainwater and composting toilet. Attached to the home, he built a half-buried (6-feet-under) greenhouse (walipini) to use the earth's heat to grow figs and fruits du
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
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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
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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.