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Inhabitat 
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ASTI’s Cute Solar Power “Plant” |
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
Ahh, the art of camouflage. As technology becomes ever more ubiquitous in our lives we have begun to try and hide it, and blend it in with our surroundings (perhaps you have seen those cell towers that pose as trees). Well now the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Mitsubishi Corp and [...]
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Sahara Forest Project Converts Desert into Oasis |
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
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Recently a trio of entrepreneurs announced an incredible solution
for the world’s resource problems: turn the Sahara desert into a source
for food, water, and energy. The Sahara Forest Project (.PDF) is a solution that combines seemingly disparate technologies - Concentrated solar power and Seawater Greenhouses
- and turns them into a mean, green super-massive biomachine. The
elegant system could potentially produce enough energy for all of
Africa and Europe while turning one of the world’s most inhospitable
regions into a flourishing oasis.
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China’s Next Great Wall: An Interview With Simone Giostra |
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
Earlier this year, Inhabitat covered GreenPIX , Simone Giostra’s groundbreaking Zero Energy Media Wall in Beijing. Recently ScribeMedia Arts & Culture released an excellent interview where the architect explains how he pitched the proposal to the client and developed the concept and installation. Giostra describes the GreenPIX wall as a form of “dynamic [...]
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Jamie Ward’s Furniture Reborn |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
Dusty old furnishings often receive a second life with fresh upholstery and a new coat of paint, but rarely do we have the patience or skill to repurpose parts and fashion an entirely new piece of furniture. Jamie Ward, a design student in Manchester, England, takes cast off chairs and tables, deconstructs them, and [...]
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