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Cruiser Charisma: A Future Living Seriously Off The Grid, Every Grid

2:27 pm in 3d printing, Design & Architecture, downloadable design, less is more by TreeHugger

cruiser charisma trailer off grid photo All images Credit Jonas Loh with permission For his project at the Royal College of Art, Jonas Loh studied intentional self-sufficient communities from Earthaven Ecovillage to the Amish. But he also had an opposing inspiration: "an extrapolation of current scientific research which embraces technological alteration of nature." The result is Cruiser Charisma, that will let one live not only off the electrical grid, but every other system supplying us with every...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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3D Printing With Just Sun And Sand

8:43 am in 3d printing, Design & Architecture, downloadable design, united kingdom by TreeHugger

solar sinter markus kayser photo Images credit Markus Kayser In the 1967 Star Trek Episode Arena, Kirk had to scrounge around a planet and find the materials necessary to build a primitive weapon. Imagine if they were making the show today; Kirk would emulate artist Markus Kayser and build a solar powered 3D printer and just print out a phaser. Most 3D printers use resins and lasers, but Kayser uses nothing but sun and sand....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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