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- Northern Experiments
[Northern Experiments project map.]
Directed by 0047, Northern Experiments is an impressive, broad survey of the Barents region, which includes northwestern Russia and northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The project was realized as an exhibition and book.
[Barents region developing industries.]
[Map showing inhabtants within reach of a new northern IKEA in Torino and Haparanda.]
The project encompasses a [...]
- Harvesting Iceland
[Iceland is primed for Hydro and Geothermal energy autonomy.]
Probably no other country is considering such a significant (and potentially devastating) geo-engineering project as Iceland. With the entire country volcanically and geologically active, Icelanders are the most likely to achieve the world's first hydrogen society.
We will be in Reykjavik in two weeks time, and before that [...]
- Student Works: An Infrastructural Lifeline for Palestine and Israel
[Torn Country, Thesis Cover Page, Christoph Hesse]
For Palestine and Israel, and undoubtedly for the rest of the world, the year 1999 was one of hope. A huge step towards a peaceful future in the Middle East was made in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, when the Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser [...]
- Energies and Boundaries
[AD: Energies: New Material Boundaries.]
A new issue of AD was recently published titled ENERGIES: New Material Boundaries, edited by Sean Lally of WEATHERS. This edition focuses on the rich, yet overlooked, territory of design that foregrounds the effects of material energies on boundaries of environments. Boundaries are taken to mean atmospheric thresholds that are the [...]
- Islands at the Top of the World – Airships Revisited
[Luxury cruises by Airship Ventures Zeppelin NT over San Francisco]
As energy costs rise and resources continue to deplete, seemingly defunct technologies tend to resurface. Airships are one such innovation, garnering more attention in recent years after decades of dormancy. Airships are ‘lighter than air’ structures that remain aloft with a lifting gas, such as [...]
- Farming Fuels
[New Algae Farms are reminiscent of Walt Disney\'s \'The Future World of Agriculture\']
In a few weeks the Algae Biofuels World Summit will take place in San Francisco, one of the first formalized events dedicated to the production of algafuels. Algae farming has garnered increased attention as oil prices continue to rise, and it is [...]
- Power of Ecosystems / Ecosystems of Power
[Latitude: 42.03280 Longitude: -71.61592 and Half-Mile Radius Series of 3 16x16 in. Lightjet Digital C-Prints by Adam Ryder.]
Having recently endured a power outage during one of the coldest days of the year in a country that begins above the 45th parallel, we are bluntly reminded of the power of (electrical) power. There continues to be [...]
- From Ego to Energy – Towers of Power Revisited
[EnviroMission\'s Proposal for a Solar Tower in Australia via www.t-mation.com]
As the race for the tallest tower progresses, research into solar power design has created (perhaps for the first time) a need for height. The solar updraft tower – a combination of a solar chimney, greenhouse and wind turbine – was first presented in 1903 [...]
- Making a Better Place
[Electric Parking Lot in Israel: www.betterplace.com]
With the cost of a barrel of oil dipping below $40 a few weeks ago (recall this summer’s price of $140), imagining a post-oil future may not be on everyone's mind . This is not the case for venture-backed Better Place and its partners. Since 2007, Better Place, led by [...]
- Reviving OTEC
[Most extreme temperature differences between surface and deep oceanic waters.]
Shelved in the early 1970s after realizing the project was technologically possible but economically untenable, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, or OTEC, is witnessing a revival. While many gave up on this, such as NREL, now even energy novices like Lockheed Martin are getting back in on [...]
