Open Sailing
July 21st, 2009
Posted by: spectraz
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I saw this link thanks to MissPirata and I thought that I really wanted to share it with you. The following information comes from the Open_Sailing initiative:
In order to live at sea, we’re pioneering an entirely new form of marine architecture. Open_Sailing acts like a giant organism, a cluster of intelligent units that can react to their environment, change shape and reconfigure themselves. They talk to each other. They’re modular, re-pluggable, pre-broken, post-industrial and self-sufficient. Open_Sailing is a project that is well underway. We are a constantly growing, international team of around 15 people designing and engineering a prototype that is being built now in the UK, France and [...]

Re-introducing Eco and Ethics
July 18th, 2009
Posted by: spectraz
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After having been contacted by Chris from Greenpress – whom wanted to see Eco and Ethics move to their green blog format – I decided to switch to Greenpress because I feel that it is the right decision for me and my blog right now.
We’re at a point in time when we have to re-think our strategies and global tactics not only to embrace technological breakthroughs, but also to enhance them in order for us to learn how to cultivate and harvest energy in new ways.
Not only do we have to learn how to deal with e-waste and garbage, we also have to try and figure out how to use [...]