Sustainable and green energy for future houses.

Green energy will be an important thing in this future, I is already important now but I think that it will become more and more important. Nowadays we use a lot of electricity for many of our daily uses. But where does all that energy come from? Nowadays from more sustainable sources. Signs that show us that people are busy with energizing houses:

The Urban Green Energy has developed a wind turbine for high buildings in cities. The fact that these turbines can spread air horizontal and vertical is interesting, because it increases de duration of the power production. Another sign that people are busy with this subject:

Researchers have discovered that energy can come from plants. They’ve charged electrons into electricity to give power to gadgets. It is an example of living orgasms that can be used as biological solar panels. Gaining energy with modern ways is required for our future!

Used sources:

Urban Green Energy, Moss Power

Living: so much more fun and made so much easier with technology

This is an article in the Guardian (it’s a bit older than a year, but that doesn’t bother. It is about the idea of it: how technology can help us redesign our cities (and lives).  Technology can make such a huge difference for future cities. Technological developments will promise us an exercising future for living in a city. You can find a little movie about new ideas for urban living below. The next signs will give you an idea about how I think we will live in the future.

The combination between tablets and living becomes more and more specific. You can choose colours for your house with the “TapPaint app”.  This app makes it possible to see different colours and tones on your rooms. You only have to see through your display and notice the perfect colour.  

You can draw your futuristic house in 3D with a LixPen, and it is more specific than a 3D printer. With this option people are able to design their own house with their own hand. Technology and customizing are coming together with this product.: a interesting combination. I think that this can prevent miscommunication and it is innovative.  

A decoration design engineering located in China, Suzhou, had made 10 houses with a gigantic 3D printer. And this fact is not the only interesting thing; the houses were made in only one day. The fact that we can build houses with a printer is amazing. This is’t new anymore but it seems to be the first time that this has happened in such a short time. It may take some time to create such houses worldwide, but the company hopes that the technology will become better and well known. It can be used to make eco-friendly and affordable houses. Interesting how fast those technological developments are developing!

Sources: TapPainter, LixPen, 3D printing

Sports, gamification everywhere

Our concept test for Human Movement has shown that gamification fits well to values of students nowadays. I think that companies and sport centres will use more often game elements for sports in the future. It all will be about sporting in a fun and likable way, for everyone. Even those who do not like doing sports at all! I'll explain why this is COOL!

 

Here are some signs that show that gamification is a trend and will become bigger: an app which can make it easier to do sports. It is called “Let’s Play”. This will make you enjoying sports and meeting new people. People can select their favourite sport and the app gives a notification about interesting sport events or sport classes. It is a way to invite people and students to do exercise!

There’s another app that will help people (with obesities) to do sports. They can do a competition against others with it. The app’s called Run an Empire. It’s perfect for the people who enjoy playing with strategy and play. I think this will increase people to do sports more often in future.

Another good initiative is Google Glass. You might know the Glass project already, but probably you didn’t know this. You can set your own goals with those glasses: while running, cycling or swimming. Zombies, for example, can chase you so you really will have to run hard! I think that those game elements will get every human to do sports and they will love it. It’s all about gamification in the future, but the sports have still to be authentic.

Sources: Lets Play, Run an Empire, Google Glass.

Food initiatives of the future.

In the future, like in the year 2030, we are busier with eating healthy. Not only healthy but we will think more about our body and the effects that food has on our body and the effects it has to the environment.  Some signs we see that we can refer to our body and the environment: a drinkable book from water is life. But WHAT is it?

 

After you’ve read the book you will be able to create clean drinkable water with each page. This book can provide people for many different diseases. Watch the videolink below for more instructions! I find this a very good and innovative manner to get water and prevent diseases. I hope that examples like this one will increase and future cities in countries like Africa will become healthier.

Another interesting example is about a sustainable food package: plastic made out of shrimp shells and it is 100% biodegradable. Harvard researchers developed it; a good alternative for normal plastic isn’t it? It can be made easily and cheap. 

And there’s another lovely food initiative: it’s called Eden’s Paper. A revolutionary new product: it’s actually a wrapping paper for presents. But that’s not the only thing you can do with it! This paper is filled with seeds for carrot, tomato, broccoli, chilli and union. You can plant your wrapping paper after you’ve used it and that’s exactly why it’s COOL: a sustainable solution for lots of wasted and thrown-away paper. Signs like this give us the possibility to see that there can be done a lot for humans and the environment. Would you like to read more about this subject? 

Used sources: . Eden's Paper, Bioplastic, Drinkable book and and the Drinkable Book.

Fuel, what are the futuristic solutions?

A problem nowadays is that some day, our fuel will be ended. Empty. Bare. People are thinking about solutions and I think that we will have really good options in the future. We have to find manners that will replace gas or oil. There are signals that show us that people are busy with this problem. There are tests with water, trash, biodiesel et cetera. I think that other fuels absolutely still will be developed. 

A sign that there are developments in the fuel industry is the following: the car company Honda (also known for its sustainable efforts) has created bottled water from its hydrogen emissions. WHAT is it? It is world’s first biggest car production that uses compressed hydrogen instead of petrol. I think that there will come more cars like the hydrogen-fuelled ones in our future. It is good four our nature and better for our health than petrol, for example. 

Another example of the futuristic fuel industry is that airline companies are thinking about more sustainable airlines. British Airways, for instance, made an effort to be more eco-friendly and uses household trash to fuel its planes. They will convert trash into biofuel. I think that this is a amazing idea: fuel is not only about cars and motors. This subject is about many more vehicles. 

Last but not least, the Walmart’s Futuristic Big Rig. This is a concept delivery truck, which can drive on diesel, bio gas, natural gas, biodiesel and hopefully new undiscovered unknown other fuels. Efficient and it can be sustainable. Why does it have FUTURE GROWTH potential? I think that our future cities will exist of cars driving on water, plants, trash and other possibilities that aren’t discovered yet. The way of sustainable cars is amazing for the Quality of Life for people. It is good for our health and better for our nature. We have to protect ourselves and our nature! You can find the used sources below. 

Sources: Waltmart, British Airways, Hydrogen