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Pushed into coastal waters in wartime during the Tang Dynasty, these boat dwellers weren't allowed to set foot on land until the second half of the 20th century.
or more complex than the Tankas'simple water-based community. It took a series of green revolutions in farming technology to allow people to leave rural communities
Given enough time, Kampachi Farms will replace stagnant ponds with GPS-tracked cages stitched out of copper wire to enable a constant inflow of fresh ocean water without flushing out the precious fish.
This will be accomplished by nimble harvesting vessels driven by pioneers of this new life on the water.
or Otec plants, in which warm surface waters interact with cold water"upwelled  from the deep ocean to drive a large power turbine.
The cool water pumped to the surface contains the exact ratio of nutrients oe including phosphorus oe needed to support plant growth.
With help from the Dutch aquatic architecture firm Deltasync, the institute hopes to design something that will meet the needs of residents,
To reach much deeper waters, communities will ditch the stilts and float freely or anchor.
Simple cement structures, reinforced with steel, can displace massive amounts of water, and last for decades-or even centuries.
and repair underwater concrete structures The first floating city is expected to take to the water around 2020.
recycle grey water and filter effluents to produce rich, native soil that has a commercial value
and is used to grow plants in green plots, or window boxes. We are now producers, not consumers.
and form solid plugs when activated by water that seeps in from fine cracks in the material.
called bioprocessing, is being realised in wastewater gardens. These may be thought of as bacterial cities within our own,
improve water quality and increase biodiversity. Â These developments in living technology suggest that we will evolve solutions using the transformational properties of natural systems.
11 new waterways, more than 60 caves as well as clues that suggest there could be up to 1400 water reservoirs on the site.
currently covered by water.""I suspect that, as we examine Lidar for different places, we're going to wind up finding things in different places that we would not have thought to try to find,
It works by funnelling wind around a metal box  lined with fabric and kept  water-soaked.
  As the water evaporates it rapidly cools a box in which the milk  containers  are placed.
And when you factor in climate change, limited fresh water supplies and competition for harvests from biofuel makers, it is clear the world faces a major challenge.
they found a strain that did not waste precious energy trying to elongate itself above the waters when submerged by a flash flood,
so that they can identify how much seed, fertilizer, water, herbicides and pesticides different areas require. At first the appeal was that farmers would save money
and avoid environmental harm by not adding unnecessary fertiliser or water, Khosla says.""But with precise input management, farmers can also influence grain yield and efficiency.
A third is the lack of water. Â Khosla says.""We're working under tremendous pressures today compared to those in the first green revolution.
Controls will be exercised along a broad spectrum from environmental conditions such as light, water, and oxygen levels in the air to genetic manipulation according to approved safety guidelines.
With water coming from an ongoing evaporation system that extracts moisture from the air, and external wind generators for power, these self-contained farming silos can be constructed in desolate climates, deserts, on rocky ground,
such as solar thermal power, modern biomass production and the Seawater Greenhouse. The resulting synergies enable restorative growth in the worlds most arid regions.
Pics) Can you imagine being able to produce enough water in the Sahara to grow crops there?
their proposal to combine two innovative technologies, Concentrated Solar power (CSP) and Seawater Greenhouses, to produce renewable energy,
water and food in an area of desert known to be one of the hottest places on earth.
Multitasking renewable solutions It has often been said that there will be no one solution to solving the climate crisis and all those issues that surround it, such as energy sources, food prices and water supply.
Weve read about Seawater Greenhouses and Concentrated Solar power and how theyre being used to great effect.
and optimize their operating capacities to produce energy and water and by proxy vegetation. This sense of collaboration is echoed in the team of people behind the proposal:
an inventor Charlie Paton, creator of the Seawater Greenhouse; an architect Michael Pawlyn of Exploration Architecture, previously of Grimshaw and the lead architect on the iconic Eden Project;
What does a Seawater Greenhouse do? The Seawater Greenhouse was designed to address the problem of irrigating crops in arid coastal regions by evaporating seawater and condensing it into fresh water.
This helps to reverse the trend of desertification created by normal industrial greenhouses, which can use up to five times more water to irrigate crops than the respective regions average annual rainfall.
The system works by mimicking the natural hydrological cycle where seawater heated by the sun,
evaporates, cools down to form clouds and returns to the earth as rain, fog or dew.
Like the Seawater Greenhouse, CSP works well in hot arid areas where the sun is at its most powerful.
are used to heat water which then produces steam to power turbines. Examples currently working are Nevada Solar 1 near Las vegas,
These CSP/Seawater Greenhouse technologies will work together at a location some distance from the north coast of Africa, hopefully at a point below sea level
or potentially eliminate the costs of pumping seawater. The scheme has been designed as a hedge of greenhouses providing a windbreak and shelter for the outdoor planting.
The greenhouses produce five time more fresh water than needed for the plants inside. This surplus will be used to irrigate the planted orchards and the Jatrophra crop,
1. CSP systems need water for cleaning the mirrors and for the generation of steam to drive the turbines which the greenhouses can provide. 2. The Greenhouse evaporators make very efficient dust traps (as do plants that are growing outside)
If combined with sea water another 50%of the collected energy, normally released as heat,
and Seawater Greenhouses the design team has scaled vastly up the positive outputs of renewable energy, food production and fresh water supply.
because they had been armed strong by Treasury secretary Henry Paulson. Nor does this aloof disposition end at the water s edge:
Plantlab uses artificial light and only 10%of the water typically needed. Using the correct spectrum from their LED lighting system has increased photosynthesis efficiency to 12-15%percent from sunlight s 9%range.
Plantlab can also recycle evaporated water, which helps them grow crops using just one-tenth the water needed in traditional greenhouses.
As an addition bonus pesticides are no longer necessary. Production facilities can be built almost anywhere from the deserts of Sahara to the icy plains of the Artic. 17.
and pizzas, deliver water, remove trash and sewage, monitor traffic and pollution, and change out the batteries on our homes.
and the perfect sweet juicy flavor and aroma that makes our mouth water every time we think about them.
riding bikes, from running water etc. There is early traction there. Los angeles is testing advanced flywheel technology as a way to reap wasted energy from braking trains
then it shoots streams of warm water and foam shampoo from its 28 nozzles before 24 silicone fingers#work up a lather.
A New Firefighter You need a lot of water to put out a sizable blaze, and the chemicals used in fire extinguishers can be toxic (halons,
Sous vide#a process in which food is heated over a very long period in a low-temperature water bath#has been used in high-end restaurants for more than a decade.
Unlike most meals in the freezer aisle, sous vide food can be reheated in a pot of boiling water
Reduce, Reuse, Masticate It s depressing to think how much food packaging there is in your kitchen right now#all those juice cartons, water bottles and ice-cream containers.
The Constant Gardner Rather than spray water fertilizer and pesticides across their fields, many industrial farms are taking a more targeted approach,
Thinking beyond traditional delivery systems, flying drones could be used to deliver food, packages, water, change out the batteries in your home, remove trash and sewage,
and the perfect sweet juicy flavor and aroma that makes our mouth water every time we think about them.
Auquaponics Tech For those of you not familiar with the term, aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish, crayfish,
or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. Panasonic at CES 21.
and the perfect sweet juicy flavor and aroma that makes our mouth water every time we think about them.
and self sufficient in water thanks to an affordable osmosis from salt water technique perfected by a young Qatari student at Texas A&m University in 2028
and result in the closure of countless industrial factories that pollute the air and water.
when a parasite is detected in water; goats with spider genes that produce super-strength silk in their milk;
With all of the water we have in the world, only 2%of it is fresh water.
To make matters worse, only one-forth of all fresh water is accessible to humans. Until now, the entire human race has survived on 0. 5%of the available water on earth.
But that s about to change. We are seeing a fast growing trend towards harvesting water from the atmosphere,
something our ancestors first began working on centuries ago. People in the middle East and Europe devised the original air-well systems over 2, 000 years ago.
Later the Incas were able to sustain their culture above rain line by collecting dew
and many are beginning to think in terms of houses that generate their own water supply, self-irrigating crops,
The earth s atmosphere is a far more elegant water distribution system than rivers, reservoirs, and underground waterways.
Since we all depend on the rains to provide the water we need, what if we could extract this rain at the very time
On-demand water extractors. A new breed of inventors has emerged to tackle this exact problem.
and other forms of passive energy, our future water networks will be operate with far more efficiency and convenience than anything imaginable today.
NBD Nano s Atmospheric Water Generation The 2012 NBD Nano Competition NBD Nano http://www. nbdnano. com/Last year MIT worked with NBD
NBD Nano had developed a unique surface coating comprised of patterned superhydrophilic (water loving) and superhydrophobic (water hating) surfaces,
on the nanoscale. Together these surfaces dramatically increased the efficiency of moisture condensation and, by extension, harvesting water from air.
Submissions ranged from self-filling water bottles, to extreme dehumidification, to a large-scale water sources for greenhouse drip irrigation, to emergency water for lifeboats, to self-filling canteens for the military,
and much more. The winning entry, titled#oethe Aquamist,#presented a simple elegant design for the emerging aquaponics and hydroponics industries.
and The Aquamist produced a water-replenishing environment to satisfy those needs. More about the other entries here http://grabcad. com/challenges/atmospheric-water-generator/entries Meet the Water Harvesters A new breed of companies has begun to spring up around the world,
looking to the skies to solve the world s looming water issues. These companies are using a variety of technologies to drive costs down for extracting water from air.
Here are some of the true innovators in this space: Fogquest http://www. fogquest. org Fogquest is a Canadian nonprofit that uses modern fog collectors to bring drinking water and water for irrigation and reforestation to rural communities in developing countries
around the world. Their fog collectors can be used in dry regions and even deserts that receive less than one millimeter of rain each year.
But to work, they do require fog and light winds. Eolewater http://www. eolewater. com/Living in the Caribbean in 1997, inventor Marc Parent came up with the idea of using a windmill to extract water from the air.
With a French venture capital investment Parent moved the company to Sainte Tulle, France. After many years of development and testing, the WMS1000 (shown above) became the world s first wind turbine able to produce 1, 000 liters of water a day from air condensation.
The first unit was shipped to Abu dhabi for extended testing in the extreme weather conditions of the Middle east.
and produces water. The water is stored then in an underground tank and pumped to the roots of crops via sub surface drip irrigation hosing.
A2wh http://a2wh. com/Developed by Joe Ellsworth in Seattle, the A2wh system uses a desiccant to absorb moisture from the air.
The higher the humidity the more water the desiccant can absorb. The unit uses solar heat to drive both the airflow for the absorption process
and allows it to capture the water in liquid form. A small Photo Voltaic solar panel provides power for the micro controller, sensors, various valves, etc.
Ecoloblue http://www. ecoloblue. com/Ecoloblue has created an off-grid water harvester/dispenser specifically for the home or office.
to continually generate water even in emergency situations. It will generate between 1-3 Gallons Water/day depending on the humidity conditions and sun conditions.
Technion http://www1. technion. ac. il/en Technion, an Israel Institute of technology, has come up with an unusual water extraction concept.
Two architects invented this low-tech way of collecting dew and turning it into fresh water. It works well for collecting water in virtually any environment, even in polluted areas.
About 12 gallons of fresh water can be extracted from air in a single day from one 300 sq ft unit.
This technology recently won an international competition. Dropnet Fog Collector http://www. greenmuze. com/nature/water/2358-fog-harvesting-dropnet.
-html Imke Hoehler, an inductrial design student at Germany s Muthesius Academy of Fine arts has turned a lot of heads with her thesis project, the Dropnet fog collector.
The collectors extracts tiny water droplets from fog clouds and turns them into drinking water at a rate of roughly 4-5 gallons a day.
Mist Water Canarias http://www. aguadeniebla. com/Developed over the past 5 years on the Canary islands by Hernando Theo Olmo and Ricardo Gil,
the#oewater Gardens#are groupings of water-extracting towers for high volume and high quality water.
Some of the planned uses are for forests camping, fire suppression, agriculture, livestock, and human consumption.
The Self-Filling Water bottle http://www. behance. net/gallery/Atmospheric-Water-Collector/3949181 The Atmospheric Water Collector shown above is still not a functional product,
With a portable water extractor that fits on most any bottle, the goal is to provide for all the basic water needs of a person on a daily basis. Final Thoughts Prospects for the Future There are roughly 37,500 trillion gallons of#oefresh#water in the air at any given time.
The age-old problem has been getting it to people who need it at exactly the right time.
water is heavy and difficult to transport. Plastic bottle made water far more transportable, but it created a whole new set of problems.
Every day, millions of plastic water bottles, cups and containers are transported around the world by exhaust-spewing steamships, trains,
and trucks, only to be discarded, thrown into landfills, and onto our streets. And most of our current bottles don t degrade.
A high percentage of the products we buy in grocery stores contain water. Everything from pop, to juice, to vegetables, to beer, to soup,
Transporting water is expensive so what if the containers automatically added the water directly from the atmosphere once we took it home?
Is it possible to add a water extracting ground spike next to every plant or tree in our garden?
Is this a technology light enough for every athlete to carry with them, every adventurer to wear on their belt,
Will atmospheric water extractors replace city reservoirs, dams, water towers, and our elaborate network of fire hydrants throughout every community?
when chlorine-tasting water was an everyday occurrence. By Futurist Thomas Frey Author of#oecommunicating with the Future#the book that changes everything Via Futuristspeaker. com Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati e
but extracts it from the water the way gills do. Israeli inventor Alon Bodner has come close.
The device, aptly named Likeafish, works by using a centrifuge to lower the pressure of water within an airtight chamber.
Since only a little oxygen is contained in water the device must move about 190 liters (50 gallons) per minute in order for the average person to breathe comfortably.
water boils at body temperature, meaning the water in saliva, tears or on the lungs alveoli starts to bubble away.
is a containment window where only a few gallons of water or a few pounds of fire retardant is necessary to put the evil genie back into its bottle.
930,000 Rehabilitation expenses included costs incurred by USFS emergency rehabilitation programs, Denver water, US Geological Survey (USGS) mapping,
farmers in central Malawi who had relied previously on rain to water their crops learned the benefits of spooning water directly onto their plants.
Yet because such crops require less water, fertilizer, and pesticides and reap higher yields, African farmers are interested.
These keep the dirt stationary long enough for it to catch water and insects, germinate seeds,
#Precision agriculture moves farmers into the high tech age A variable rate irrigation system installed to water crops saves hundreds of thousands of gallons of water.
The drought has pushed everyone to look for new ways to save water. So, the The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has joined forces with America s beer brewers to change how farmer irrigate their crops.
with less water. The key is precision farming: the convergence of digital technology that allows farmers to apply just the right amount of fertilizer and water on their fields.
Humans have practiced a rather crude form of agriculture for millennia: we douse fields to give them as much water
and fertilizer as we think they need. Yet field conditions may differ drastically within a few feet.
Experimental projects are even testing how to dispatch farm drones (crop-spying quadcopters for example) that measure everything from reflectivity to water loss to optimize the efficiency of a farm s operations.#
if it could divert water from fields, more remained for threatened wildlife.##oewhat we re doing in Georgia
and computer-controlled irrigation covering thousands of acres that conserve millions of gallons of water each day.#
#oeas a brewer, we know that the area we can have the biggest impact in reducing water usage is within the agricultural supply chain,
#oethe learnings and savings in the first two years of the pilot project farms were significanta cumulative 270 million gallons of water reduced.#
The over utilized locations with exposed soil are then vulnerable to erosion from wind and water,
We have developed trunks that feature ungulates, bears, owls, creepy-crawlies, water, and tracks. Each of the trunks includes between 15#20 books on the subject,(both fiction and non-fiction;
Last week I got into a discussion with a friend about the concept of self-contained water.
If you think in terms of picking up a bottle of water, only without the bottle, you get the picture.
but I m referring to a more usable form of water. As an example, if water itself could be used to form a somewhat hardened skin around a small quantity of water,
we could create 100%consumable water with zero waste. An industrial design team in London has come the closest with something calledooho,
a blob-like water container made out of an edible algae membrane. While it still involves using something other than water,
it does give us clues on how to make a container out of what we re trying to contain,
in this case water. As we imagine our way through this design problem, many more questions come to light.
Should it be flexible like a plastic bag or a bit more ridged like a typical water bottle?
What is the ideal shape? Should it be a cube for easy stacking, have a handle for easy holding,
Even a container made of water will get dirty, so how do we clean the dirt from the side of a solid water container?
More water? More importantly, what is the optimal size for a self-contained water container? Should it be cup sized, quart-sized, gallon-sized, or larger?
Or maybe marble-sized or pea-sized water pellets would work best. Should the water beeaten like tiny liquid snacks that could be popped into your mouth at any time?
Perhaps we would want flavored water like cherry water, tea water, coffee water, or chocolate water.
Maybe we don t actually eat or drink the container. Once the inside water is gone, it may be possible to just discard the bottle onto a lawn or flowerbed,
as a form of enviro-littering, and wait for it to re-liquefy, sending a few drops of moisture to the thirsty plants below.
How would we fabricate the container part of water? Would it somehow be molded, pressed, 3d printed, or simply sprayed onto a form?
The process I ve just described is what I callsituational futuring, where we begin to explore the implications of some future technology.
Here s how this can be used as an effective futuring tool. Situational Futuring Much like dropping a rock into still water and watching the ripples form in every direction,
situational futuring begins with a central idea, which grows into a series of rippling thoughts, issues,
and questions expanding in every direction. Unlike the study of macro or megatrends, situational futuring is a micro-futuring process that begins with a single invention, tiny idea
and much more. 2. Water Harvesting Irrigation Spikes Will it someday be possible to add atmospheric water harvesting ground-spikes next to every plant or tree in our garden?
These devices will pull water from the air to irrigate nearby plants. 3. Quantified Self Skills Analysis As employers lose confidence in traditional transcripts and college degrees as a predictor of success,
Atmospheric Water Harvesters Several new technologies have been developed to extract moisture directly from the air. These have become known as atmospheric water harvesters.
How long will it be before we see the first city to harvest 100%of its water supply from the atmosphere?
26. Ultra High Speed Transportation system Today s high speed trains max out around 300 mph.
Water Bullets Nonlethal weapons employ many different technologies, but using water bullets could be the easiest to use and also the least dangerous.
Are water bullets a likely candidate for nonlethal weapon technology, and how long before police forces are equipped to use them?
31. Crowdsourced Court System If a court system were developed using crowdsourcing to form its jury decisions,
food and water in order to support life-forms inhabiting the system. Such systems already exist in small scales,
Fog nets for harvesting water Atmospheric Water Harvesters One of today s most significant breakthroughs is happening in the area of atmospheric water harvesters,
being developed by a new breed of water innovators intent on solving one of earth s most vexing problems. 11.
Water supply Transitionists 14. Purification Monitors 15. Impact Assessors Creating the God Globe Thegod Globe is intended to be a master command center for planet earth,
The soil on Brown's land thanks to some innovative soil-enhancing farming techniques holds about three times as much water as a conventional farm.
This means less water is wasted and it also means that Brown who received a 2012 Growing Green award from NRDC doesn't need to rely on federal crop insurance to cover his losses in times of drought or other weather extremes.
O'connor an agricultural water policy analyst says the FCIP should be reformed to encourage risk-reducing farming techniques like those championed by Gabe Brown
and hairy vetch increases soil nutrients and water retention and prepares the soil for the next planting rather than depleting it.
(and can according to existing law) offer lower rates to farmers who embrace low-risk water-smart practices like cover cropping no-till farming and more efficient irrigation.
One reason for this is that shark skin is composed of a special type of scale covered by riblets that reduce friction as the shark travels through the water.
Reduced friction means that water flows more rapidly across the surface making it difficult for microscopic hitchhikers to grab hold.
The lotus leaf on the other hand maintains its squeaky clean reputation with a waxy surface structure that repels water a property called superhydrophobicity.
We noticed that water droplets on rice leaves and butterfly wings roll off effortlessly and that each remains clean in their respective environment says Bhushan.
or repelled water (wettability). Like shark skin rice leaves and butterfly wings exhibited low drag and self-cleaning properties.
and direct water in one direction says Bixler. This is accomplished with a combination of grooves
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