Tag Archive | "sustainability"
Ants and Plants
After i finish this ant & plant habitat, i realized that i could (will) make things much better. for example, i could grow small vegetables in the top and use them to feed the ants, after a time, switch the earth from the ants to the top (im guessing it will be fertilized). and finally, i guess [...]
Continue reading...Cyclean: Washing and Excercising
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
I’ve just seen this new machine, its a sustainable method machine build on a bicycle that powers a washing and drying machine. On one side, it delivers what I’ve always wanted , clean and dry in a single chamber, Secondly it can help reduce health problems in developing countries. Third, It recycles human energy that its usually [...]
Continue reading...on low-tech
Saturday, March 1, 2008
This is an extract of a conversation i had with totoro last week on regarding the relevance of investing in low-tech. Seems to me that everyone including developing countries are obsessed with hi-tech solutions. Whereas this might be a good model for developed economies, it might no the the most wise solution for undeveloped areas, such [...]
Continue reading...Earth day
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Today a friend sent me a link to take a quiz on my personal footprint on the earth’s environment. It turned out that I had a total footprint of 2.9 that what I though when my average for my country is 2.5. I guess this turns out to be true for most of us and it makes [...]
Continue reading...Sustainable and Low Cost Housing
Sunday, December 9, 2007
What to you get if you mix Bill Clinton + Brad Pitt ?jejejeje, no, well yes but think again... Although they might seem not to have too much in common, by mashing up some of their ideas it is possible to design a replicable model for sustainable habitat in emerging communities.
Continue reading...Plastic Bag Wallet inspired by MAKE magazine
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Some time ago i saw how dudes at Make Magazine made some messenger bags out of plastic bags. So today i just went ahead and try it. Although i don't need a messenger, bag i had lost my wallet (make that No. 10) so i decided to start practicing with small objects such as wallets. It turns out to be very fun although i might suggest having a decent design first (you might end up with something as trashy as mines).
Continue reading...Vegetable Based Charcoal
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Amy Smith has been working for years in humanitarian design, she gives a great course at MIT “Design for Developing Countries,”. Last year with the help of her students she figured out how to make charcoal out of local non polluting resources such as roots, cane sugar remaining and similar.Now that Tabasco lacks of many [...]
Continue reading...Smoother Public Transport Network (republished)
Sunday, August 26, 2007
(republished for safe keeping) The purpose of these networked set systems is to provide a smoother use of public transport system in Monterrey, taking advantage of emerging Technologies, which we hope when the times come to develop the project, they would have reached a mature stage. The solution network consists in the connections between mobile devices, enhanced [...]
Continue reading...The seven habits of highly subversive people
Saturday, August 11, 2007
1. Thinking 2. Understand the big picture 3. Fix, make or bake stuff yourself, because it strengthens your independence of thought from the soul-robbing, imagination-sucking, corporate production of stuff. 4. Know your porn so that you can understand how you are being told what to desire 5. Seek context. Don’t settle for the easy short answer. Stand for something [...]
Continue reading...Internet Village Motoman Network
Friday, May 11, 2007
or riding the bike against digital divide : DNetworkAmerican Assistance for Cambodia, Operation Village Heath, Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolMobile access point and antenna Designer/manufacturer: United Villages, Inc., antenna by HyperLink Technologies, Inc.United States, 2002–03Dimensions: 6†h x 12†w x 4†d (box), 15†(antenna)Solar panel Manufacturer: Kyocera CorporationJapan, [...]
Continue reading...- Urban Agriculture
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- hjbarraza: Has anyone noticed how beautiful the sunlight between 8:00 and 9:00 and 5:30 to 6:30 is ? (or is it just me? ja !)
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Asides 
hjbarraza: @tom4cam probably someone in the social media classroom community already is http://tinyurl.com/4jp7hd
hjbarraza: im going back to preschool !!!
hjbarraza: So, how is everyone feeling today ?
hjbarraza: y que me levantan los truenos a las 6 am
hjbarraza: @chicaregia jajaja no entendi lo reporte indigo !
hjbarraza: Just recieved a new book from amazon ! : )
hjbarraza: @eliastorre in the south, you can go to electrolabo.com in the north its better to go to the border. in which city are you ?
hjbarraza: Google won’t search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don’t find Chuck Norris, he finds you.
hjbarraza: finally reading “Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers” arduino fun for me http://tinyurl.com/2osup7
hjbarraza: Zombie Fest @ Mty, Mx, YEEEEEEEEEEEIIIII
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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