Humans- you make me happy.
Whenever I think of all of the things that are going wrong with the world I am always reassured by how wonderfully ingenious human beings can be when we put our minds to it. Scientists, designers and artists come up with ways to revolutionize the world on a day to day basis. Trust that imagination can save the world, like the work of this artist, Ana Rewakowicz.
The SR-Hab (Socially Responsive Habitat) project is a mobile, self-sustainable bicycle unit for urban commuting and dwelling, developed in collaboration with students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in Montreal.
The SleepingBagDress prototype involves a multipurpose kimono-dress that when inflated changes into a cylindrical container inhabitable by one or two people. The SleepingBagDress prototypes operate on a small computer fan powered by a rechargeable lead battery (prototype 1) and NiMH batteries charged by a solar panel incorporated into the dress itself (prototype 2) and looks at the portability and self-sustainability of a wearable cell, comfortable as both, a dress and a temporary shelter.
Air Cleanser, Rosenlew Factory, Pori, Finland, 2008, Collaboration with Annu Wilenius.
Or these amazing "supertrees" funded by the government of Singapore, which capture solar energy as well as functioning as conservatories for hanging gardens.
Or, even as wonderful as finding the simplest solutions to everyday problems such as happened in these slums in the Philippines.
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