ARCHITECT WANTS YOU TO 3D PRINT YOUR NEW LIVEABLE HOME…ON THE MOON
A Dutch architect has designed a house “with no beginning or end” to be built using the world’s largest 3D printer, harnessing technology that may one day be used to print houses on the moon. Janjaap Ruijssenaars, 39, of Universe Architecture in Amsterdam, wants to print a Mobius strip-shaped building with around 1,100 square metres (12,000 square feet) of floor space using the massive D-Shape printer. The printer, designed by Italian Enrico Dini, can print up to almost a six-metre-by-six-metre square (20-foot-by-20-foot), using a computer to add layers 5-10 mm (a quarter to half an inch) thick. Ruijssenaars says the building could serve as a home or a museum and […]
EXPLORE THE TOURIST-FREE WHITE DESERT
If you are seeking an adventure instead of a traditional commercial tourist destination for your next holiday but do not want to skimp on the 5-star experience, consider exploring Antarctica’s White Desert. Mantis, the World’s Leading Polar Expedition Operator for White Desert, has created a hi-end way to explore the unexplored. First they will fly you into the interior of Antarctica in a 5-hour flight across the Southern Ocean from Cape Town in South Africa to their beautifully designed ecological campsite. You can choose your own adventure which may include an 8 days safari exploring the last great wilderness (gentle treks thru the ice waves, visit the Emperor Penguins, ice […]