Tex Avery’s cartoon from 1953, TV of Tomorrow, brings us on a tour of the possibilities of interactive television. By incorporating TV into hobbies and pastimes, such as fishing or playing bridge, this cartoon predicts a future where we can interact with our television, and it can even interact with us! While none of these creative ideas actually exist today without the help of a video game console, it proves how even back in the 1950’s, people saw how television would soon become an integral part of their lives.
Students from the College of Science and Technology at Deakin University create the home of the future: a compact house with adaptable rooms that will change as needed, and a shared garden and patio for up to 4 members of one family. The house has a single room, but at the same time possesses a dining room, office, living room, bathroom, and more! The students created the concept of “modules” so that the environments are “assembled” in accordance with the time or need.
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Dennis Odin Johnson has been designing, manufacturing and building environmentally green homes and dome homes since 1971. His company, Natural Spaces Domes, is one of the leading manufacturers of geodesic dome homes in the world. During his nearly 40 years of building domes, one of his major focuses has been educating and promoting the green aspect and environmental sustainability of dome homes as well as all home designs in general.
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What exactly is a Dome Home? In an interview with Planet Green TV, architect and designer, Dennis Odin Johnson, reshapes our idea of a home. Located in North Branch, Minnesota, Bear Creek Dome is “energy efficient and gives you the most amount of space for the least amount of material”. For more than 30 years, Natural Spaces Domes has been building “green” dome homes that provide both the comfort of a normal home, as well as the satisfaction of helping keep the earth clean.
Bear Creek Dome, beyond having a unique shape, is more functional than a normal box home. Based on the geodesic dome, made popular in the 1950′s, Bear Creek Dome is 49-feet in diameter, and the spherical design of the home provides enough strength to withstand earthquakes and 200 mph winds. The Dome Homes are cleaner and healthier for the environment and humans alike. The dome shape uses 60% less structural material than a box home. Homes made by Natural Spaces are energy efficient, and all of the building materials used are as natural as possible. Dome homes are also healthier for families, as the panels are toxin and draft-free.
Best of all, Johnson points out that people don’t have to give up any comforts or luxuries that come with living in a normal home. Bear Creek Dome is actually quite spacious despite its appearance. The Dome has enough room for multiple bedrooms, a large kitchen, living room, dining room, office, and an entertainment area.
Nowadays, people are readily choosing to drive environmentally friendly vehicles, and wear “green” clothing, so it’s seem natural for eco-friendly homes to be the next step. We would be giving up little, if anything, if all new homes were built in this fashion, plus we would be ensuring that something is being done to preserve our environment for future generations to come. Dennis’ philosophy is rather revolutionary: if we invest in a greener existence today, we will live better tomorrow.
In an interview with CNN, Joey Reiman talks about his innovative vision for the future of business. “In the future, it will no longer be necessary to go to the office every morning, and we will work only six hours a day for four days a week.”
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For those who wonder whether or not it is possible to be both the manager of an up-and-coming international company and a dedicated and present father, the answer is yes. It was in this commendable way, in fact, that Joey Reiman became so successful. His office, located in the middle of his beautiful backyard, was once an old square-dancing hall, and the photos of his family that are scattered all over the room makes it look more like a living room rather than a place where a manager conducts business on an international scale. Joey Reiman is the CEO of BrightHouse, the first ideation corporation in the world.
The project’s idea is based upon Reiman’s firm conviction that innovative ideas, which are born freely from creative minds, truly drive today’s market. These ideas are the most important component in business, and are perfected and implemented everyday in order to respond to specific human needs.
Reiman has dedicated himself for years, if not for his entire career, to the study of the mechanisms that advance the creative process. One of his recently published books, Thinking for a Living, is the fruit of all of his research and analysis. He believes that observation, ideation, and implementation are the three phases of the birth of a good idea. You cannot rush creativity (Reiman often boasts that he is the head of one of the slowest yet one of the most effective companies in the world). Instead, creativity can be best stimulated in a familiar environment, where we feel comfortable and thoughts can flow freely. So what does this all have to do with our homes?
This is Reiman’s idea for the future: jobs will be an interesting and stimulating part of our day, a part of our life that can be shared with the people that we love, in the comfort of our homes. The timeframes, rigid guidelines, and rules that turn an office environment into an alienating experience, will soon become a thing of the past.
The true key of innovation can be found in the simplicity of the small moments that occur in our everyday lives. These small moments are normally eclipsed by the stress from the work world, and from the general attitude of earning as much as possible the in shortest amount of time.
Reiman reminds us that ideas are not created from money, but that money is generated from ideas. The best ideas come from the most open minds; minds that are free from outlines and preconceived notions.
Swedish designer Camilla Diedrich has found a way to combine wallpaper with electric lights in order to create a fashionable and innovative way of illuminating a room. By incorporating fiber optics into wallpaper, Diedrich delivers a beautiful and interesting way of brightening our homes in a way never thought possible.
Wallpaper and illumination systems allow us to decorate our homes with plenty of space to express our inner designer. Today however, thanks to optic fibers we can integrate the two together.
In 1879 the era of artificial lighting was born under Thomas Edison. Not only was the first prototype of a lamp and an incandescent light bulb created, but also the acceleration of an entire industrial sector. Very few people remember that optic fibers are contemporary to the light bulb, and that significant progresses in the field were only starting to be made in the 1960’s. In reality, the optic fibers are very efficient conductors of electricity, and in this case, also a potential lighting alternative.
Nature Ray Charles is special wallpaper that entwines strings of optic fiber in a luminescent flower pattern, giving the room a truly amazing look. The Swedish designer, Camilla Dietrich, idealized the concept with the intent to find an innovative way to illuminate any room without having to use electrical lighting methods. The Swedish stylists are committed to rendering the design accessible to the public.
Imagine what type of scenarios we would be able to surround ourselves with if this optic fiber was powered by solar energy and sold at a cheaper price. The price of this wallpaper is still too high to be considered a product entering the mass-market, but the energy saving advantages it has will certainly draw public interest.
Washing clothes by barely using any water? As impossible as that sounds, a system has been put in place where environmental friendliness meats cleanliness. In the future, doing the laundry won’t be nearly as wasteful for our limited and precious natural resources, and it doesn’t include going to the lake and washing clothes like they did centuries ago.
The first ever washing machine was patented in 1858 by Hamilton Smith. This rotary machine accomplished the simple deed of washing away dirt from clothes. As the years rolled on, washing machines became more and more effective, being able to use detergents as well to make clothes smell like new, while also washing away stains. Now, theses machines are used in most households all over the world. But the environmental consequences are noteworthy, namely: the millions of gallons of water needed for washing machines to operate at optimum capacity.
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a washing machine that uses an astonishingly low amount of water. It only consumes a mere 2 percent compared to any other conventional washing machine. This technology is already being dubbed as the “virtually waterless washing system”. The process uses plastic granules that are mixed with the clothing and have the power to remove stains singlehandedly. This process is capable of removing virtually any type of dirt or build up, and when the clothes are taken out, they are almost dry.
The process being developed will have beneficial effects for the earth and water usage. Each washing cycle will lead to less build up at industrial sites such as wastewater treatment centers. As this technology spreads around the globe, fresh, usable water will be available for other services, rather than wasting by the gallon as it washes clothes.
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