The Microbial Home project is part of the Philips Design Probes program, which explores far future lifestyle scenarios based on research in a wide range of areas. The Microbial Home Design Probe consists of a domestic ecosystem that challenges conventional design, it’s a proposal for an integrated cyclical ecosystem where each function’s output is another’s input.
The Bio-digester island, a kitchen island that consists of a methane “digester” which converts bathroom waste solids and vegetable trimmings into methane gas which is then used to power a series of functions in the home.
The Larder concept challenges our use of refrigeration and food storage and presents ways to keep “living food” fresh, by using natural processes.
Urban beehive, with perishing bee colonies threatening our food supply.
The Bio-light concept explores the use of bio-luminescent bacteria fed with methane and composted material.
A waste separating squatting toilet that filters effluent while channeling excreta to a methane digester in the Microbial Home system.
The Paternoster plastic waste up-cycler is a concept that uses mycelium to break down plastic packaging waste.
Apothecary concept for home-centered health monitoring and diagnosis, with the focus on early warning and prevention of disease.
Via yankodesign.com
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Ledwave
December 11th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
For a less dramatic, more realistic, down to earth, “how To” Google Gobar Gas. Ontario dairy farmer currently provides all power for his farm operations, his home, and still has methane for great methane burning engines, to generate power to export to the “Grid”. Apparently the sludge remaining after gas generation is still a good top-soil building fertilizer too! Full Cycle! Mother Nature’s way!
U.S. Factory Farms not too bright apparently! They waste valuable fuel by missing out on anaerobic manure digestion for Methane gas? This stuff can even be bottled in “Propane Bottles” and sold for a good buck!
Canada needs a law to ensure all manure, even humanure is made into methane, and fertilizer!
U.S.A. needs same? Hell No! Far to progressive for the American mind!
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