Studiomobile, an Italian architectural firm, have been working during the last couple of years in the United Arab Emirates and their most recent development is the concept seawater vertical farm. Their design, the Seawater Vertical farm utilizes seawater to keep cool and moisten greenhouses and to transform enough humidity back in to water to irrigate the plants. This project would be very much helpful where the supply of fresh water is limited and not much local cultivations are taking part. This project is very expensive but has been considered feasible because of the urban transport problem and the high soil value.
Are you aware that even your foot can be helpful in providing power to water pumps? The concept of “Human Pump” designed by an innovative designer named Gunwook Nam uses kinetic energy created by human foot traffic to power the system of water pumps. Different pumps are interlaced into an architectural construction which is used for main walking routes by people. When people walk, the structure would store the energy and further uses this energy to pump water to the surface. This concept promotes building with sustainable and reusable materials. Let’s see how far this design can be used in reality.
Aquaduct Mobile Filtration Vehicle concept is pedal-powered vehicle that helps in transportation, filtration and storage of water for use in the developing world. There is a pump attached to the pedal crank that draws water from a large tank with the help of filter in a smaller clean tank. Even if you are traveling, you can filter water in to the tank. Actually, there is a clutch that engages and disengages the drive belt from pedal crank and enables the rider to carry on with filtering process. So, enjoy your ride on this cute and useful filtration vehicle.
Designer : David Janssens, John Lai, Adam Mack, Brian Mason, Eleanor Morgan and Paul Silberschatz via IGreenSpot
Today many of the designers are designing concepts based on sustainability and environment friendliness. Also top on the priority is optimum utilization of available resources. On these lines comes the innovative design by India based Arun Thomas which as per him will come handy in the year 2020. Of course the idea is that the tractors may be used to take water to a destination and then the tank is designed such that it is self sufficient enough to pump water from and to the tank. Also the secondary cell attached produces electricity by converting the heat energy due to friction in other words its self produced energy through regenerative braking. A practical device with amicable solution.
In the year 2015, hopefully we can find Beyflo in every house with a garden. This garden watering system idea was to create a product that relate to domestic ritual activity. Beyflo have the ability to navigate itself and charge its water and electric. The power is located on top, make it easier for users to turn it on/off. Plants location is not a problem for Beyflo, because it can reach further by increasing its water pump pressure.
The main body case is made from ABS, this is due to the outdoor and the rough terrain in the garden that need extra durability. Using PCB as its central processing unit, makes Beyflo can control the motor, pump, and power portion to each component.
