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Scare Tactics
by Dave Prochnow Dave Prochnow The Bubbling Cauldron Want a real witches´ brew? Mix soap-bubble solution with dry ice, or use liquid nitrogen for bubbles that release fog when they pop. In the...
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Grow Your Second Home
by Graham Murdoch Take a look inside the grow-your-own treehouse. Also, see video below. Graham Murdoch If solar power and recycled building materials just aren´t green enough for you, the brains...
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The Green Dream Home Gets a Crucial Second Skin
ZIP panels go up Carnett adds a layer of ZIP panels instead of typical house wrap. John B. Carnett Building this house has been a constant learning experience, and today was no exception. My original...
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Video: Two Weeks Of Green Dream Building Time-Lapsed Into Two Minutes
Green Dream Time Lapse John B. Carnett If you're building a house using brand new technology and it seems like you're spending a lot of "build" time standing, staring and walking in circles, I have...
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Predictions for 2012: Congress Keeps Fiddling While the Environment Declines
Congress In Session Whitehouse.gov When it comes to the physics of climate change, no one year is more important than any other. But for the politics of climate, 2012 will be a big one, less about...
View ArticleBritish Researchers Building Trial "Energy House" With Artificial Weather
Older homes have a certain charm, but they’re notoriously inefficient — they’re drafty, under-insulated, and equipped with old, energy-guzzling appliances. In an effort to…
View ArticleArchive Gallery: PopSci Envisions Your Future Home
Going by our archives, the only thing more hyped-up than flying cars and humanoid robot assistants were cool futuristic homes -- homes that could converge their walls to…
View ArticleArchive Gallery: The Geodesic Life
When it comes to practicality, geodesic domes are a contractor's worst nightmare. Where can you get windows that conform to hexagonal panels? Where should you install the…
View ArticlePredictions for 2012: Congress Keeps Fiddling While the Environment Declines
When it comes to the physics of climate change, no one year is more important than any other. But for the politics of climate, 2012 will be a big one, less about what…
View ArticleGiant 3-D Printer to Make An Entire House in 20 Hours
3-D printers can make airplanes and their parts, food and more — why not entire buildings? A professor at the University of Southern California aims to print out whole…
View ArticleWhat It Would Cost To Launch Your House Into Space [Infographic]
The folks at the Movoto Real Estate blog are thinking ahead, to when we'll be getting off of this rock and colonizing the universe--by strapping our homes to rockets and…
View ArticleCheck Out The Winning Design For The Tiny New York Apartments Of Tomorrow
Click to enter the gallery A lot of New Yorkers are accustomed to closet-like living quarters, which sounds awful and uncomfortable, right? Doesn't have to be. This winning…
View ArticleA 3-D Printed House With No Beginning Or End
The architects at Amsterdam-based Universe Architecture have proposed some M.C. Escher-like buildings before. (See: this plan for a building that's "both small and big.")…
View ArticleCan You Tornado-Proof A Home?
As with so many "is it possible" type questions, the answer of whether you can have a tornado-proof house is a resounding "well, yes, but." In this case, that sentence goes: "Well, yes, but it would...
View ArticleMan 3-D Prints A Concrete Castle In His Backyard
This is a castle that a man 3-D printed from concrete, using a printer he built himself. We like how variations in the concrete's color stretch perfectly across the…
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Termites Engineer Solar-Powered Ventilation Into Their Mounds
Termite Moundmotazabdelazeem/FlickrCC by 2.0Termites get a bad reputation in the housing business. They are often looked at as signs of the domestic apocalypse, causing billions of dollars in damage to...
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