"The Sun is Uncontrollable; Unforgiving."

Experimental dystopian Solarpunk blog, created by a stubborn contrarian with an unflappable belief in the secret horrors of all things, and in the power of horror to inspire. May contain possibly-unsettling things and concepts that could mesh with a Solarpunk setting, things and concepts already associated with Solarpunk that can become unsettling when you think about them a little, surreal or gritty Solarpunk aesthetics, darker Solarpunk worldbuilding, criticism of the utopian dream, evidence for the banality of life in the future, and whatever else fits. (Asks and submissions of any kind always more than welcome!)

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Aibek Almassov Tree in the House

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a #marchofrobots sketch of a wind-driven free-roaming robot environtental\weather monitor (inspiration from weather buoys and land-yachts).

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Espaces d'Abraxas by Ricardo Bofill

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Water Temple by Tadao Ando

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King’s College Chapel by Miguel Chevalier

Chevalier created the immersive projections as part of a University of Cambridge charity event, where renowned professors and alumni gave speeches on biology, physics, health, neurosciences and other important topics. The projections change in real time and create different environments that translate knowledge into immersive experiences. Different colorful universes appear and disappear, merging 16th-century Gothic English architecture with the newest scientific discoveries and beliefs.

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COR Tower in Miami by Chad Oppenheim

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Tenement, door, Art Nouveau stained glass ca 1906, 9 Pilsudskiego street, Krakow, Poland

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Water-Based ‘Artificial Leaf’ Produces Electricity

Solar cells that mimic nature could be less expensive and more environmentally friendly than current solar technology. In 2010, researchers at North Carolina State University developed water-gel-based solar devices that are essentially ‘artificial leaves’ that couple plant chlorophyll with carbon materials, mimicking the way nature harvests solar energy. They’re flexible, which is a huge improvement over today’s problematically brittle cells.

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In Taiwan, it’s garbage and recycling trucks that play music, not the ice cream trucks. When locals hear the tinny melody slowly approaching, they head outside and toss their government-provided trash bags directly into the back of the truck. This system prevents trash from ever touching the ground, helps eliminate vermin, and keeps the streets clean. Source Source 2

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Naomi Kizhner, an industrial designer and graduate student from Hadassah College in Jerusalem, has designed jewelry that theoretically extracts energy from the wearers own body. The ‘speculative’ jewelry is embedded into the person’s veins and uses their blood to turn small wheels inside the device. 

Read more at: http://www.iflscience.com/technology/jewelry-harvests-energy-wearers

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Architect Vincent Callebaut recently unveiled a blue-sky plan for a high-flying fleet of self-sufficient aircraft that are one part zeppelin cities and one part hydrogen-generating floating farms. Dubbed Hydrogenase, the algae-producing airborne cities are 100% emission-free and are capable of generating hydrogen gas without consuming land needed for crops or forests. Read more: High-Flying Algae Airships are Self-Sufficient Airborne Cities | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 

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Fire glass

Fire glass produces more heat than real wood, and is also environmentally friendly. There is no smoke, it’s odorless and doesn’t produce ash. You are able to stay toasty warm without cutting down trees and the specially formulated glass crystals give off no toxic carbon deposit.

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A Majestic Cathedral Made Of Living, Breathing Trees

Really nice recipes. Every hour.