Follow GadgetBlips on Twitter
Walking House Is Lunar Module, TIE Fighter, and Cockroach Crossbreed [Robohomes]
Gizmodo —
... 3.5 meters • Width: 3.5 meters • Length: 3.72 meters • Weight: 1200 kg • Max speed: 60 meters/hour • Component list: • Plating and framework wood and plywood • Legs made of steel and mechanical components • 12 linear actuators • solar panels • micro windmills • polycarbonate plates • interior equipment Danish designers N55 hope that these $51,000 Walking House will eventually form Walking Villages. Damn hippies. [Walking House]
...
The Walking House (Video)
GeekAlerts —
... food needed by the Inhabitants. A composting toilet system allows sewage produced by the inhabitants to be disposed of. A small wood burning stove could be added to provide CO2 neutral heating.
Technical specifications (basic module)
Height: 3.5 meters
Width: 3.5 meters
Length: 3.72 meters
Weight: 1200 kg
Max speed: 60 meters/hour
Head over to the n55.dk website for more info about the Walking House.
(Via SlipperyBrick) ...
Oh Noes! My House Is Walking Away
GEARFUSE —
... . Not a problem considering a small greenhouse unit can be added to the basic living module, eliminating the possibility of a food shortage. When we find ourselves in a post-apocalyptic future caused by mankind’s irresponsibility to maintain mother Earth, we’ll all wish we were living in the WALKING HOUSE. Link [ ...
N55 Walking House: bizarre demo video
SlashGear —
... As bizarre homes go, this has to be one of the more curious. The N55 Walking House is a wind- and solar-powered, all-terrain living pod, 10ft tall and capable of strolling at a leisurely 60 meters per hour whenever you decide on a change of environment. Inside there’s a living room, kitchen, toilet, bed and a wood-burning stove, together with the computer that controls the legs. Designed by the Copenhagen art collective N55, and built in collaboration with MIT, the prototype cost around £30,000 ($49k) to construct, including materials and time. ...
Instead of moving, let your house do it for you
MAKE Magazine —
The "Walking House" is a modular dwelling system that can move itself around through a motorized system of feet. The moving structure gathers electricity from its surroundings through onboard solar cells and wind turbines. Water for the house comes through collecting rain, and is heated through the solar power system. Read more about this interesting project at the link below.
Walking House
Read more | Permalink | Comments |
Read more articles in Green | ...
Walking House offers trailer park lifestyle with eco-friendly twist
DVICE Atom Feed —
... in most major cities around the world increase, now is the time to begin creating sustainable housing solutions that defy convention. Dutch design group N55, in conjunction with the Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, created just such a solution with the invention of the Walking House. ...
The walking house- because caravans just aren’t cool anymore.
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping —
... do envision ways to make it big enough for larger families) and looking at the concept art, the hexagonal shape appears to allow stacking of a group, so you essentially have a movable block of flats. Might be a good idea considering the growth of the homeless population. And if you decide you want to move to greener pastures, or you simply dislike your neighbour, then there’s nothing to stop you toddling off into the sunset. I wonder if they have WiFi…? Read the whole story at N55’s website. If you like what you’re reading then learn more about joining our ...
Have You Walked Your Green Home Lately?
Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us —
... via N55.dk What has 6 legs, solar panels, windmills, windows and a roof? Give up? It is The Walking House you see pictured above created by N55 and Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire. The Walking House is exactly what it sounds like, a house with steel legs that moves when the homeowners needs or wants it too. The best part of the house is that it allows homeowners to live and travel with their house without leaving behind a deep carbon footprint in the process. As N55 puts it, "WALKING HOUSE is a modular dwelling system that enables persons to live a peaceful nomadic life, ...
