tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75296178011413422102024-02-06T22:06:28.488-08:00A Conversation about StructureThis is a Blog. On the right are the article titles arranged first to last. On the left are the articles themselves arranged most recent to first.
Come with us as we work to build a more adaptable, fun to live in, and less expensive shelter for us and our children's futures. Welcome all!Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529617801141342210.post-41802894301095404472008-09-09T09:52:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:00:54.002-07:00Investors WelcomeThe New Home Project is opening its doors up to investors for investment in this new form of affordable shelter. Currently, Dubai is the leading choice for locations where investors are willing to gamble on new forms of shelter that can dramatically change the idea of shelter. The New Home Project starts with phase One, the dome as an emergency/temporary/worker's shelter, which offers companies Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529617801141342210.post-15767881664261363302007-11-17T22:33:00.000-08:002007-11-17T22:45:04.103-08:00Nature's Design Paradigm SimplifiedLet's talk about two subjects that are rarely if ever grouped together, yet are profoundly interconnected, math and philosophy. Euclidian Geometry, the study of shapes of logic, is based on squares, flat planes, straight lines, and singularities. Everything from computers to kitchen sinks has been designed using this form of mathematics. It is thousands of years old. Nearly all our technology is Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529617801141342210.post-6705198972123786572007-01-27T22:30:00.000-08:002008-12-11T03:10:46.305-08:00Where would we be without our heroes?It’s 2002, I’m working on a project to create a portable skylight, called the SunCatcher, and that’s a long story I’ll not get into now. But it’s relevant because it’s where my state of mind was at, inventing. My wife (now X and one of my heros still) Yvette, buys us tickets to a play for my birthday, THE HISTORY (and Mystery)OF THE UNIVERSE It’s a play about some guy named R. Buckminster Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529617801141342210.post-33140638084854804962007-01-24T22:37:00.000-08:002008-12-11T03:10:46.439-08:00How Google is directly helping this projectYears ago when Netscape and Explorer were in heated battle, and Yahoo and AOL were vying for my money, time, just wanting me to “identify” as a Yahoo, AOL blah blah user, a little search engine came on the scene. I loved Google from the first time I saw it. Containing only a quirky logo (that I knew loaded quickly), and a search box, finally someone out there figured out what I really wanted. Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529617801141342210.post-86147204017766449262007-01-23T07:32:00.000-08:002008-12-11T03:10:46.607-08:00Not all domes are created equal...(Image courtesy of spatial-effects.com)Example, there are companies that offer you a geodesic home made out of concrete, or plywood, offering hundreds of designs and sizes, and various lengths of time it takes to build or assemble.There's another class of geodesic dome manufacturers that produce domes for primarily commercial interests like covering large tanks or sports stadiums.What I'm Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529617801141342210.post-63182083116409998452007-01-23T02:48:00.000-08:002008-12-11T03:10:46.755-08:00Together Can, Alone Can NotJoin our team on the quest over the next three years in pursuit of creating a shelter that if successful will be the lightest, most affordable, strength to weight to cost effective structure ever built. Utilizing the most effective base structure (base to imply shape) ever invented, we will marry that shape with the most cutting edge materials to reach our goal.If realized, this could change Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529617801141342210.post-45376489721643305372007-01-21T20:26:00.000-08:002008-12-11T03:10:47.002-08:00AN OVERVIEWWouldn’t we rather have a home that harvests energy quietly instead of using it? A 10,000 sq. ft. enclosed space three average people with no special skills can assemble noise free, and with no special building tools in three weeks from start to finish. A home with over 10,000 variations for layout. A home we can alter in a day, free. A home that’s over 90% recyclable and stronger against the Leif Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950017014416953970noreply@blogger.com0