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This is pretty radical: An eco-friendly dome house concept that doesn't even mention Buckminster Fuller's name. Available in Japan for prices starting at $41,000, the polystyrene houses can be built from five basic components and are designed to resist earthquakes and typhoons. Check out the vid:
And look how quickly they go up!
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Hey, isn't this from Dragonballs? Goku would be proud, sweet.
cool !
reminds me of eggs packaging,
so dwellers should be well protected right ?
and no reasons to mention Buckminster Fuller, these are hemispheres, not geodesic spheres.
polystyrene is really nasty stuff, so not sure how eco it really is. polystyrene never breaks down.
All you need now is a teletubby outfit!!