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#diybots
Build Your Own Eco-Helper Bots from "Silent Running"
In the movie Silent Running, Bruce Dern plays a nice scientist who just wants to tend his garden — his gigantic garden that takes up a huge spaceship. In fact, he has four giant pods that contain the very last vestiges of Earth's four major types of ecosystem. Of course, Earth itself has been destroyed by pollution and lonely environmentalist Dern is left to care for all that remains of nature with his robot pals. Now lonely environmentalists on Earth can have Dern's robot pals too (see above). The robo-fans at Hack N Mod show you how. More » -
#fengshui
How To Improve Your Starship's Feng Shui
When you're cruising across the galaxy at faster-than-light speeds and battling super-intelligent crystaline beings, the slightest mistake can spell disaster. So it's vital to have good feng shui on your starship's bridge. Just look at this flight deck from the movie Red Planet: cramped, ugly and angular, with no way for energy to "flow" around the space. We asked experts how to improve your starship's feng shui. Click through for tips, plus a gallery of command centers with good and bad feng shui. More »
