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Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Construction of the city of Nüwa could start in 2054 and will see 250,000 people live inside the rock of a steep cliff. Freeze my body, melt me in 80 years, and send me to Mars. Architecture studio ABIBOO has revealed its plans to create the first self-sustainable city on the Red Planet, which is set to be ready for residents in 2100. The city will be called Nüwa and will be located at Tempe Mensa on one of the Martian cliffs. Its position inside a rock on the steep cliff will protect its residents from radiation and meteorites (cool!) while still giving them
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Wizja Europy
Wizja Europy
Europe needs peace and adaptation to the needs of our times. This means dealing with threats to democracy and, above all, actually complying with it. Social protection should be provided to citizens. This entails stopping the promotion of the so-called , Green Deal, which is leading to the impoverishment of society and the collapse of agriculture and the economy in Europe. Citizens expect solutions from Europe, and their anger stems from not seeing them. It is necessary to return to a model of Europe based on the full sovereignty of the Member States, which are self-determining about their citizens and their economy. This is guaranteed by the Conservative government, which will also ensure the deportation of illegal immigrants. Why do we need a European Union that, according to sick climate ideas, oppresses its citizens with idiotic ETS-type taxes. I hope that such an EU will go into the past and will only be a former bad dream of imaginary pseudo-democrats.
Sąmoningi ir saugūs
Sąmoningi ir saugūs
In the world of the future, people's kindness and cooperation are strengthened. Governments have taken many firm and undeniable decisions about future well-being, not all of which are for the benefit of the people (e.g. tax rises), but society is conscious and, once it is understood, rejoices at , that these decisions make life good, albeit financially more difficult. We are safe!
Die KI der Zukunft zu Hause
Die KI der Zukunft zu Hause
Life is AI-controlled. No area in which it does not operate or even dominate in whole or in part. Whether in road traffic, and especially in public transport, health care and medicine, in education from the KiTa to schools to universities, in all branches of the economy and especially in our everyday life at home. The AI is the first to welcome us when we open the door at home. By means of voice recognition, she immediately knows which family member has just entered the apartment, recognizes the mood of this person by various parameters such as breathing, blood pressure, body temperature, etc., plays the appropriate music at ideal volume , adjusts the lighting and the room temperature appropriately and prepares a corresponding drink. She asks what she can do to make the end of the day / further daily routine and to improve the mood. She makes suggestions and presents ideas-based on the habits and preferences of the human being-about whom she knows everything that one can somehow find out. The AI is almost the best roommate you could wish for, isn't it …?!
Viltinga ateitis su taika su visais
Viltinga ateitis su taika su visais
The prediction of the future is always risky. Even the prophets of the Bible did not speak far ahead, but judged the realities they saw and predicted the future precisely because of their discernment. There are 25 years left until 2040. Undoubtedly - technical progress (provided that we do not destroy, there will be no crazy and warlike neighbors left). The most important thing is the relationship between people. I don't dream of communicating with thoughts or thanks to implanted devices. I hope that in 25 years, people will remain, or perhaps become, empathetic to those around them and to the environment - living and non-living nature. They will stop devastating nature, wisely manage and use resources, perhaps they will control the unbridled desire for wealth and power, and democracy will take more sustainable and humane forms. And I'm hoping for smarter rather than dumber fellow citizens who won't run to hide when they see a flying passenger plane that leaves a "tail" of smoke and doesn't burn 5G towers... I hope for a reasonable breakthrough in the preservation and maintenance of health, keeping the criterion of reasonableness and not resorting to experiments that go beyond the limits of humanity and reason. Nature (or perhaps the Creator) draws new surprises in all areas. With the advancement of medicine, bigger and more complex challenges and ugly diseases appear (or are discovered). I said it! It's expropriating.
Spokoj i radość do końca życia
Spokoj i radość do końca życia
I hope that in 2040 I will still live, together with my family, in health, that then it will be easier, quieter, calmer.I would like to have peace in the world, so that the world will be more natural, as truly as it once was, and not burdened with some sick laws and absurdities.I would like there to be as few sick people as possible, so that all the diseases of the world will be cures , access to a doctor will be a pleasure and all the necessary tests a man would have done immediately and free of charge.I would like people to stop robbing the state, because then there would be a chance to somehow improve this world.Let all absurd laws that supposedly care about the environment disappear.Let the country be ruled by wise and good people.
Švarus pasaulis
Švarus pasaulis
Imagine 2040, where clean and sustainable energy is the key change. In this world, almost all energy comes from renewable sources such as the sun, wind, hydropower and nuclear fusion. Energy storage technologies are so advanced that there is no waste of energy, and each building can generate and store its own electricity on its own. The transport system is also revolutionary, with fully autonomous electric vehicles and hydrogen vehicles dominating the roads and urban streets redesigned to make pedestrian and cyclist comfort a priority. City-to-city travel is carried out by ultra-fast electric trains, which replace most flights over short distances, reducing pollution. The climate crisis has been contained through targeted emission reductions and the use of carbon capture technologies. Cities have become greener, with vertical farms on skyscrapers, green roofs and smart air filtration solutions supporting clean air. Natural ecosystems have been restored and populations of endangered species have stabilised. In addition, access to energy has revolutionised society by making the basic cost of living (electricity, transport) almost free, allowing people to focus more on creativity, science and personal development than just working for living. It would be a future in which life would become not only more sustainable, but also more comfortable, giving more freedom to every person.
Social Interactions
Social Interactions
In 2040, I hope that day to day life will not have changed too much from what it is now. I feel in the previous 15 years technology has leaped forward, sometimes for the better but not always. I hope that we continue to have more personal interactions and meet socially more often. While I feel it is great that we can contact anyone in the world quickly and effectively with mobile phones, messaging apps and video calling, I feel that we are losing that face to face interaction because everyone is glued to their phones and sometimes are missing life passing them by.
Inflation
Inflation
I would want that the goods in stores would be cheaper and that the inflation stops or salaries espacialy in slovenia should get bigger because the goods are as expensive as in northern countries where salaries are a lot bigger and better. And rent should be cheaper because in Ljubljana it exedes the minimal pay for a one room apartment and buying a apratment is extreme too, one room sells for 80000€. And the medicine should be faster too, the queues are at least one year long for a urgent operation.
Osebna asistenca ni več kamen spotike v naši drzavi
Osebna asistenca ni več kamen spotike v naši drzavi
I want people with disabilities to be treated more fairly in our society.To make it easier for them to get suitable jobs for those who can work, but those who cannot get adequate financial compensation so that they can live comfortably and also enjoy some luxury.The rights granted to them should be exercised consistently, especially the right to personal assistance.I hope that they will significantly increase the salaries of personal assistants, because for some people with disabilities they are the only bright spot or bright window into the world.If higher salaries will also be available more personal assistants and users, that is, people with disabilities will not ask for them on social networks or search for them on other sources of employment
Chciała bym żyć swobodniej
Chciała bym żyć swobodniej
I do not have much imagination, but I think that progress always brings something good and through Europe you will be able to cross the railway, get off in the cities and regions that I want to see and again continue the journey to the next place. The train will be modern and fast, and the journey will be a lot of pleasure. Every man will be able to afford such a journey. Perhaps air travel will also be available to everyone and what you will travel will be a matter of individual choice.Every person will be able to see the beautiful cities of , like Brussels or Paris, you will be able to see the Loire Valley and the surroundings of Lake Garda.This would be a great relaxation after work, which today requires a lot of dedication from people and takes more and more private time. In the pursuit of money, we leave small and large pleasures behind us and do not think about what we lose.
Geluk zit in een grote hoek
Geluk zit in een grote hoek
When I walk down my greened street, I find that after the turbulent years in which part of the former EU has separated, it has finally brought peace and clarity. The stricter legislation in force in the slimmed-down EEC is bearing fruit in many areas. Safety and trust are slowly returning. Utopias about integration have been thrown overboard and Western core values seem to be returning. External borders are tightly guarded and the EEC has an equal policy of quality of life rather than quantity. Fortunately, we have resisted the rise of billionaires and oligarchs in the 1930s and find ourselves in a prosperous, pragmatic and happy continent where we have gone through the eye of the needle.
inekehouwers@chello.nl
inekehouwers@chello.nl
I hope that there will be peace all over the world and that there will be no dictators . Let's Live in a Fine World and That We've Achieved the Climate Goals . I think my grandchildren live in a beautiful world where human goals have been realized . We can once again enjoy a nice world without fear and without war .The medical world has made great progress and found a solution to my heart trouble . It's a pity that I can't enjoy that ,hopefully my grandchildren certainly if they also get this hereditary heart disease .
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