Science and Education in Biodomes

Guinnessy writes: "Many of you will remember the excitement around biosphere 2, a project to enclose 8 people in a sealed environment to see if they could survive a year on just the resources produced inside the dome. It failed (although they did discover some interesting data from it). Now, in the UK, a bunch of scientists, engineers and environments have created the Eden Project, a similar scheme (e.g. closed environments mimicking various climate conditions around the world) to biosphere 2 except the general public can walk through the domes to learn about the importance of plant life. Wired News magazine has an excellent article explaining some of the technology used in its construction (it amazed me how far they have come compared to the biosphere 2 design) and how it is educating the public." Hey, according to Mission to Mars all you need is some flapping canvas to keep your habitat secure.

Comments

Technology at it's finest!

[Newt-dog]

The cushions are made out of layers of a special plastic foil, called ETFE (ethyltetrafluoroethylene), which is particularly ideal for the biomes because it lets through most of the sunlight that hits it.

What those Brit's won't do to escape the cold clammy European weather!

Newt-dog

Re:Big Brother

[Hektor_Troy]

Reality show? Just how much reality is involved with Big Brother? Reality implies, that it's something that happens all the time all around the world, but other than that tv-show, how many times have you heard about 10 people being locked away in a secluded house for 100 days with no possible venue of privacy?

The closest to that I can come up with is when the cardinals elects a new pope, but that's not on tv.