Category: Cob
06/16/08
Pulser pump
The pulser pump is about 20 years old (a river powered pump with no moving parts) and is simple appropriate technology[youtube]QOn7Zu3CCxo[/youtube]
Brian White
BC
Canada more »
12:04:33 pm, by gaiatechnician 
, 38 words 
Categories: Renewable Energy, Cob, Appropriate Technology (General), Do It Yourself Technology (DIY)
The mechanical mathematician
[youtube]mKh9wGVjYro[/youtube] shows a generalized "mechanical mathematician" for making cob parabolic dishes or for making cob moulds for parabolic reflectors. Hopefully this will be accurate enough to make large moulds for big specalized parabolic dis… more »
12:02:35 pm, by gaiatechnician , 68 words
Categories: Construction Practices, Development, Cooking Techniques, Next Industrial Revolution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Cob, Solar Power, Solar Technologies (drying, cooking, sanitation), Appropriate Technology (General), Energy (General), Information and Communication, Do It Yourself Technology (DIY)
Tracking solar barbecue
The tracking solar accumulator is an experimental system to make and use a semi automatic tracking solar parabolic reflector to accumulate heat for various uses.
Every part of the experimental unit was made in my backyard from junk and fairly cheap read… more »
09/18/07
Cob Building Demo
This video shows how to mix cob and briefly demonstrates wall construction using cob.
[youtube]eBTGVhWcBg8[/youtube] more »
05/01/07
Mud Masters
[youtube]Sk5nBAc2-IY[/youtube]
Yemeni earth architects: Architecture constructed of mud brick (adobe), rammed earth (pisé), compressed earth block or other methods of earthen construction more »
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