carbon dioxide that feeds the algae contained in a network of clear capillaries. Exhaled breath goes into the back container and is mixed within the algae-liquid which is then pumped through the capillaries to photosynthesise. At the front of the system oxygen is harvested and the algae once again infused with carbon dioxide from exhaled breath. Surplus algae can be extracted from the system to serve as a food source.
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desert night. Fig. 3.4 Alice Hardy Y2, ‘Cyclical Community Shelter’. Fig. 3.5 Lubna Ibrahim Y2, ‘Micro-Mining Shelter’. The purpose of the device is to explore the mining landscape and the residues left over from heavy mining chemicals and machinery in the abandoned mines of the Mojave Desert. Using the device in different topographies from Death Valley to Salt Lake City, it digs through the surface of the ground and filters though the soil to collect minerals that are then stored in the shelter. Fig. 3.6 Songyang Zhou Y3, ‘Bio-Algae Suit’ Advancing desertification and the increasing proportion of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere poses risks to the survival of mankind. The bio-suit establishes a symbiosis between nature and the human body. A sealed personal environment provides oxygen supply to the human body which in turn provides
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