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Want to See the UFO-Like, Swiveling Dome Home?
- Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:21pm by
Liz Klimas
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(Photo: Domespace)
It looks like a UFO. Glides like a UFO — at least one connected to the ground — allowing it to follow sunlight as a flower would. And is probably as high-tech as a UFO would be.
One such home was spotted in upstate New York. Watch this clip about the home and see it move:
Dome homes like this are created by French manufacturer DOMESPACE as energy efficient and natural disaster-ready homesteads. According to its website, the first Domespace was built in 1988.
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Comments (40)
LouC57
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 8:14amI wonder how the plumbing works????
Report Post »another_mormon_4_Ron_Paul
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 8:30amI’ve heard about these houses before. Plumbing in flexible tubing that goes down the center. Same with the electrical wiring. The house can’t rotate 360º. It’s at the most 180º.
Report Post »xzero01
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:20pmthats cool. i would make mine go as fast as the gravatron
Report Post »eagledown
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:23pm“How do you like it honey”?
Report Post »“I love it Moonbeam”. I wish it could just spin faster so we can meet up with the mother-ship.
dontbotherme
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:20pmVery interesting. Maybe I missed something, but if there is no power for whatever reason, will they still be able to “rotate it” to keep up with the sun’s movement?
Report Post »Thomas Parker
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:09pmThis is junk. Here is a company that makes proper geodesic dome homes:
http://www.aidomes.com/
Out of Florida.
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:52pmDanger Will Robinson!
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:54pmlol; I was thinging of the Jupiter 2 too. ;)
:)
Report Post »Hepcat
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:48pmWhat about plumbing? Do they unhook the pipes and wires before they turn the house?
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:50pmRotary Joints
Report Post »Col. HawK
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 5:33pmExcellent Idea….
Report Post »joelack55
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:05pmevery body knows you should not have PINE Trees so close to the house
Report Post »PrayNC
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 2:13pmCold and Ugly!
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:04pmyes. and the house is ugly as well.
Report Post »Black Manta
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:52pmLooks like some type of jack ass build it….
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:11pmBlack Manta- No…. I think it would take a scientist/engineer to build something like this.
Report Post »suzpenn
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 1:45pmThe main objection I have with these homes – you can’t tell your child to go stand in the corner!
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:59pmLoL Thanks :)
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 5:48pmLike a teletubbies home.I love it -awesome!
Report Post »SBR308
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 1:34pmDon’t get drunk in this house! When they put it on the spin cycle look out.
Report Post »nappy
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 1:18pmoh.. and yes.. they neglected to mention how fast that shake roof would go up in flames. Of course.. they have earthquakes covered. D’oh!
Report Post »nappy
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 1:16pmHurricane Force winds and earthquakes there? no.. not so much.
WAY old. .. lots of wasted space as well.
Obnoxious CNN reporter.
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Report Post »Ferrarello
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:57pmI want one that burrows 30 miles underground.
Report Post »Joel 2:12-13
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 1:58pmBe careful – It is “Several million degrees” just a few kilometers below the surface of the earth!!!!
Report Post »teapartyconservatism
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:56pmAh, peace and serenity…
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:56pmWhy is this news. This house has been featured several times on TV over the past 5 or more years.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:56pmWhy is this news. This house has been featured several times on TV over the past 5 or more years.
Report Post »InterestingStuff
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:49pmWhy so many stupid things in the news? To prevent people from learning about this?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_CTNSAc_IU
Grannie4news
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 2:58pm@interestingstuff: Please tell me you didn’t believe all of the crap on that link you put up. Guess you can make a conspiracy out of anything if you work at it long enough, what a bunch of far out b__s__
Report Post »Common.Cents
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:40pmI thought it was cool until they said the word “green”
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:37pmI saw this, probably, a year ago.
Report Post »W@nd@
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:36pmbeen around since 1988….
Report Post »where was the funding for this obama…
talk about a great inovative idea
build these in storm ravaged areas
wella problem solved
once and for all
oh… you dont know these people? right!
hmm hmmm hmmm
govenment take over? govt subsidy! there you go…
Chuck Stein
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:34pmCool house. The interior is much more “upscale” than I’m used to seeing in a dome home. I wish they said how much it costs.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:33pmFor those with that taste in building and can afford the additional cost GREAT!
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neat home.
Marine 1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:29pmLost in Space…Following the Sun. Great! Now let’s get back to saving this nation that is on its way down the crapper. Much more important than some house in the woods that spins don’t you think?
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